Africa
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Dimanche à Bamako (Guest star : Manu Chao)

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- Interprète : MARIAM  AMADOU 
- Année : 2005

Un album 'world' qui transcende le genre...

FRANCAFRIQUE

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- Interprète : TIKEN JAH FAKOLY 
- Année : 2002
- Genre : Reggae
- Editeur : UNIVERSAL MUSIC FRANCE S.A.S.
- Label : BARCLAY

 

Cet album franco/anglais/nouchi/dioula parle une seule langue et réunit les latitudes au service d'une même attitude : celle d'un peuple africain, qui n'a pas renoncé à combattre et, qui entre en résonance avec les souffrances des autres pays du sud. Reggae. Réveillez-vous ! C’est par ces deux mots que commence ce troisième album (pour l’Europe) de Tiken Jah, s’adressant aussi bien à ses compatriotes Ivoiriens et Africains, qu’à son public européen et français en particulier. Car le combat de Tiken Jah Fakoly n’est pas seulement musical, mais aussi politique. Le titre de cet opus, Françafrique, est d’ailleurs suffisamment explicite, la France, ses barbouzes et ses compagnies pétrolières, est responsable des troubles qui surviennent périodiquement dans l’ouest africain, et c’est ce que dénonce Tiken Jah. Côté musique, ce dernier pour Françafrique, s’est entouré de la crème des musiciens jamaïquains : les duettistes Sly & Robbie à la rythmique, Earl Smith à la guitare et Tyrone Downie aux claviers et à la production. Un troisième opus pour ce rebelle tranquille qui pourrait bien être celui de la consécration en France, l’Afrique et la Côte d’Ivoire en particulier lui étant d’ores et déjà acquises.

BOWMBOI

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Artist: Rokia Traore                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Release Date: 31/05/2004

Rokia Traore's rise through the world music ranks from promising newcomer to fully-fledged star has been a meteoric one. Born into a well-educated Malian family, her father was a diplomat. That meant postings abroad, so that early on Rokia was able to absorb different cultures. She got to see different parts of the world from a young age including the US, the Middle East and Europe.
The Bamana (Bambara) ethnic group from which she comes does not impose the same strict restriction on singing in public that some other groups practise, and although she's not an hereditary griotte, she decided that singing was something she was interested in pursuing. She was immersed in a rich and varied musical environment - getting enjoyment from her father's record collection. While at high school she sang and joined various bands. Later she appeared on Malian TV, performing her first compositions with just voice and her guitar.
She did not make the decision to become a professional singer until 1996, at the age of 22. The following year, she won the Radio France Internationale prize as 'African discovery of the year.' Her revelatory debut album, Mouneïssa, appeared in 1998, to widespread acclaim. The follow-up, Wanita, released in 2000, was even better and was voted album of the year in the fRoots annual poll. She reinforced the good impression with a spectacular appearance at WOMAD that summer that stole the weekend.
Now three years later she's raised the bar again with Bowmboï. Co-produced by Rokia and Thomas Weill, many of her now familiar trademarks are in place, such as the innovative blending of instruments not usually heard together in African music, notably the ngoni and balaba (a large balafon from the Beledougou region, her ancestral home). But Bowmboï is also a record that breaks new ground far beyond the stereotypes with which African music is often still branded in the west. There's a strength and confidence to Rokia's voice that reflects the richness of both her culture and her recent experience.
"Between the second album and this record, I took singing lessons and a music theory class. I studied vocal techniques and that's definitely given my singing more confidence," she says. "But the spirit you hear in the music is not about technique or what I do on the record. It's because of what I have lived through."
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M'bifo  

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Deli
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Sara  

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Nienafing
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Kote Don 

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 Kele Mandi
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Mariama  

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Kanou
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Manian  

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Bowmboi

WORLD... AFRICA

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Artist: Toure Kunda

A legend that takes off on the European stages, at the beginning of the 1980's. Four brothers from Casamance, pioneers of world music, became the pride of a whole continent. They were the first musicians to fuse traditional Senegal rhythms with pop, latino, and reggae melodies...An opening for Africa onto the rest of the world.

Toure Kunda, is the simple and beautiful story of Ismaïla, Sixu, Amadou and Ousmane Touré.

SIGUI (1ER ALBUM)

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- Interprète : DJELIMADY TOUNKARA 
- Année : 2001
- Genre : Afrique
- Référence : 463207
- Editeur : HARMONIA MUNDI
- Label : LABEL BLEU
Djélimady Tounkara est le 'guitar hero' de la musique moderne malienne. Intégrant les influences arabo-andalouses, cubaines à une musique ancrée dans un terroir et une culture d'une grande richesse, il joue avec puissance...

KONGO SIGUI

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- Interprète : BAMAKO (SUPER RAIL BAND DE) 
- Année : 2003
- Genre : Afrique
- Référence : 545200
- Editeur : HARMONIA MUNDI
- Label : INDIGO
Pionnier de la musique pop électrique mandingue en Afrique Occidentale depuis 1970, cet opus fait entrer le Super Rail Band de Bamako dans le 21ème siècle en tant que mythe vivant.

