| Artist: Toumani Diabaté
CD title: The Mandé Variations
Release date: 2008
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Ethnic
Type: MP3 format sound
Quality: 320 Kbit/s
Time: 00:58:09
Total size: 82,7 MB
info:full booklet scan included Tracks:
01-si_naani 10:29
02-elyne_road 8:50
03-ali_farka_toure 6:20
04-kaunding_cissoko 6:48
05-ismael_drame 5:45
06-djourou_kara_nany 6:53
07-el_nabiyouna 6:03
08-cantelowes 6:57 Quote:
"The Mandé Variations is the highly anticipated solo album from Africa’s most brilliant instrumentalist and king of the kora, Toumani Diabaté. A moodier, more reflective and mature sound than we have heard from him previously, it features interpretations of classic themes alongside groundbreaking improvised pieces." Album Description :
"The sort of musician you only encounter once or twice in a lifetime." Lucy Duran, BBC Radio 3
'The Mandé Variations' is the highly anticipated solo album from Africa's most brilliant instrumentalist and king of the kora, Toumani Diabaté. A particularly beautiful and melodically accessible instrumental album which will appeal to a very broad spectrum of music buyers, whether they favour jazz, classical, folk, ambient, or even chill out. In fact, anyone who enjoys discovering new music!
A moodier, more reflective and mature sound than we have heard previously from Toumani before, featuring interpretations of classic themes alongside groundbreaking improvised pieces. The album is a departure from Toumani's recent collaborative work and the chance to fully appreciate his incredible musical ability and creativity in his own right.
As always with World Circuit recordings, great attention to detail has been paid to recording, production, packaging and presentation to ensure it is of the highest quality. Personnel:
Toumani Diabate - (kora) About the Artist:
Toumani is amongst the most important musicians in Africa today and an eminent ambassador for the continent as a whole. Popular throughout the world, his music is both classical and contemporary in one.
The kora is a 21 stringed African harp unique to West Africa. As the world's premier kora player, Toumani can take much of the credit for the growing interest in this traditional instrument. In addition to his previous acclaimed albums, Toumani has reached a more modern audience through his recent work with the brilliantly funky Symmetric Orchestra and his collaborations with well known artists such as Damon Albarn, Ali Farka Touré, Salif Keita, Taj Mahal, and most recently Bjork. Toumani performed on her last album and then proved very popular with the crowd when they appeared together at Glastonbury last year.
Toumani Diabaté has been nominated along with his Symmetric Orchestra in the Africa category of BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2008. The winners will be announced in April. His recording with the late Ali Farka Touré, 'In the Heart of the Moon' won a Grammy in 2005." Download: vip-file.com:
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