Neba Solo 、 Benego Diakite - A Djinn And A Hunter Went Walking (The Complete Sessions) - Import 2 CD

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Neba Solo 、 Benego Diakite

Description:

Nonesuch Records, which continues to introduce quality music to the world, is pleased to announce the first release from its new collaboration with longtime partner Nick Gold, former president of World Circuit Records, "Etoile Audio". A DJINN AND A HUNTER WENT WALKING" features balafon player Neva Soro, known as a "musician's musician" in the Malian music scene, and donso ngoni player Benego Diakite. A DJINN AND A HUNTER WENT WALKING" is released as a 2-CD set including demo session recordings! Nonesuch Records, which continues to introduce quality music to the world, has launched a new project.The first release from Etoile Audio, a new collaboration with longtime partner and former World Circuit Records president Nick Gold, is "A DJINN" by Malian balafonist Neva Solo and donso ngoni player Benego Diakite. AND A HUNTER WENT WALKING" by Malian balafonist Neva Solo and donso ngoni player Benego Diakite. A DJINN AND A HUNTER WENT WALKING" is an album by Neba Solo and Benego Diakite, two leading players of the balafon, a traditional Malian instrument similar to the marimba, and the donso ngoni, a hunter's harp.Co-produced by Nick Gold, Usman Haidara, and Sonny Johns, disc one of this two-disc set features Neva Solo and Benego Diakite's acoustic instrumentation with vocals, percussion, and mellotron guitar strings coloring the album The work "A DJINN AND A HUNTER WENT WALKING" is included. Disc 2 contains an unadorned session recorded in the gardens of Bamako under a mango tree. The performance began after sunset, and at times crickets can be heard chirping in quiet moments, making it sound like a field recording. The project for A DJINN AND A HUNTER WENT WALKING began more than a decade ago. Album co-producers Nick Gold and Usman Haidara first came up with the idea of combining the two instruments while preparing to record legendary singer Um Sangare's "Seya" for the World Circuit. Despite their geographic cultural proximity, the instruments played by Neva Solo and Diakite do not usually intersect. In Kenedug, where Neva Solo is from, the balafon is traditionally played to inspire farmers in the fields, while in the Wassoulou region, where Diakite is from, the culture is mainly hunting.Gold overheard the balafon player at a restaurant in Bamako and intuited that his sound would harmonize with Sangare's records, so the two invited Neva Solo to join Seya's session. The budding balafon player hit it off with the band and developed a strong musical rapport with Diakite, a veteran of Donso Ngoni. Gold and Haidara sensed the chemistry that was brewing as the two improvised in the warm-up, and encouraged them to explore further, resulting in the session that would later become A DJINN AND A HUNTER WENT WALKING. There, Neva Solo brought a custom-made balafon with extended bass range, and Diakite brought his most bass-sounding donso ngoni. (1/2)

Tracklisting:

1. Djine Mogo Tiki
2. Seko
3. Maa Kery
4. Yeredon Bali
5. Seko (interlude)
6. Hakilimaya
7. Kodonaw
8. Ba Ngolo
9. Nania Ba
10. Dankoro Ba
1. Ba Ngolo (Garden Demo)
2. Seko (Garden Demo)
3. Hakilimaya (Garden Demo)
4. Djine Mogo Tiki (Garden Demo)
5. Maa Kery (Garden Demo)
6. Ba Ngolo (Balafon Solo)