Name: Antoinette Konan
Brand: Antoinette Konan

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

ATFA036CD

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-11-15

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Signed copies: No

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UPC / Barcode

0843563120668

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

ATFA036LP

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0843563120651

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Antoinette Konan

Genre GB

African

Label GB

Awesome Tapes From Africa

<p>Awesome Tapes From Africa is a record label that was founded by [a3963487], who developed a deep love for the cassette culture of West Africa while on a Fulbright scholarship in Ghana. Inspired by the diverse genres and unique sounds found in recordings from this region, Shimkovitz started a blog and record label to share his passion for this music with the world. Much of the music released by Awesome Tapes From Africa remains undiscovered outside of West Africa, making it an invaluable resource for exploring and appreciating the rich musical heritage of this vibrant part of the world.</p>

It makes sense that Antoinette Konan’s eponymous album features nothing more than her ahoko on the cover. The deceptively simple traditional percussion instrument transformed Ivory Coast’s Baoulé music scene when Konan deployed it against a roaring electrified backdrop of synth, bass guitar and drum machines. Released in 1986, the album is a veritable UFO of instrumental force and contemporary pop sensibility landing in a boiling pot of diverse, creative characters inhabiting Abidjan, Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire). Known as the “Queen of the Ahoko” among Ivorians, Konan single handedly put the central-Ivorian instrument on the map when she gave it a 20th-century re- introduction. The three-piece wooden idiophone is handmade from a thin, ribbed, flexible stick, against which a smaller chunk of wood is rhythmically scraped. A hollow nutshell held in the non-scraping hand amplifies and manipulates the resulting overtones. Despite the ahoko's diminutive appearance, Konan and her powerful voice have remained at the forefront of Ivorian music for decades now, in an extremely diverse country—approximately 70 indigenous languages—with a competitive, internationally-recognized music industry. 

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