{"id":15893,"date":"2017-04-03T22:25:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T22:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/?page_id=15893"},"modified":"2019-01-20T23:10:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T23:10:34","slug":"mali-blues-various-artists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/?page_id=15893","title":{"rendered":"MALI BLUES | Various Artists – English"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MALI BLUES – SOUNDTRACK | Various Artists<\/strong>
\nEnglish<\/em> | Deutsch<\/a>
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Mali, situated in the heart of West Africa, is the cradle of today\u2019s Blues and Jazz. It is believed that slaves brought their traditional African rhythms and sounds to the North American cotton fields. For centuries music has strengthened Mali\u2019s cultural identity, with musicians holding strong positions in society. Following Fatoumata Diawara, shooting star of the global pop scene, MALI BLUES is a musical journey, in which we explore the country\u2019s rich musical culture and its threat by radical movements. On our way we meet other committed musicians, who are fighting for unity and the freedom to express themselves through their music.<\/p>\n

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The MALI BLUES soundtrack takes us further on this musical journey and introduces us to unique artists such as Tuareg musician Ahmed Ag Kaedi, famous Ngoni player and traditional Griot Bassekou Kouyat\u00e9, Malian Rapper Master Soumy and of course Fatoumata Diawara.<\/p>\n

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01 Fatoumata Diawara: \u201eSowa\u201c (03:08)
\n\u2117 2011 World Circuit \u00b7 Written by Fatoumata Diawara \u00b7 Performed by Fatoumata Diawara \u00b7 Licensed courtesy of World Circuit Records \u00b7 Published by World Circuit Music
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02 Bassekou Kouyat\u00e9 & Ngoni ba: \u201eDesert Nianafing\u201c (04:34)
\nWritten by Bassekou Kouyate \u00b7 Performed by Bassekou Kouyat\u00e9 & Ngoni ba feat. Afel Bocoum, Ahmed Ag Kaedi \u00b7 Licensed courtesy of outhere records \u00b7 Published by outhere publishing<\/p>\n

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03 Amanar de Kidal: \u201eAlghafiat\u201c (06:37)
\nWritten by Ahmed Ag Kaedi \u00b7 Performed by Amanar de Kidal \u00b7 Licensed courtesy of Ahmed Ag Kaedi \u00b7 Published by Sahel Sounds
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04 Bassekou Kouyat\u00e9 & Ngoni ba: \u201eWagadou\u201c (05:31)
\nWritten by Bassekou Kouyate \u00b7 Performed by Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba \u00b7 Licensed courtesy of outhere records (taken from Jama ko (OH 021) \u00b7 Published by World Circuit Music
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05 Master Soumy: \u201eExplique Moi Ton Islam\u201c (05:07)
\nWritten by Isma\u00ebla Doucour\u00e9 aka Master Soumy \u00b7 Peformed by Isma\u00ebla Doucour\u00e9 aka Master Soumy\u00b7 Licensed courtesy of Isma\u00ebla Doucour\u00e9 aka Master Soumy \u00b7 Published by Isma\u00ebla Doucour\u00e9 aka Master Soumy
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06 Fatoumata Diawara: \u201eKanou\u201c (03:54)
\n\u2117 2011 World Circuit \u00b7 Written by Fatoumata Diawara \u00b7 Performed by Fatoumata Diawara \u00b7 Licensed courtesy of World Circuit Records \u00b7 Published by World Circuit Music<\/p>\n

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07 Master Soumy: \u201eY\u2019en a marre\u201c (04:58)
\nWritten by Isma\u00ebla Doucour\u00e9 aka Master Soumy \u00b7 Peformed by Isma\u00ebla Doucour\u00e9 aka Master Soumy \u00b7 Licensed courtesy of Isma\u00ebla Doucour\u00e9 aka Master Soumy \u00b7 Published by Isma\u00ebla Doucour\u00e9 aka Master Soumy<\/p>\n

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08 Fatoumata Diawara: \u201eSonkolon\u201c (03:32)
\n\u2117 2011 World Circuit \u00b7 Written by Fatoumata Diawara \u00b7 Performed by Fatoumata Diawara \u00b7 Licensed courtesy of World Circuit Records \u00b7 Published by World Circuit Music<\/p>\n

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09 Bassekou Kouyat\u00e9: \u201eJonkoloni\u201c live (02:58)
\nWritten by Bassekou Kouyate \u00b7 Performed by Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba \u00b7 Licensed courtesy of Gebr\u00fcder Beetz Filmproduktion \/ World Circuit Records \u00b7 Published by World Circuit Music<\/p>\n

