Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Ba Power '2015

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Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba’s fourth album Ba Power (and his first for
Glitterbeat Records) is a striking, career defining record marked by mesmerizing
songs, razor-sharp riffs and full-throttle emotions. Bassekou’s band,
Ngoni Ba, has turned up the volume and dynamics significantly and
Bassekou’s masterful ngoni playing has achieved a new level of intensity
that can only be called: afro-rock. This is not the same Ngoni Ba. This is
indeed: Ba Power. 

Without question Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba has revolutionized the sound and
narrative possibilities of the ngoni, the lute-like instrument that is essential
to Mali’s Griot culture. Bassekou was born into this resonant tradition
but his relationship to it has been anything but static. From the beginning of
his career, through his invention of a previously unheard repertoire built
around the melodies and rhythms of four interlocking (and at times electric)
ngonis, Bassekou has demonstrated his respect for the past by radically pulling
it into the future. 

Over the last decade, Bassekou has firmly established himself as not only one of
Mali’s, but as one of Africa’s premier global artists. A veteran
of hundreds of worldwide concerts, including major festival appearances at
Glastonbury, Roskilde and WOMAD, Bassekou has also garnered a lengthy list of
critical accolades. His debut album Segu Blue (2007) won two BBC Radio 3 Awards
for World Music (‘Best Album’ and ‘Best African
Artist’) and was voted the fRoots Album of the Year. The follow-up I
Speak Fula (2009) was nominated for a Grammy Award. Jama Ko (2013) was named the
Best World Music album in both Mojo magazine and Uncut magazines. The album was
also #1 on the 2013 World Music Charts Europe (WMCE), and Songlines Magazine
voted Bassekou, ‘Artist Of the Year’ for 2014. 

“Defiant, angry new music from Mali, by the world’s greatest
exponent of the ngoni, the ancient West African lute” (The Guardian) 

Tracklist:
01. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Siran Fen
02. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Musow Fanga
03. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Abé Sumaya
04. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Ayé Sira Bla
05. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Borongoli ma Kununban
06. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Waati
07. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Fama Magni
08. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Te Duniya Laban
09. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Bassekouni

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