Name: Kôrôlén
Brand: Toumani Diabate and the London Symphony Orchestra

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4050538647051

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Digisleeve with 8 page Booklet.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-04-23

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Warner Music Group

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Standard:20

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

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180 Gram Vinyl with Obi Strip.

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2024-02-02

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

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 Toumani Diabate and the London Symphony Orchestra 

Genre GB

African

Label GB

World Circuit

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

A ground-breaking new collaboration for fans of African music (Ali Farka Touré, Oumou Sangaré) as well as contemporary orchestral music (Max Richter, Olafur Arnalds, the London Symphony Orchestra) <i>Kôrôlén</i> is a very special collaboration between two titans in music: Toumani Diabaté, the Grammy-winning Malian kora virtuoso, and the London Symphony Orchestra, renowned worldwide for their performances of orchestral music on record, film and stage. Diabaté, a griot whose musical lineage stretches back generations, is well known as one of the most creative musicians on the African continent, and is almost single-handedly responsible for bringing the iconic sound of the kora to worldwide audiences. No stranger to a genre-defying collaboration, he has recorded two Grammy-winning albums alongside desert blues pioneer Ali Farka Touré, as well as projects with Taj Mahal, Björk, Béla Fleck, Damon Albarn and Afrocubism. Commissioned as a special project by the Barbican Centre in London and produced by World Circuit, these recordings feature Diabaté and his group of eminent Malian musicians (including Kasse Mady Diabaté and Lassana Diabaté), accompanied by the soaring presence of the LSO, in dedicated arrangements by Nico Muhly and Ian Gardiner and conducted by Clark Rundell. The title bestowed by Diabaté on this unique and groundbreaking release, <i>Kôrôlén</i>, translates from the Mandinka language as ‘ancestral’ - a fitting theme for an album that brings together ancient griot melodies and Western orchestral arrangements, resulting in an achingly beautiful and fresh Afro-neo-classical sound that will appeal to admirers of African, traditional and new classical, and ambient music.

Kôrôlén

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