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10 Amanar de Kidal: \u201eAwadam\u201c (04:26)
\nWritten by Ahmed Ag Kaedi \u00b7 Performed by Amanar de Kidal \u00b7 Licensed courtesy of Ahmed Ag Kaedi \u00b7 Published by Sahel Sounds Records<\/p>\n

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11 Fatoumata Diawara: \u201eBoloko\u201c live (02:21)
\nWritten by Fatoumata Diawara \u00b7 Performed by Fatoumata Diawara \u00b7 Licensed courtesy of Gebr\u00fcder Beetz Filmproduktion \/ World Circuit Records \u00b7 Published by World Circuit Music<\/p>\n

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12 Samba Tour\u00e9: \u201eAgo Djamba\u201c (05:32)
\nWritten by Samba Tour\u00e9 \u00b7 Performed by Samba Tour\u00e9 \u00b7 Licensed courtesy of Glitterbeat Records \u00b7 Published by La Chunga music publishing<\/p>\n

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13 Amanar de Kidal feat. Omniversal Earkestra: \u201eTumastin\u201c live (10:46)
\nWritten by Ahmed Ag Kaedi \u00b7 Performed by Amanar de Kidal & Omniversal Earkestra \u00b7 Licensed courtesy of Omniversal Earkestra \u00b7 Published by Omniversal Earkestra \u00b7 AMANAR DE KIDAL with the OMNIVERSAL EARKESTRA recorded Live in Concert from Sahel to Saturn at unknown Berlin Caravanserei on September 26, 2016 \u00b7 Johannes JB B\u00f6hmer (tp) \u00b7 Fabian Enceladus Engwicht (tp) \u00b7 Robin Shere Kahl (tp) \u00b7 Alistair Duncan (tb) \u00b7 Till K\u00fcnkler (tb) \u00b7 B.B. K\u00f6nig (tu) \u00b7 Sam Hudson (as) \u00b7 Paulophon Berberich (as, fl) \u00b7 Johannes Mono Schleiermacher (ts) \u00b7 Oliphant Catfish Fox (ts) \u00b7 Franz C Stahl (bs) \u00b7 Ahmed Ag Kaedi (g, voc) \u00b7 Issa Ag Adani (g, voc) \u00b7 Balla Kouyate (b) \u00b7 Baron Atlas von Enkelmann (b) \u00b7 Mahalmoudou Traore (d) \u00b7 Kofi Bernardt (perc) \u00b7 Mood \u2019ngodo (howl\u2019n\u2019possession).<\/p>\n

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13 Tracks (63\u203214\u2033)
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Sound Art Series by Gruenrekorder
\nGermany \/ 2017 \/ Gruen 174 \/ LC 09488 \/ GEMA \/ EAN 4050486989197<\/p>\n

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ROBIN DENSELOW | SONGLINES – ISSUE 131<\/a><\/strong>
\nFatoumata\u2019s return home
\nThis is the soundtrack to a documentary by the German filmmaker Lutz Gregor, which chronicles the return to Mali of Fatoumata Diawara after she had
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\nThere are four songs by Diawara, all featured on her debut album, Fatou, although the version of \u2018Boloko\u2019 heard here is a live recording. Then there are three from that glorious ngoni (lute) virtuoso Bassekou Kouyat\u00e9, including the rousing \u2018Desert Nianafing\u2019, on which he and his band Ngoni ba are joined by the great Afel Bocoum and by Ahmed Ag Kaedi, who further demonstrates his guitar skills on three contributions by Amanar, the desert blues band he leads. There\u2019s more Malian guitar blues from the excellent Samba Tour\u00e9, and, in contrast, a couple of hip-hop tracks from the energetic Master Soumy. If the film is as good as its soundtrack, it is well worth seeing.
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\nA film and a soundtrack, Mali Blues travels to the heart of West Africa to introduce us to its rich musical culture and four artists in particular, global star-in-the-making Fatoumata Diawara, ngoni player and traditional Griot Bassekou Kouyat\u00e9, Malian rapper Master Soumy, and Tuareg musician Ahmed Ag Kaedi. Director Lutz Gregor’s 2016 documentary follows Diawara (known as Fatou) who, having fled Mali as a young woman to escape an arranged marriage, is seen preparing for her first-ever concert performance in the southern Mali city of S\u00e9gou at the Festival of the Niger in 2015. In addition to documenting her concert tour, the film shows her meeting with Ahmed Ag Kaedi, who fled his desert home for a different reason: fundamentalists threatening to cut off his fingers. Not only have individuals been threatened but so too has the entire musical heritage of Mali: in 2012, a ban was instituted by radical Islamists that saw radio stations destroyed and musicians forced into exile.<\/p>\n

