Artist.......: Djeour Cissokho et le groupe AllalakΘ
Album........: Au fond de l'inconnu
Label........: Zoum Zoum
Genre........: Ethnic
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: 17-09-2006
str.date.....: 00-00-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.djeour-cissokho.com/
track title time
01. NanfoulΘ 03:53
02. L'argent 04:54
03. JosΘelΘ 04:46
04. Au fond de l'inconnu 04:56
05. Adji 06:17
06. Cirifo 04:55
07. Mako 04:23
08. Tara 05:13
09. Mansane CissΘ 04:09
10. Dianfa 04:40
Runtime 48:06 min
Size 70,6 MB
Release Notes:
Djeour Cissokho comes from a family of griots that
have served Mandingo kings during their conquest
wars. Djeour is the son of the great Soundioulou
Cissokho, who died in 1994 and who was known as the
king of the kora and had recorded a few albums with
his wife Mahawa Kouyate.
As all children of griots, Djeour Cissokho has
learnt music since his dearest childhood both from
his father and from his brothers. He grew up
between Thies, Dakar and the Casamance region, but
in the evenings, the whole family was making music
with Soundioulou. One day, Djeour took the kora and
started to play, and his father sung with him.
After a few years, Djeour started to be invited
alone for to play at ceremonies. In 1990, he forms
his own group Allalake and he start to create his
own style. Based in Dakar, he made a few cassettes,
resulting in the album " Unite ".
In 1999, he decided to open up new horizons by
playing with foreign musicians, and settled in
Paris. From 2002 onwards, he performs quite
regularly in various Paris venues, as well as on
several world music festivals. Two albums, the 2003
"Guisna" and the new 2006 "Au fond de l'inconnu"
show for an innovating approach, mixing traditional
mandingo griot music with mbalax rhythms on the one
hand, and influences of reggae, jazz and latin
music.
On his album " Au fond de l'inconnu ", recorded in
Paris, he invited Super Etoile's keyboard player
Moustapha Faye. In order to reach a larger African
public, he sings two songs in French (lyrics by
Josee Lapeyree), addressing modern day issue such
as immigration and the danger of money.