Name: Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng
Brand: Orchestra Baobab

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Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH

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Release date

2017-03-31

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505603230826

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5056032308275

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Orchestra Baobab

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World Circuit

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Rest of World

British label specializing in Cuban & West African music, founded and led by [a356497].

Label Code: LC 2339 / LC 02339

In the mid 1990's World Circuit releases were distributed by [info provided for reference only]:
Australia - Larrikin Entertainment
Austria - Lotus Records
Denmark - Moskito Music
France - Night And Day
Germany - East West / Talent Independant Service
Greece - Libra Music Ltd.
Italy - I.R.D.
The Netherlands - Music Records B.V.
New Zealand - Elite Imports Ltd.
Norway - Musikkdistribusjon AS
Spain - Arpa Folk Distribucion, S.L.
Sweden - MNW I.L.R.
Switzerland - Recrec Genossenschaft
UK - New Note Distribution

Orchestra Baobab is a Senegalese Afro-Cuban band that was formed in 1970. Originally a multi-ethnic, multi-national club band, they fused the popular Cuban Music with Wolof Griot culture and Mandinga musical traditions of the Casamance region. After disbanding in the 1980s, they reunited in 2001 due to growing interest in their recordings across Europe.

With members including Ndiouga Dieng, Balla Sidibe, Rudy Gomis, Latfi Ben Geloune, Barthélemy Attisso & Issa Cissoko, Orchestra Baobab has created a unique sound that blends various genres and cultural influences. Their music reflects the vibrant energy of West Africa while incorporating elements of "Son" and "Pachanga".

Having gained popularity for their distinctive style and captivating performances, Orchestra Baobab continues to captivate audiences worldwide with their timeless melodies and infectious rhythms. Their reformation has allowed new generations to discover their rich musical heritage and appreciate their contribution to African music.

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West Africa's most iconic dance-band are back. A decade on from their last album and almost half a century since their formation, Senegal's Orchestra Baobab return with a timeless set of classic, swaying tunes fusing Afro-Cuban rhythms and African tradition in the group's trademark style. Recorded locally in Moussa X's Dakar studio, the new recordings sound fresh and yet reassuringly familiar, retaining the ripeness of the sound that made Orchestra Baobab a legend but interpreted with a vigour and vibrancy, and with a few twists, that are vital and captivating. As enduring as the mighty African Baobab tree from which the group derives its name, the veteran core of the band remains as strong and sturdy as ever. Vocalists Balla Sidibe and Rudy Gomis, saxophonists Issa Sissoko and Thierno Koite and the long-serving, rock steady rhythm section of Balla Sidibe, timbales, Charlie Ndiaye bass and Mountaga Koite on congas. Veteran vocalist Balla Sidibe is a commanding presence on the album with his triple threat of musical influences - Manding from Guinea / Mali, creole from Cassamance and Afro-Cuban. Two special guests memorably add their voices to the mix. Cheikh Lo dropped by the studio to add his soulful tones to Magno Kouto and Thione Seck - who left Babobab in 1979 for a career as one of West Africa's biggest solo stars reunites with his old band mates for the first time in over 35 years to reprise his first hit Sey. Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng is dedicated to one of the bands original vocalists who sadly died in November 2016. His songs will continue to be sung with the band by his son Alpha. It represents the latest chapter in a long and storied career that started in 1970 when the newly-formed Orchestra Baobab helped forge Dakar into one of the world's most vital musical cities. Over the next decade the group dominated the local scene and produced countless hits before disbanding in the early eighties.LP - 180 Gram Heavyweight vinyl with 8 Page Colour Booklet.CD - Housed in thick Card Sleeve.

Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng

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