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Ali Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté – In The Heart Of The Moon (2xLP)

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  • Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté are among the most famous West African musicians. "In The Heart Of The Moon" was not only their first collaboration for a complete album, but also the first Work of both musicians for many years.

    What began as an idea for a single duet ended with a whole record full of ideas, musical improvisation and spontaneity. Recorded in three two-hour sessions at the Hotel Mandé in Bamako, Mali, an extraordinary dialogue between Tourés acoustic guitar and Diabatés Kora was created. The album featured Ry Cooder on piano and guitar, Sekou Kante and Cachaíto López on bass and Joachim Cooder and Lekan Babalola on Percussion.

    Ali Farka Touré, who died in 2006, is known as the John Lee Hooker of Africa and is one of the most prominent representatives of West African music in the West. Toumani Diabaté also comes from Mali and is considered the master of the Kora, a 21-string harp. Western pop audiences know him from his work with Taj Mahal and Damon Albarn (Blur). "The most beautiful music in the world," enthused the English music magazine Mojo.

    Reviews

    This tender but intense music from West Africa has never sounded more transparent, space- and heart-rending (stereoplay, August 2012)

    ,,... here an instrumentally reduced, very spiritual and yet easily accessible music literally casts a spell over the listener ..." (Stereo, November 2012)
  • Label: World Circuit
    Format: LP
    Units: 2
    Country: UK
    Genre: World
    Style: African
  • A1 Debe
    A2 Kala
    A3 Mamadou Boutiquier
    B1 Monsieur Le Maire De Niafunké
    B2 Kaira
    B3 Simbo
    C1 Ai Ga Bani
    C2 Soumbou Ya Ya
    C3 Naweye Toro
    D1 Kadi Kadi
    D2 Gomni
    D3 Hawa Dolo