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If Diawara is the \u2018star‘ of the documentary, so too does she stand out on the soundtrack; in that regard, it doesn’t surprise that she not only appears first but does so with the recording’s most infectious song, the irresistibly hummable \u201cSowa.\u201d Her acrobatically smooth vocal delivery is certainly a major part of the song’s appeal, but its lilting swing and melodic hooks bolster its allure\u2014the kind of AfroPop you want to revisit the moment it’s over; also strong is \u201cKanou,\u201d whose breezy lilt works a hint of Jo\u00e3o Gilberto-styled bossa nova into its African swing. Even without visuals, Diawara’s radiance shines through all four of her contributions, the opener especially, and the material certainly suggests she has the potential to become a major international star.<\/p>\n

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A bluesier side of Mali’s music arises during Bassekou Kouyat\u00e9 and his band Ngoni ba’s \u201cDesert Nianafing\u201d when the tune features both Kouyat\u00e9’s centuries-old ngoni string instrument (said to be a precursor of the banjo) and the controlled wail of Ahmed Ag Kaedi’s guitar; Kouyat\u00e9’s ancient stringed instrument is more prominent in \u201cWagadou,\u201d though one’s attention is as much drawn to the song’s impassioned vocal performances. Master Soumy (Isma\u00ebla Doucour\u00e9) clearly has his ears close to the ground, at least insofar as \u201cExplique Moi Ton Islam,\u201d with its vague echoes of \u201cGangsta’s Paradise,\u201d is representative of the rap singer’s style.
\nOn the soundtrack, Diawara is represented by four songs, Kouyate three, Soumy two, Samba Tour\u00e9 one, and Ahmed Ag Kaedi three (the songs written by him but, as credited, performed by Amanar de Kidal); three of the thirteen pieces are live tracks, including an eleven-minute bonus, \u201cTumastin,\u201d a loping rouser performed by Amanar de Kidal and the Omniversal Earkestra. Though the singing isn’t in English, the soundtrack is easy on Western ears, especially when the songs are rhythmically driven, prominently feature guitars, horns, synthesizers, and drums, and are often stylistically reminiscent of Western styles such as blues, rock, and hip-hop.
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\u0141ukasz Kom\u0142a | Nowamuzyka.pl<\/a><\/strong>
\nW\u0142a\u015bnie ukaza\u0142a si\u0119 \u015bcie\u017cka d\u017awi\u0119kowa do ubieg\u0142orocznego filmu dokumentalnego o malijskich artystach.<\/p>\n

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Tak si\u0119 sk\u0142ada, \u017ce muzyka z Afryki cz\u0119sto pojawia si\u0119 na \u0142amach Nowej Muzyki, a szczeg\u00f3lne miejsce zajmuje Mali. Wystarczy przypomnie\u0107 sk\u0142adank\u0119 z zesz\u0142ego roku \u201eEvery Song Has Its End: Sonic Dispatches From Traditional Mali\u201d<\/a> (Glitterbeat), koncertowy materia\u0142 Tamikrest z okazji Record Store Day (\u201eTaksera\u201d<\/a>) oraz ich niedawno wydany album \u201eKidal\u201d<\/a>, a tak\u017ce sprzed dw\u00f3ch lat p\u0142yt\u0119 Bassekou Kouyat\u00e9 & Ngoni Ba \u2013 \u201eBa Power\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ten ostatni artysta, Bassekou Kouyat\u00e9, powraca w filmie niemieckiego re\u017cysera Lutza Gregora \u2013 \u201eMali Blues\u201d<\/a>, kt\u00f3ry mia\u0142 swoj\u0105 premier\u0119 w czerwcu 2016 roku. Dziwi\u0119 si\u0119, \u017ce nie ma tego obrazu w tegorocznym programie festiwalu AfryKamera<\/a>. Kluczow\u0105 postaci\u0105 \u201eMali Blues\u201d jest malijska wokalistka, gitarzystka Fatoumata Diawara. Jeszcze jako bardzo m\u0142oda dziewczyna uciek\u0142a z Mali do Francji, w obawie przed zaaran\u017cowanym ma\u0142\u017ce\u0144stwem. W 2015 roku wraca do swojej ojczyzny, by zagra\u0107 na tam sw\u00f3j pierwszy koncert w mie\u015bcie S\u00e9gou po\u0142o\u017conym w po\u0142udniowo-zachodniej cz\u0119\u015bci Mali nad rzek\u0105 Niger. Gregor chwyci\u0142 za kamer\u0119 i towarzyszy\u0142 Diawarze nie tylko czasie jej wyst\u0119p\u00f3w, ale te\u017c w trakcie spotka\u0144 z malijskimi tw\u00f3rcami, cho\u0107by takimi jak Tuaregiem\/gitarzyst\u0105 Ahmedem Ag Kaedim (znamy go jako Amanar<\/a>), Griotem i wirtuozem gry na ngoni Bassekou Kouyat\u00e9, czy raperem Isma\u00eblem Doucour\u00e9 (Master Soumy).<\/p>\n

