Release Date: 27 March 2020
Label: LusAfrica
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 3567258620123
Genres: World Music Africa
Release Date: 29 August 2020
Label: LusAfrica
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 3567258620116
Genres: World Music Africa
Description
No reference of the griotique poets, but a bewitching funk and dizzying rock pulsations to serve a spinning and hypnotic music. Bamba Wassoulou Groove's repertoire is composed in majority of new tracks and some other big Bambara classics, which definitely exceeds the celebration of genre. An album like a story where the depths of memories meet the shine of the present.
The Bamba Wassoulou Groove is composed of 6 musicians (three guitars,one bass, a drum and a singer) and is here to create a real wall of sound. Solis with Hendrixian virtuosos, trance voice, evil bass and drum sections, the band is a heavy dance machine who electrifies the Malian music and recreates the excitement of the hot nights in Bamako.
Philippe Conrath (creator of Festival Africolor) explains : "To create the Bamba Wassoulou Groove a connoisseur was needed, a man of confidence who would also ensure human and musical unity. Who better than Bamba Dembélé (who passed in 2018) to build such a band? Bamba, the indispensable, the fixer, the invincible. Former member of Zani Diabatatés legendary Super Djata Band, he had all the contacts in Bamako to set up the Wassoulou Groove. Helaunched a formidable machine with an unrelenting rhythm, that allowed the three fierce guitars of the group to soar, carrying Ousmane Diakité's voice into a trance. funk, rock, the Bamba Wassoulou Groove is a new virus that will contaminate the world's dance floors."
Description
RSD France Ltd Vinyl Edition
No reference of the griotique poets, but a bewitching funk and dizzying rock pulsations to serve a spinning and hypnotic music. Bamba Wassoulou Groove's repertoire is composed in majority of new tracks and some other big Bambara classics, which definitely exceeds the celebration of genre. An album like a story where the depths of memories meet the shine of the present. The Bamba Wassoulou Groove is composed of 6 musicians (three guitars,one bass, a drum and a singer) and is here to create a real wall of sound. Solis with Hendrixian virtuosos, trance voice, evil bass and drum sections, the band is a heavy dance machine who electrifies the Malian music and recreates the excitement of the hot nights in Bamako.
Philippe Conrath (creator of Festival Africolor) explains : "To create the Bamba Wassoulou Groove a connoisseur was needed, a man of confidence who would also ensure human and musical unity. Who better than Bamba Dembélé (who passed in 2018) to build such a band? Bamba, the indispensable, the fixer, the invincible. Former member of Zani Diabatatés legendary Super Djata Band, he had all the contacts in Bamako to set up the Wassoulou Groove. Helaunched a formidable machine with an unrelenting rhythm, that allowed the three fierce guitars of the group to soar, carrying Ousmane Diakité's voice into a trance. funk, rock, the Bamba Wassoulou Groove is a new virus that will contaminate the world's dance floors."
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Elida Almeida
Cesaria Evora
Cesaria Evora
Various Artists
Dino D'Santiago
Elida Almeida
Djénéba & Fousco
Boubacar Traore
Kanazoe, Clotilde Rullaud, Abdoulaye Traore, Boubacar Djiga & Achille Nacoulma
Osibisa
K.O.G
Seckou Keita
Vis-A-Vis
N'gola (Sao Tome)
Dobet Gnahore
Madala Kunene
