-----allow me to add this one to Bolomakoté
Jon Hassel -trumpet, keyboards
Soungalo Coulibaly- flute, percussion
Baba Diarra- percussion, balafon
Tiawara Keira -drums
Mahama Konaté -balafon
Ben Palm -drums
Seydou Quattara- drums
Souleyname Sanou -percussion
Paco Yé- drums, djembe
Mahama Konté- balafon
Dan Schwartz -bass
I knew Farafina before I got to know Jon Hassell
and coming from the "African perception" and concentrating in the drum works
I think that this was one of the weakest recorded moments for Farafina
but one of the strongest for Hassell
maybe its the production of Eno/Lanois that leaves little room for organic music
*
but everyone says that is a masterpiece
who I'm I to disagree? thebadone?
check for your self...
it's not that bad
actually you can have a nice trip but not in Africa
a different rip from the one in circulation
maybe they where better on stage
but they are good in Bolomakoté (Bobo Dioulasso)
:)
Thank you Nauma, I wouldn't call it bad, they done more than a fair job. Ambient reminds me a lot of Nils Petter Molvær work, although Hassel started to combine electronics and trumpet some years earlier. Anyway those artists who were into world music had a great contribution in popularisation ethnic and "root" music, and for a lot of pepole this was an entrance into deeper spititual dimention that "primitive music"is all about. Bah, just philosophising a little, don't mind.
ReplyDeleteno I don't mind at all,I always enjoy your thoughts kokolo. my objections are for those "avant" artists /producers that didn't understand then,during the boom of the so called world music, the(you said it:deep spiritual dimension) essence of ethnic traditions and used it according their will-.the result of flash of the spirit is very decent and with all good will and stands out from the rest.
ReplyDeleteI think Hassell has done better with Indian music, which he has been studying for some years.
ReplyDeleteBack when I was writing music reviews, many albums like this one were being released. If the African musicians had been running the sessions, those albums would have been much better. : )
(And yes... I don't like "cultural tourism" very much, though at times, I think I'm a cultural tourist myself.)