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Panamarisen
5th December 2002, 18:43
One of my best friends introduced me to his music some time ago.

I just LOVE IT!!! (Specially his "Niafunké")


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canikickit
6th December 2002, 20:12
Never heard of him. :wink: But I love some of that African music. I can't name any of them but I've heard a little.
Panamarisen
7th December 2002, 10:00
I think you would love his music, canikickit, specially that Niafunké cd. Percussion and, even more, guitar playing are just astonishing. Some of the best themes -in my opinion- are mantra-like: they are like a drug turning you high...

BTW, the world famous painter from Mallorca, Michel Barceló, got a house in Mali, and he enjoys and appreciates this kind of music a lot.

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Panamarisen
7th December 2002, 10:04
Mali is a very poor country, but it seems people over there have an incredible sense of music. They are able to make real good music with self-made "simple" instruments.

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canikickit
7th December 2002, 18:19
They are able to make real good music with self-made "simple" instruments.

This is one of the many things I love about reggae. It sounds, on a lot of the songs, like there is just a mic thrown in the corner while the band just plays. So natural sounding.

Have you ever heard of Ernest Ranglin? He was a very important figure in the early days of reggae, before reggae, when there was just ska. Anyway, he has been to Africa and recorded a lot of music there, like "Up on the Downstroke", and a more particularily In Search of the Lost Riddim (http://www.easystar.com/rev_ranglin1.html).

http://www.wnur.org/jazz/artists/ranglin.ernest/
Panamarisen
8th December 2002, 01:24
No, I didn´t know Ernest Ranglin. I will search for his music. (I´m kinda ignorant in so may topics...!)

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canikickit
9th December 2002, 03:30
I got this song: "Mali Dje" by Ali Farka Toure and Talvin Singh. Yes, I liked it. I don't really listen to much other than reggae but perhaps I will get a couple more of these songs, thanks Panamarisen.

If you're going to get an Ernest Ranglin song, I would (very strongly indeed) recommend you get "Below the Bassline" (actually, I am not 100% sure if this is the name), it is a cover of one of the most famous (and best) reggae riddims of all time, "King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown" (I recommend that also, very strongly).