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Nigel Williamson, Uncut, October 2010
Dazzling excursion into the fusion of Latin music with West African rhythms - ****
Songlines Magazine Top of the World album, Nov/Dec 2010
Takes jazz and Latin rhythms back to their African roots while still sounding dynamic and modern... Wilson has crafted a classic - ****
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Really great effort at mixing Malian and latino/cuban styles.
Sometimes feels like it's trying a little too hard and that they're trying to cover too many styles.
The last track is a stand out moment, and was actually the start of the project. A more Malian sound with the forceful vocals of the mighty Kandia Kouyate. Personally I think this would have been the better start to the CD working up to the full on salsa tracks which are often very reminiscent of the wonderful afro salsa supergroup Africando.
There are a great range of other fine Malian vocalists on the CD - Soumaila Kanoute, who I believe appears on Toumani Diabate's Boulevard de L'independence, Doussouba Diabate, Aoua Kasse Mady Diabate, Djeneba Kone, Ahmed Fofana - who appear on a couple of tracks each. The sound of their vocals are often quiet different, which helps to add some variety and colour to the sometimes rather straightforward music.
There are some fantastic exchanges between the piano of Alex Wilson and the kora of Madou Sidiki Diabate, brother of Toumani Diabate. Madou has backed many of the top Malian singers and has a fine and at times furiously fast solo CD Madou Sidiki Diabate.
I think they should relax a bit and step back from the full on salsa tracks and find a more laid back fusion, not unlike the AfroCubism sound.
Sometimes feels like it's trying a little too hard and that they're trying to cover too many styles.
The last track is a stand out moment, and was actually the start of the project. A more Malian sound with the forceful vocals of the mighty Kandia Kouyate. Personally I think this would have been the better start to the CD working up to the full on salsa tracks which are often very reminiscent of the wonderful afro salsa supergroup Africando.
There are a great range of other fine Malian vocalists on the CD - Soumaila Kanoute, who I believe appears on Toumani Diabate's Boulevard de L'independence, Doussouba Diabate, Aoua Kasse Mady Diabate, Djeneba Kone, Ahmed Fofana - who appear on a couple of tracks each. The sound of their vocals are often quiet different, which helps to add some variety and colour to the sometimes rather straightforward music.
There are some fantastic exchanges between the piano of Alex Wilson and the kora of Madou Sidiki Diabate, brother of Toumani Diabate. Madou has backed many of the top Malian singers and has a fine and at times furiously fast solo CD Madou Sidiki Diabate.
I think they should relax a bit and step back from the full on salsa tracks and find a more laid back fusion, not unlike the AfroCubism sound.
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