Oct 23/06
Monday listening
The 2006 Wagram compilation that reminded me to re-listen to Thione Seck yesterday, Radio Afrique, is a great compilation for anyone wanting a contemporary, mainly West African mix. I was going to post a track by Cherif Mbaw anyway today.. but instead I’ll focus a bit on this compilation. Definitely worth a buy.
Isn’t Majojo a cool song? I heard this at a couple friends’ houses while in Dakar. It’s the kind of tune that perks up some music-aware heads at dinner parties. Makes me want to lay into an organ.. there’s something so sexy about the wurlitzer-esque sound.
Cherif Mbaw‘s 2005 release, Demain, is good all-round. That track Kollère is what first made me give it a listen last year. The Sally Nyolo track on Radio Afrique, Tilma, is also a great make-Monday-easier tune.
Nyolo is from Cameroon which is where my friend Marta is getting married at the end of the year. Congrats again, Marta.. I’ll try my best to make it down!
Cherif Mbaw – Majojo
Sally Nyolo – Tilma
I was wondering what a Wurlitzer is? and where one could find one for one’s home….would it take up much space?
Love that cool, cool sound of Cherif Mbaw (Marie Louise Congo: a Wurlitzer is an organ/electric piano – good summary at Wikipedia
Thanks for the Nyolo, too. I like that song — and you may know that the 2003 compilation Drop The Debt includes a remix of Tilma done with Shingo2 of Japan — and it’s good!
Sally’s got a new album en route, by the way, called Studio Cameroon. The label, World Music Network, has a full-length downloadable file of the track Sokolo. Just go to http://www.worldmusic.net and click on the Sally icon on the left. Can’t wait to hear the whole thing. Or maybe it’s already out elsewhere and Matt’s on top of it?
i love these tracks. captal l, capital o v e.
an’ i love the wurli too.
Yes !
Sokolo makes the day !
Studio Cameroon is allready available in Stores in Europe. US by the 7th of november. Very diferents styles and collaboration with rootsy musicians from Yaoundé.
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