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P\u0142yta \u201eMali Blues \u2013 Soundtrack\u201d (21.04.2017 | Gruenrekorder) pomie\u015bci\u0142a trzyna\u015bcie kompozycji. Wi\u0119kszo\u015b\u0107 nagra\u0144 pochodzi ze znanych ju\u017c wydawnictw opublikowanych przez World Circuit Music, Sahel Sounds, Glitterbeat. Mamy studyjne (m.in. pi\u0119kny blues Samba Tour\u00e9), jak i koncertowe fragmenty. Ca\u0142y materia\u0142 u\u0142o\u017cy\u0142 si\u0119 w bardzo dobry zestaw, a bonusowy numer \u201eTumastin\u201d, z koncertu tuareskiego gitarzysty Amanara z udzia\u0142em Omniversal Earkestra, znakomicie przedstawia si\u0142\u0119 tradycyjnej muzyki malijskiej w otoczeniu jazzowego transu.
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Klaus Halama | Sound & Image<\/a><\/strong>
\nDer Spielfilm \u201eTimbuktu\u201c des malischen Filmemachers Abderrahmane Sissoko war nahe dran, in Cannes einen Preis abzustauben. Dass es dann letztendlich doch nicht geklappt hat, lag keinesfalls daran, dass der Inhalt nicht 100%ig gepasst h\u00e4tte. Viel eher fehlte vielleicht das entscheidende Quentchen Gl\u00fcck, vielleicht aber auch ein insgesamt mangelndes Interesse am schon l\u00e4nger schwelenden Konflikt, der in Mali durch islamische Milizen heraufbeschworen wurde. Das Thema \u201eB\u00fcrgerkrieg in Mali\u201c bleibt aber dennoch auf der Agenda all derjenigen, die das uns\u00e4gliche Treiben von Al-Qaida verfolgen. Unter ihnen ist auch der Filmemacher Lutz Gregor, der den Dokumentarfilm \u201eMali Blues\u201c in die Welt gesetzt hat und der die Geschichte von vier malischen Musikern erz\u00e4hlt, die f\u00fcr einen toleranten Islam k\u00e4mpfen. Allen voran die Singer-\/Songwriterin Fatoumata Diawara, die das Land verlie\u00df, um nicht zwangsverheiratet zu werden. Aber auch der Ngoni-Spieler Bassekou Kouyat\u00e9 ist ein weltoffener und weitgereister Kritiker der augenblicklichen Zust\u00e4nde. Zur jungen Generation Malis z\u00e4hlt der Rapper Master Soumy, der mit seinen Texten nicht nur aufr\u00fctteln will, sondern auch als einer der wenigen Verantwortliche beim Namen nennt. Der vierte im Bunde ist der Tuareg-Musiker Ahmed Ag Kaedi, der aus dem Norden Malis nach Bamako fliehen musste, um sowohl k\u00f6rperlich als auch k\u00fcnstlerisch zu \u00fcberleben. \u201eMali Blues\u201c ist demnach eine sehr abwechslungsreiche CD, die die verschiedenen k\u00fcnstlerischen Str\u00f6mungen Malis sehr gut widerspiegelt. Eindringlicher Blues, tiefgr\u00fcndiges Songwriting und die typische Instrumentierung machen diese Filmmusik zu einem beeindruckenden H\u00f6rerlebnis. Lediglich die HipHop-Anteile dr\u00fccken etwas das hohe Niveau, denn trotz vermutlich wichtiger Aussagen (die man aber leider nicht \u00fcbersetzt hat), stehen die Musikanteile auf eher schwachen F\u00fc\u00dfen. Trotzdem ist dieses Album ein ziemlich wichtiges Statement f\u00fcr afrikanisches Selbstbewu\u00dftsein.
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