Friday, January 1, 2010

A Malian Arrow




I'm not sure Ama Maïga's Une Fleche Malienne (Disques Sonics SONICS 79426, ca. 1984) succeeds completely as a fusion between traditional Malian kora sounds and modern African pop, but it was one of the first, and certainly bears a listen or two. Graeme Counsel's Burkinabé vinyl discography notes a 1976 pressing by Maïga, but that's the extent of what I've been able to find out about him. He recorded this one-off in Paris with a crew of session musicians and then dropped off the map, never to be heard from again. Enjoy!

Ama Maïga - Keleya

Ama Maïga - Lannaya-Tilebana

Ama Maïga - Souboury

Ama Maïga - Djougou Sago

Download Une Fleche Malienne as a zipped file here.
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5 comments:

  1. icasticoJanuary 1, 2010 at 2:01 PM

    Happy New Year.

    http://aboombong.bandcamp.com/album/asynchronic

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  2. adunaJanuary 2, 2010 at 10:37 AM

    Hello,

    You made my day with this post. Quel disque!

    Many thanks & happy new year to you...

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  3. oroJanuary 2, 2010 at 12:41 PM

    Merci, merci pour ces moments de bonheur et de nostalgies

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  4. jamesFebruary 8, 2010 at 6:30 PM

    keleya....génial, merci beaucoup, thanks a lot...

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  5. AnonymousAugust 20, 2012 at 4:14 PM

    This record has to be one of the real lost pearls .....!

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