Salif Keita: Moffou

African Folk
premiera polska: 2002-03-01
kontynent: Afryka
kraj: Mali
opakowanie: digipackowe etui
opis:
Opis wydawcy
Album "Moffou" został wydany w 2002 roku i od tego czasu sprzedał się w ponad 200 000 egzemplarzy na całym świecie. Nagarny w całości w paryskim studio de La Seine zawiera jeden utwór z udziałem Ikony Wysp Zielonego Przylądka - Cesarii Evory ("Yamore"). Z okazji 20-lecia Decca Records France wznawia album na CD i wydaje go po raz pierwszy na winylu. Oba formaty zawierają bonusowy utwór Martina Solveiga - słynny remix "Madan".

editor's info
In 2002, after his many musical peregrinations, Salif Keïta made with Moffou a salutary return to his roots. Over 20 years later, the magic is still working. On Moffou, “the golden voice of Africa” offers a renewed music, built on acoustic sounds, bathed in a melodic clarity highlighting an essentially traditional instrumentation.
Moffou is both the name of an African flute, a very simple instrument used by peasants, and at the same time the name of a cultural complex created by Salif Keïta in the vicinity of Bamako, a space for exchange and dissemination of Malian culture. Musical simplicity and tradition on the one hand, universality and openness on the other, these are the elements that make this record a remarkable production. Surrounded by sensitive musicians, Salif Keita navigates between intimate ballads (such as “Souvent”, “Iniagige” or “Ana Na Ming”) and more upbeat rhythms, and invites Cesaria Evora to join him for one track (“Yamore”).

All Music * * * * 1/2
Sometimes a return to basics can be the best way for an artist to move forward. For Salif Keita, that's definitely the case with Moffou. In spite of using a hefty number of musicians (17, plus six backing vocalists), the sound is very stripped-down. Even the supple electric guitar work of Djeli Moussa Kouyaté is mellow and low-key. The real beauty here is Keita's voice, carefully framed and used to maximum effect. High, almost piercing, it's a gorgeous instrument that can ride and transform a melody, whether the lulling gentleness of "Yamore" or the more upbeat -- but never frenzied -- "Iniagige." Overall, it's a record of swaying, seductive gentleness, one perfectly suited to Keita's style. After a few artistic missteps, he needs an album like this to reaffirm who he is and give a renewal to his sound. While it's strongly rooted, it's by no means strictly a Malian roots album; that's never been all of his music by any means. While ineffably West African, there's a lovely light sheen to the production that could only be European, and serves the sound well, smoothing it out but never losing the intimate flavor that's at the album's heart. Moffou reaffirms Keita's star status, and his reputation as one of the world's most glorious voices.
by Chris Nickson

utwory:
1. Yamore - with Cesária Évora) 7:23
2. Iniagige 4:33
3. Madan 6:00
4. Katolon 6:58
5. Souvent 3:17
6. Moussolou 4:59
7. Baba 4:44
8. Ana Na Ming 6:13
9. Koukou 6:02
10. Here 9:07
11. Madan Remix 3:11

wydano: Sep 16, 2022
nagrano: Recorded at Studios de la Seine, Studio A, Paris, between July 30, 2001 - December 14, 2001

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