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Mr DE Ridder is headquartered in Berlin, often working in London. Mr Diallo usually playing tianbao, small clubs here in Mali's capital. Otherwise, he gets money, he won play traditional ceremony "wedding, and baptism, funeral... all of this," he said.
Delhi Mr Diallo and record this special conference closed bank improvisational music studio in Niger, the third floor, home of youth, a very old art space, a bar and hotel doubles.
Mr Diallo is playing his ethnic group, the Peuhl, in many west African fulani, also known as the traditional flute. While he was in his long, wooden instrument register under the subtle vibrato, he produces imperceptible embedded a voice, in the western orchestra.
After a few seconds, the whole room leap Mr Diallo hire more indigenous technology, and attack each note, a dissonant barks, and then create the harmony of two notes, his singing, and play simultaneously. It Mr Diallo if he can make any sound from simple apparatus. Any sound, that is, in addition to the F - sharp, Mr DE Ridder's need him to play his part of the attempt to recreate the terry riley contracted classic "C" and Mali musician.
Mr Diallo to come up with a shorter, wider flute traditionally with Mali bambara. There is no luck. He dug out and found a piece of paper, it is very close to the F - sharp after Mr Reed, but it is still a little flat. Discouraged, Mr Diallo printer flute to his lower lip, twisting his mouth as if to frown, rolling equipment, to his face and give it a dying. "That's it! That's it!" Mr DE Ridder's exclamation in poor French.
Mr Diallo laughed very happy, look for approval. He got a thumbs up from the famous musician, composer, Brian eno, visual artists, who was sitting in the corner, working on his laptop, for rock band guitarist Nick green, smirking babbling Yeahs, who is on the other side of the room.
They are all here for the African Express project, Damon Albarn brainchild, the musicians of the front of the most famous, such as part of the fuzzy and Gorrillaz international behavior. He Express introduced Africa in 2006, its mission is to create interesting music through the cooperation between western and African artists. But his enduring relationship with Mali, it in music, in the beginning, his first visit in 2000, cooperation and favorite Afel BoKu's figure, bart.
In the past decade, the idea of western artists and musicians in Mali cooperation has become a veritable shanzhai industry, the results are mixed. Mali has established the international star late most often with the cooperation of the bulky album, feel more like an excuse, European and north American tourism more valuable artistic efforts.
But Mr Albarn music interact with the continent's always seems to be more thoughtful than his peers.
See artists at work, there is a clear sense of the seriousness of Mr Albarn reflect. He likes these projects to accelerate the schedule, only a few days, the choice and who work together, writing, and artists and recording materials into as the album.
Last year, in northern Mali's islamic extremists took the music field of prohibited under its control. Emergency in a state imposed a curfew in the south of the silence of the musician Bamako underground injection in the middle of the night life of the people. Although a drive led by the French intervention in January from northern Mali Islam, and a presidential election in August, Mali's music scene has just begun to recover.
Who founded the African rapid Albarn, Sir Ian buehler, reporters emphasized that they want to bring it back to Mali show solidarity with the artist. Organizers say they had a try, to ensure that their cooperation and future performance.
Such an artist is Korotoumou Mr Lai, determine who is the singer of 20 by nicknames shavings. "I really like this," she said. "I heard about it from a friend, so I come to sing for them, thank god, they also like me." Rising star at the scene of the Bamako competitive club, she handed me her business CARDS in seconds, and our meeting, insisted that I check out her band, lion Tchounde blue light.
A few artists are eager to Express from Africa and her and it is easy to understand why. Her voice has a velvety tone, but it can destroy the wall. She most of the afternoon to move from room to room, to overcome language barriers and laying track.
Mr Albarn invite eclectic artists, many of them will make the young fashion in brooklyn and the east London snap out of it. DJ production gray, who runs two inches punch; Electronic artist divine, its make his singer Ghostpoet; Bassist and the producer Olugbenga Adelekan British Metronomy fun-loving and singer, guitarist thayer.
In dialogue with the artist, save, and even help their rhetoric, absent is refreshing. Most people said that they only in Mali to make music with some great musician.
"I came to Mali expected to zero, said:" Sir, green, who later talent level described as "closed graph." He has worked with several artists, including songhai blues, rock band from timbuktu to invoke the spirit of Mali blues legend ali FARKA figure Dr Voice, but drop amplifier feedback, and set a frenzied pace. Mr Green, said: "everything seem so easy," we are sure their leadership. "
Mr DE Ridder's first visit to Africa is "like to go to another planet, but this feeling soon resolve" he said. "You open the
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