OPPOSITE PEOPLE (SORROW TEARS AND BLOOD)

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Fela
- Interprète : FELA KUTI 
- Année : 1999
- Genre : Afrique
- Référence : 393281
- Editeur : UNIVERSAL MUSIC S.A.
- Label : BARCLAY
Opposite people 
Equalisation of trouser and pant
Sorrow tear and blood 
Colonial mentality

SHAKARA - LONDON SCENE

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- Interprète : FELA KUTI 
- Année : 1999
- Genre : Afrique
- Référence : 393277
- Editeur : UNIVERSAL MUSIC FRANCE S.A.S.
- Label : BARCLAY
Lady 
Shakara 
J'ehin J'ehin 
Egbe mi o
Who're you 
Buy Africa  
Fight to finish

THE BALLADEER - THE BEST OF ISMAEL LO

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- Interprète : ISMAEL LO 
- Année : 2001
- Genre : Afrique
- Référence : 489132
- Editeur : SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT FRANCE
- Label : SAN PAOLO
Dibi dibi rek 
Talibe 
Tadieu bone 
Raciste 
Rero 
Taar dousey 
Nabou 
Xiif
Lotte lo 
Nafanta 
Khar 
Fa diallo 
Senegambie 
Setsinala 
Samayaye 
Without blame (with Marianne Faithful)

KEEP ON MOVING - BEST OF ANGELIQUE KIDJO

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- Interprète : ANGELIQUE KIDJO 
- Année : 2001
- Genre : Afrique
- Editeur : SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT FRANCE
- Label : SAN PAOLO

Angélique Kidjo est l’une des plus grandes stars africaines internationales. Traditionnel, soul, jazz ou funk, la compilation Keep on moving donne à apprécier toute l’étendue du talent de l’artiste béninoise. Un best of de 18 titres essentiels pour cerner ou découvrir l’univers d’Angélique.

Summertime 
Voodoo child 
Agolo 
Fifa 
Batonga 
Wombo lombo 
Malaika 
Open your eyes (feat. Kelly Price) 
The sound of the drums
Adouma 
Naïma (feat. Carlos Santana) 
Tourner la page 
Babalao 
Agossi 
Idjé idjé 
Tombo 
Wé wé 
Sénié

EGYPT

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Artist: Youssou N'Dour                                         Released: Mon 21 Jun 2004

N’Dour combines his native Senegalese traditions with Egyptian and Arabic sounds in this musical exploration of Islamic Sufism

While N’Dour’s international releases have always combined Senegalese musical traditions with outside sources of inspiration, Egypt takes a fresh approach; on this album, the rhythms and melodies of Senegal drive arrangements featuring Egyptian and Arabian orchestral sounds. Featuring traditional musicians in Dakar and in Cairo, Egypt is N’Dour’s lyrical celebration of Senegal’s Muslim mystical culture of Sufism. Egypt’s lyrics demonstrate a distinctly Senegalese way of Islam, and of Sufi thought and practice, with references to venerated caliphs, saints, and sages.

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Allah

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Baay Niasse
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Shukran Bamba

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Bamba The Poet
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Mahdiyu Laye  

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Cheikh Ibra Fall
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Tijaniyya

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Touba - Daru Salaam

7 SECONDS: THE BEST OF YOUSSOU N'DOUR

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Artist: Youssou N'Dour
After 20+ albums in his native Senegal, Youssou N'Dour burst onto the global stage after opening for and recording with another legendary musician/producer, Peter Gabriel. He is one of the most respected musicians in the world and his music continues to amaze and inspire listeners with his ever-evolving blend of world music styles including afrobeat, Latin and pop.

7 Seconds: The Best Of Youssou N'Dour is an incredible 16 track collection celebrating his Columbia Records recordings. This stellar retrospective includes six tracks previously unavailable in the U.S. (including a rare cover of The Beatles "Ob La Di Ob La Da"). Each track has been digitally remastered for superior sound.
 1. New Africa 9.    Birima
 2. Undecided (Japoulo) 10.    Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da
 3.Mouvement (Dunya) 11.    Old Man
 4. 7 Seconds 12.   No More
 5. Yo Le Le (Fulani Groove) 13.    Set (Live)
 6. Without A Smile 14.    Oh Boy (Live)
 7.Please Wait 15.    Don't Look Back
 8. Country Boy 16.    Things Unspoken

GOMBO SALSA

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AFRICANDO
- Interprète : AFRICANDO 
- Année : 2005
- Genre : Salsa
- Editeur : SOCADISC EUROP' DISTRIBUTION
- Label : STERN'S MUSIC

BALOBA

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BALOBA
- Interprète : AFRICANDO 
- Année : 1998
- Genre : Afrique
- Editeur : RUE STENDHAL DIFFUSION