tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post1794012518652016954..comments2024-01-16T08:38:37.343-08:00Comments on worldservice: Fodé NaraWrldServhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11086024409769016464noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-70712434909716382112015-10-02T12:00:21.326-07:002015-10-02T12:00:21.326-07:00I stumbled again with these comments while searchi...I stumbled again with these comments while searching for information, the contribution of Graeme Counsel on youtube with a recording of the Orchestre National B de la Republique du Mali, is the source of my curiosity.<br /><br />Well I have to comment that Aliou Traore is the fiddler from Maravillas de Mali, partner in the Oumou band with the flutist Amadou aka "Adez" Traoré, and Amadou ba Guindo only was artistic director in the first album of Oumou, since a car accident ended his life.<br />It could also be Dramane Coulibaly, the flautist in this recording, as we see him in the group of that recording.... on the BBC reportage with Kassé Mady singing Fodé to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-56055002648427201032008-10-10T08:45:00.000-07:002008-10-10T08:45:00.000-07:00First let me stress (for others) that the compress...First let me stress (for others) that the compression of the mp3 is 192 kbps. A 'higher' quality would have been nonsense with the quality of the cassette.<BR/>Badema have always put in <I>effects</I> in their tracks, e.g. the motorboat sound in 'Nama' (which is about a tragic and historic shipwreck on the river Niger). The <I>chef d'orchestre</I> of Badema was Amadou Ba Guindo (later responsible for the arrangments on Oumou Sangaré's albums). The flute player is -if I remember correctly- Aliou Traoré, who also played with Oumou.<BR/><BR/>Badema came out of the older National orchestras (A, B <B>and</B> C).WrldServhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11086024409769016464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-32720209903509227282008-10-10T06:57:00.000-07:002008-10-10T06:57:00.000-07:00I have to say I'm blown away by the rarities you a...I have to say I'm blown away by the rarities you are posting - what else do you have in your vault - Orchestre National "B" du Mali? Orchestre Regional de Gao? de Tumbuctou?<BR/><BR/>that being said, I have to take it a little on faith as to the majesty of the music on this cassette - between the cassette dub and the transcription to 128 bit mp3 its a little hard to get a full sense of the intricacy of the music.<BR/><BR/>From what I can hear though, it is pretty fascinating - Track 2, which to my ears has a feel a little bit in common with Orch. Regional de Kayes' "sanjna" but with an almost Islamicized reggae beat and those wild spaceship landing effects like a Malian Lee Perry had got hold of it. <BR/><BR/>There's some fantastic flute work too on other tracks (boncana maiga?).<BR/><BR/>Stefan, maybe you can answer a question I've been wondering a little about - I've seen variously that National Badema was formed from the remnants of Maravillas de Mali or that it was formed from a conjunction of National "A" and National "B" - which one is true? or are both?zimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680883948443440793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-8923914965070803472008-10-10T02:27:00.000-07:002008-10-10T02:27:00.000-07:00Malian musics rock !!!Thank u for this great postMalian musics rock !!!<BR/>Thank u for this great postMomohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11516182645088577996noreply@blogger.com