Name: Hali Diallo
Brand: Tallawit Timbouctou

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SS048CD

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2018-11-23

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0843563107836

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SS048LP

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0843563107829

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

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Tallawit Timbouctou

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African

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Sahel Sounds

Sahel Sounds is a music label that specializes in field and studio recordings of traditional and modern popular music from West Africa. Founded by Christopher Kirkley, the label's main focus is on showcasing the rich musical heritage of the Sahel region, which includes Mauritania, Senegal, and Mali.

With a passion for preserving and promoting diverse musical traditions, Sahel Sounds brings together a curated collection of captivating sounds from this culturally vibrant part of Africa. From traditional folk melodies to contemporary beats, each release offers a unique glimpse into the musical tapestry of the Sahel.

By compiling these authentic recordings, Sahel Sounds provides a platform for talented artists to share their artistry with the world. With an informative and authoritative approach, this e-commerce website allows music enthusiasts to explore and discover new sounds while supporting musicians from the Sahel region.

Rare recording of contemporary takamba music. Tallawit Timbouctou are champions of takamba, a hypnotic traditional music from Northern Mali. Built around the tehardent, the four stringed lute and pre-cursor to the American banjo, takamba’s droning distortion comes from signature handmade mics and blown out amplifiers. Accompanied by percussion pounded out onto an overturned calabash with mind boggling time signatures, the combined effect is trance inducing. This is the music that long ruled the North of Mali, performed at festivities, blasting out of dusty boomboxes, and beaming out from village radio stations. Its origin is shrouded in mystery, and though purportedly dating back to the Songhai Empire of the 15th century, takamba’s heyday was inthe 1980s, with the introduction of amplification. Musicians found a lucrative circuit, performing in elegant weddings, creating cassettes on demand, and writing songs for their wealthy patrons. Today takamba has fallen out of popular fashion with the youth, but continues to thrive in a small network of die-hard traditionalists. Band leader Aghaly Ag Amoumine is one of the remaining renowned takamba musicians. Descended from a long line of praise singers, he spent decades traveling across the Sahel, performing in remote nomad camps and crowded West African capitals. His compositions continue to circulate today and have become part of the folk repertoire. His group Tallawit Timbouctou, based in the city of the same name, continues in the family tradition, and has featured both his brother and nephew as accompanying members. Recorded at home in Timbouctou, Hali Diallo is a relentless and non-stop recording, true to the form of takamba. Tracks blend seamlessly into one another, instruments are tuned mid-song, and Aghaly only pauses singing long enough for the occasional shout-out or dedication. Unfiltered and direct as it’s meant to be heard, Tallawit Timbouctou is a shining example of one of the last great takamba bands.

Hali Diallo

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