Toure, Samba - Albala [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.When you meet Samba Tourxe9 in person, he comes off as a soft-spoken man, a man who easily charms you with his abundant smile and optimistic gait. But on his third album, Albala, which in the Songhai language means 'danger' or 'risk', a weighted and at times defiant side of his personality emerges. To call Albala his darkest album is an understatement, but it is not a self-absorbed darkness. The cause of Tourxe9's worry is the crashing world around him, and more specifically the troubles echoing out from his beloved northern Mali homeland.

rrThe last year has brought cataclysmic change and upheaval to northern Mali. The tragic details of this have been globally reported, so there is little point in sensationalizing them here. But the cumulative effect of these events on Samba's music seems palpable. There is an added gravity to his voice and his words, an additional sting to his electric guitar; there are sharper edges and more complex undertones in his musical arrangements.rrOn 'Fondora (Leave Our Road)' Samba sings with indignation: I say, leave our road/ All killers leave our road/ Thieves leave our road Looters, leave our road/ Rapists, leave our road/ Betrayers, leave our road'

rrAnd on the haunting 'Ago Djamba (Life Betrays Us)' Tourxe9 warns: We do not all have the same opportunities/ Here, nobody is born rich but we all have the same value/ Life betrays us.

rrAs a band member, and valued collaborator of the late Malian legend Ali Farka Tourxe9, Samba established a significant reputation, and through his first two solo albums Songhai Blues and Crocodile Blues (World Music Network) his confidence and musical prowess grew proportionately.rrBut Albala is a new flash point. There is more power, there is more grit, the mood is deeper, and aptly, given the album's title, Tourxe9 takes more musical risks.

rrRecorded at Studio Mali in Bamako, in the autumn of 2012, Samba is joined by his regular band members Djimxe9 Sissoko (n'goni ) and Madou Sanogo (congas, djembe) and guests such as the legendary, master of the soku (a one-stringed violin) Zoumana Tereta and the fast-rising Malian neo-traditional singer Aminata Wassidje Traore. Additionally, Hugo Race (The Bad Seeds, Dirtmusic, Fatalists) contributes an array of subtle atmospherics on guitar and keyboards.

rrWith an album as soulful and captivating as Albala, that might not be an over-statement.

Be Ki Don

Fondora

Ayxc3xa9 Go Mila

Awn Bxc3xa8 Ye Kelenye

Aye Sira Bila

Albala

Ago Djamba

Al Barka

Idjxc3xa9 Lalo

Bana

• Genre: Rock
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 4030433600429

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