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01. SAMBA TOURE - Gandadiko
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02. SAMBA TOURE - Wo Yendè Alakar
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03. SAMBA TOURE - Malè Bano
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04. SAMBA TOURE - Farikoyo
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05. SAMBA TOURE - Touri Idjé Bibi
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06. SAMBA TOURE - Chiri Hari
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07. SAMBA TOURE - Gafouré
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08. SAMBA TOURE - Su Wililé
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09. SAMBA TOURE - I Kana Korto
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10. SAMBA TOURE - Woyé Katé
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ARTIST
TOURE, SAMBA
TITLE
Gandadiko
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
GLITTERBEAT
CATALOG #
GB 020CD
GB 020CD
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
2/3/2015
Midline pricing.
Samba Touré
's previous album
Albala
(GB 004CD/LP) was recorded during the fear-laden atmosphere of 2012, when northern Mali (including his ancestral village of Diré) had succumbed to sharia law and radical Islamist control and Bamako, his adopted home, still reeled in the chaos of the recent military coup.
Albala
received widespread acclaim and was rightfully recognized not only as the best album of Samba's career but also as an undeniable musical statement about the human toll of war and political crisis. Samba had spent years honing his artistry (including stints playing with Malian blues master
Ali Farka Touré
and Kora genius
Toumani Diabate
) and
Albala
signposted a mature artist, full of sonic imagination and narrative fire.
Gandadiko
, the title of Samba's potent, diverse and ambitious new album, translates from his native language Songhai as: "Land of Drought" or "Burning Land." The title seems to indicate a return to the dark textures that marked
Albala
but in fact
Gandadiko
is a more complex story than that. Touré is known to search for the seeds of his musical ideas in the assorted stack of CDs he listens to while driving through the chaotic streets of Bamako. The out-of-the-box musical inspirations he has picked up for his new album range from
Serge Gainsbourg
to
Bo Diddley
via
Tom Petty
to funky psychedelia, though of course, all the raw material is instinctually filtered through the traditional melodies and rhythms of his Songhai musical heritage. The songs on
Gandadiko
are in fact framed by a restless eclecticism. Samba's guitar-playing has never been so anxious, exploratory and rock and roll and his voice has never been as smooth and relaxed.
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