{"product_id":"various-the-original-sound-of-mali-2","title":"VARIOUS - The Original Sound Of Mali 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD - CD version comes with unique cover image artwork. Includes booklet with extensive liner notes from Florent Mazzoleni. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing the success of ‘\u003cem\u003eThe Original Sound of Mali\u003c\/em\u003e’ compilation, we return with another explorative delve into the wonders of Malian music compiled by French writer, journalist and Grammy-nominated compiler \u003cstrong\u003eFlorent Mazzoleni\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMr Bongo\u003c\/strong\u003e’s very own \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Buttle\u003c\/strong\u003e. Restoring, reissuing and contextualising iconic tracks from \u003cstrong\u003eOusmane Kouyaté \u0026amp; Ambassadeurs Internationaux\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eRail Band\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eLes Messagers du Mali, Mystère Jazz de Tombouctou\u003c\/strong\u003e and many more, the second compilation in this series dives ever further into the richness of post-independence music emanating out of Mali. One in which traditional foundations and instrumentation, blended with modern musical advances and influence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing Mali’s independence, after ten years of maturation, the 1970s saw modern Malian culture revealed to the world through musical anthologies and overviews of national and regional productions. It was a remarkably fertile period of the country’s musical history, with state-sponsored bands and orchestras now able to be documented and recorded by sound engineers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMali has always had a diverse storytelling tradition through music, with each province and ethnic group having its own unique character and nuances. As influences and sounds from the West\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edrifted over the Atlantic, Malian musicians began hearing artists like John Lee Hooker, Wilson Pickett, Johnny Pacheco, Celia Cruz and James Brown. Elements and ideas from blues, soul, rock and funk led to bands covering artists they’d heard from these genres. The \u003cstrong\u003eTjiwara Band de Kati\u003c\/strong\u003e’s raw cover version of Pickett’s soul \/ R\u0026amp;B classic ‘\u003cem\u003eIn The Midnight Hour\u003c\/em\u003e’ and the James Brown funk-channelling cut ‘\u003cem\u003eGet Up James\u003c\/em\u003e’ from \u003cstrong\u003eLes Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako\u003c\/strong\u003e, are two such examples featured on this compilation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 influence of foreign styles and modern instrumentation becoming more available, this fusion of Western ideas with traditional Malian rhythms and organic instruments led to a one-of-a-kind musical excellence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second volume in this series, captures the raw energy of Mali in this period, 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\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eand\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSokona Sacko\u003c\/strong\u003e, sitting side by side with the swirling hypnotism of \u003cstrong\u003eTentemba Jazz du Mali\u003c\/strong\u003e and a ngoni-infused, percussive dancer from \u003cstrong\u003eAllata Broulaye\u003c\/strong\u003e. Elsewhere, the deep African desert music of \u003cstrong\u003eMystère Jazz de Tombouctou\u003c\/strong\u003e rubs shoulders with the grandeur of the\u003cstrong\u003e Rail Band\u003c\/strong\u003e, powered by \u003cstrong\u003eSalif Keita\u003c\/strong\u003e’s iconic vocals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose are just a handful of the recordings highlighted on this compilation, which includes an extensive booklet looking at the history and relevance of the tracks written by Florent Mazzoleni. 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