{"product_id":"the-original-sound-of-mali-2-vinyl-2lp-cd","title":"The Original Sound Of Mali 2 – Vinyl 2LP\/CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. Ousmane Kouyaté \u0026amp; Ambassadeurs Internationaux - Kefimba \/ 2. Bouba et Sokona Sacko - Mamaniya \/ 3. Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako - Get Up James \/ 4. Allata Broulaye - Moussokéléyato \/ 5. Tentemba Jazz du Mali - Yayoroba \/ 6. Tjiwara Band de Kati — Kogola \/ 7. Rail Band - Massaré Mousso \/ 8. Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako - Matou Kagni \/ 9. Mystère Jazz de Tombouctou - Sidi Yahia \/ 10. Allata Broulaye - Yayoroba \/ 11. Les Messagers du Mali - Diamana Diarra \/ 12. Tjiwara Band de Kati - Midnight Hour\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the success of \u003cstrong\u003e‘The Original Sound of Mali’ \u003c\/strong\u003ecompilation, we return with another explorative delve into the \u003cstrong\u003ewonders of Malian music\u003c\/strong\u003e compiled by French writer, journalist and Grammy-nominated compiler \u003cstrong\u003eFlorent Mazzoleni \u003c\/strong\u003eand Mr Bongo’s very own \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Buttle\u003c\/strong\u003e. Restoring, reissuing and contextualising iconic tracks from \u003cstrong\u003eOusmane Kouyaté \u0026amp; Ambassadeurs Internationaux, Rail Band, Les Messagers du Mali, Mystère Jazz de Tombouctou\u003c\/strong\u003e and many more, the second compilation in this series dives ever further into the \u003cstrong\u003erichness of post-independence music\u003c\/strong\u003e emanating out of Mali. One in which traditional foundations and instrumentation, blended with modern musical advances and influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing Mali’s independence, after ten years of maturation, the \u003cstrong\u003e1970s saw modern Malian culture revealed\u003c\/strong\u003e to the world through musical anthologies and overviews of national and regional productions. It was a \u003cstrong\u003eremarkably fertile period \u003c\/strong\u003eof the country’s musical history, with \u003cstrong\u003estate-sponsored bands and orchestras \u003c\/strong\u003enow able to be documented and recorded by sound engineers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMali has always had a \u003cstrong\u003ediverse storytelling tradition through music\u003c\/strong\u003e, with each province and ethnic group having its own unique character and nuances. As influences and sounds from the West drifted over the Atlantic, Malian musicians began hearing artists like \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Lee Hooker, Wilson Pickett, Johnny Pacheco, Celia Cruz \u003c\/strong\u003eand\u003cstrong\u003e James Brown. \u003c\/strong\u003eElements and ideas from blues, soul, rock and funk led to bands \u003cstrong\u003ecovering artists \u003c\/strong\u003ethey’d heard from these genres. The Tjiwara Band de Kati’s raw cover version of \u003cstrong\u003ePickett’s soul \/ R\u0026amp;B classic ‘In The Midnight Hour’\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003eJames Brown funk-channelling\u003c\/strong\u003e cut ‘Get Up James’ from Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako, are two such examples featured on this compilation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost bands also relied on playing in hotels in Mali’s capital, Bamako, which naturally became where they honed their sound. With guests wanting to hear the \u003cstrong\u003einfluence of foreign styles and modern instrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e becoming more available, this fusion of Western ideas with \u003cstrong\u003etraditional Malian rhythms\u003c\/strong\u003e and organic instruments led to a \u003cstrong\u003eone-of-a-kind musical excellence.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second volume in this series, captures the \u003cstrong\u003eraw energy of Mali in this period\u003c\/strong\u003e, with a spread of sounds that radiated from Mali’s newly recorded musicians. The afrobeat rhythms of \u003cstrong\u003eOusmane Kouyaté\u003c\/strong\u003e and mesmerising Malian classic from \u003cstrong\u003eBouba and Sokona Sacko\u003c\/strong\u003e, sitting side by side with the swirling hypnotism of \u003cstrong\u003eTentemba Jazz du Mali \u003c\/strong\u003eand a ngoni-infused, percussive dancer from \u003cstrong\u003eAllata Broulaye\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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