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P R E S E N T S ] ██▓▓█▀▀ ░ ▓████▓▌ ░ ▐▓▀▀ ▓ ▐█████▓█ ▀ ░ ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Artist.......: Boubacar Traore ░▓ ▌ ▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Album.Title..: Kar Kar ░▓░▐▓ ▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: Stern's Africa ░▓░ █▓▌ ▐█▓▓ ▀▓ Genre........: Ethnic ░▓▓▓ ▐█▓▓ ▓█▓▌ ▓░ ███▓▓[z0o]░ ▐██░ ░ ░ ▄ ░▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄▓▄▄ ▀▓█░▄ ▌ ░▓░ [ R E L E A S E . I N F O ] ▓░ ▓▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ ░ ▀▀▓█▄▐▓ ░▓▓▓░ ░▓▓▓░ ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ░ ░ ░ █▓▌▄▄▄ ▄▓ ░▓▓▓░ ░▓▓▓▓▓▓░ ▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░▓▓░ ▐█▓▓ ░ ░▓▓░ rip.date....: Jul-08-2002 ░▓▓ ▐███████▓▓▌ ░ ░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ str.date....: Mar-08-1994 ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄░▄▄ ripper......: JustFun ▓ ▐█▓▀ ░ ░▀█▓▌ ▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ quality.....: 192 kbps ░▓░ █▀ ░░▓▓▓ ▀▓ ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ▓░ size........: 75,7 MB ▓▓ ▀░ ░ ░ ░▓░ ░▀ ▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░░▓ playtime....: 55:04 min ░▓▓░▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓░ ░ ▐███████▓▓▌░▓▓▓░ Catnr.......: STCD1037C ░▓▓▓▓▓ ▓░▓▓░░ ░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ▓░░ URL.........: n/a ░▒░ ░▓░ ░ ▐█▓▀ ░░ ▀█▓▌░ ░ ▒ █▀ ░▓▓▓▓░ ▀▓ ░ ░ ░ ▀░ ▓▄▄▓▓▓▓▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▓█▄▄▄ ░ ▄█▒████████▓▓▀ ▀▓██▓███▓▄ ▄▓██░██████▓▓█▀ [ T R A C K . L I S T I N G ] ▀▀▀▓██▓▌ ▓█████████▓▓█▀ ▐█▄██▓▀ ▐███▓██▀▀▓▀░ ██▓▓█▀▀ ▓████▓▌ ░ track title time ▐▓▀▀ ▓████▓▌ ▀ ░▌ ▓████▓▌ 01. Adieu Pierrette 05:14 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 02. Secheresse 04:55 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 03. Santa Mariya 05:35 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 04. Kavana 06:06 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 05. Kevalle 06:09 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 06. Kar Kar 05:12 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 07. Badialo 04:21 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 08. Narena 04:54 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 09. Farafina 05:16 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 10. Sougourouny 07:22 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Boubacar Traore has gone from being the voice of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Mali to obscurity, and bounced back to become an ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ internationally respected singer, guitarist, and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ songwriter ù all in all, not a bad career arc. Born ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ in Kayes, in the sandy west of Mali, his passion as ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ a boy was soccer, and his skills won him the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ nickname he still carries, "Kar Kar" (short for ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ kari, kari ù meaning dribble). But music caught his ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ attention, and the round ball faded into the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ background. He began sitting in with orchestras ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ around Kayes (including the Orchestra Regional de ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Kayes), playing his guitar and singing, before ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ moving to the country's capital, Bamako, to try his ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ luck. In the '60s, following Mali's independence ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ from France, it seemed as though he'd made the big ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ time. Every morning Traore would be on national ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ radio, greeting the country with his song "Mali ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Twist," a love letter to the new nation. Everyone ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ knew Kar Kar and his voice, although he never ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ recorded, simply from from his appearances on the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ radio and in person. That didn't pay the bills, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ though, and TraorΘ had a family to feed. So music ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ moved onto the back burner as he became a tailor, a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ shopkeeper, a farmer, a schoolteacher, and even an ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ agricultural agent away from Bamako to keep food on ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the table. He played music occasionally, but there ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ were more urgent priorities in his life. Everything ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ changed, however, in 1987, when his wife Pierrette ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ died. With most of his children grown, Traore began ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ playing gigs again, being "rediscovered" in Mali. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ But now the place held bad memories for him and, he ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ said, "I didn't want to be there any more." ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Instead, he traveled to France, where he worked ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ construction jobs with other Malians, sharing the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ rough-and-ready boarding house system, making money ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ to send home to support the rest of his family. He ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ had his guitar, but rarely touched it until a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ British producer managed to track him down, taking ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ him to England to record his first CD, Mariama. Two ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ years later he returned to Mali, making his home ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ once again in Bamako and playing regularly. His ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ reappearance came as a shock to many Malians, who ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ assumed his silence meant he'd died. Instead, he ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ was more active than ever, writing songs in the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ pentatonic style of his native Kayes, not unlike ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the northern Mali style of his friend Ali Farka ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Toure. Mariama traveled well in world music ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ circles, and even prompted Ry Cooder and David ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Lindley to suggest a collaboration, which never ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ happened. Instead, Traore returned to Europe in ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 1992, recording Kar Kar, whose songs often touched ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ on lost love, before undertaking another tour. He ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ began dividing his time between Bamako, where he ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ slowly built a house with his own hands, and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Europe, where he toured frequently. But it wasn't ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ until 1996 that he issued Sa Golo, his third album, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ in France (released 2000 U.S.), where his voice and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ guitar were accompanied by Baba DramΘ on calabash. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Three years later, Indigo in France put out MacirΘ, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ TraorΘ's fourth release (2000 U.S.), named for his ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ brother, which saw his songs receive much fuller ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ arrangements, thanks to help from rising Malian ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ star Habib KoitΘ and his band Bamada. The record ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ included a song that had been big for Traore in the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ '60s ù "Kar Kar Madison," his own take on the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ American dance craze, the Madison. In the early ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ fall of 2000, TraorΘ undertook an extensive and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ well-received U.S. tour. Chris Nickson ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ░ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓ ▐█████▓█ [ A B O U T . U S ] ▓▌ ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ ▓▌ ▀██▓██▓▓▀ Our group consists of many rippers who are music enthu- ▓▌ ▀█▓▓▓▀ siasts. Justfun is releasing different kind of music ▓▌ ▀▓ like indie rock, trip-hop, ethnic, jazz, french, ▓▌ ░ electro and many more ... We will bring you the music ▓▌ ░ we like and share it with the rest of the under- ▄ ▓▌ ░ ground scene. If you have, like us, a passion for ▄▄█▌ ▓▌ ░ music, don't hesitate to contact us ! ▄████▓▌ ▓▌ ░ █████▀▀▀▀ ▓▌ ░ GREETinGs : Nuhs . Hit2000 . DGN . Ksi . SEQ . CHR ░███ ▓▌ ░ Om . Rh . Fuffens . Remix . FMF . SB ██▌ ▓▌ Kw . LOGOS . iTs . i . WLM . 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