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P R E S E N T S ] ██▓▓█▀▀ ░ ▓████▓▌ ░ ▐▓▀▀ ▓ ▐█████▓█ ▀ ░ ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Artist.......: Habib Koite & Bamada ░▓ ▌ ▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Album.Title..: Muso Ko ░▓░▐▓ ▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: Munich Records America ░▓░ █▓▌ ▐█▓▓ ▀▓ Catnr........: MRCD 187 ░▓▓▓ ▐█▓▓ ▓█▓▌ Genre........: World/Africa/Mali ▓░ ███▓▓[z0o]░ ▐██░ ░ ░ ▄ ░▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄▓▄▄ ▀▓█░▄ ▌ ░▓░ [ R E L E A S E . I N F O ] ▓░ ▓▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ ░ ▀▀▓█▄▐▓ ░▓▓▓░ ░▓▓▓░ ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ░ ░ ░ █▓▌▄▄▄ ▄▓ ░▓▓▓░ ░▓▓▓▓▓▓░ ▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░▓▓░ ▐█▓▓ ░ ░▓▓░ rip.date....: Jun 6, 2002 ░▓▓ ▐███████▓▓▌ ░ ░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ str.date....: 1995 through 1999 ?? ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄░▄▄ ripped.by...: Cimarosa ▓ ▐█▓▀ ░ ░▀█▓▌ ▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ quality.....: 192 kbps 44.1 kHz Full Stereo░▓▓▓ ▀▓ ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ▓░ grabber.....: Exact Audio Copy 0.9 ▓▓ ▀░ ░ ░ ░▓░ ░▀ ▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░░▓ encoder.....: Lame 3.91 ░▓▓░▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓░ ░ ▐███████▓▓▌░▓▓▓░ no.of.tracks: 11 ░▓▓▓▓▓ ▓░▓▓░░ ░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ▓░░ size........: 74,1 MB ░▒░ ░▓░ ░ ▐█▓▀ ░░ ▀█▓▌░ playtime....: 53:53 min ░ ▒ █▀ ░▓▓▓▓░ ▀▓ URL.........: putumayo.com/cd/habibkoite/habibhome.htm ▀░ ▓▄▄▓▓▓▓▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▓█▄▄▄ ░ ▄█▒████████▓▓▀ ▀▓██▓███▓▄ ▄▓██░██████▓▓█▀ [ T R A C K . L I S T I N G ] ▀▀▀▓██▓▌ ▓█████████▓▓█▀ ▐█▄██▓▀ ▐███▓██▀▀▓▀░ ██▓▓█▀▀ ▓████▓▌ ░ track title time ▐▓▀▀ ▓████▓▌ ▀ ░▌ ▓████▓▌ -01- I Ka Barra [05:00] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -02- Muso Ko [04:36] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -03- Den Ko [05:11] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -04- Nanale [05:21] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -05- Fatma [06:15] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -06- Sira Bulu [04:41] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -07- Nimato [04:06] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -08- Cigarette A Bana [04:21] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -09- Din Din Wo [04:46] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -10- Kunfe Ta [04:53] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -11- Koulandian [04:43] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ From Mali comes Habib Koite, currently on the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Putumayo label, this is his first album which made ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ it to the top of the world music charts. It's very ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ good, resemblant of Djelimady Tounkara, Salif Keita ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ and Rokia Traore I think. One of those African ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ records everybody should have heard at least once, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ try its biggest hit if not convinced: Cigarette A ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Bana (track 8). ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ----- ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ CD-review from All Music Guide by Alex Henderson: ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Rating: 4.5/5 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A1p8j1vdozzxa ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ With cigarette smoking having gradually declined in ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the U.S., Africa is one of the places where ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ tobacco companies have been aggressively promoting ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ their cancer-causing product. So you can bet that ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the tobacco industry wasn't happy when, in 1991, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Habib Koite's anti-smoking single "Cigarette A ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Bana" (which translates to "The Cigarette Is ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Finished" or "No More Cigarette") became an ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ enormous hit not only in the singer/guitarist's ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ native Mali, but all over West Africa. That smash, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ which made Koite a superstar in that part of the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ world, is among the 11 gems heard on his first ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ album, Muso Ko--a CD that was first released in ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ West Africa in 1995 and was reissued in the U.S. by ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Alula in 1999. In Mali, Muso Ko was praised for its ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ often topical lyrics, and in Europe, world beat ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ enthusiasts found themselves drawn to the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ evocative, soulful sound of his music--you can have ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ no knowledge of West African dialects and still be ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ captivated by Muso Ko's haunting melodies and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ addictive rhythms. For those with even a casual ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ interest in African pop, Muso Ko is essential ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ listening. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ----- ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ----- ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Artist info from Afropop: ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ www.afropop.org/explore/show_artist/ID/46/ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Habib KoitΘ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Born: 1958, Kayes, Mali ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Habib KoitΘ, by many accounts Mali's most promising ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ young musician, more or less chanced upon stardom. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ He was born to a griot family, but his parents had ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ chosen to leave aside their ancestral role as ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ musicians and praise historians. Indeed, parental ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ disapproval had nearly led KoitΘ to give up on his ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ own musical ambitions when he found himself invited ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ to complete the four-year program at Mali's ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ National Institute of Arts. He later taught guitar ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ and music theory there, exploring professional ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ avenues his griot ancestors could scarcely have ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ imagined. KoitΘ played in groups that did ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ everything from Malian folklore to Pink Floyd ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ covers and "Autumn Leaves," and there he ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ reluctantly began singing, and soon writing songs. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ KoitΘ formed his band Bamada ("mouth of the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ crocodile") in 1988, and began playing around ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Bamako's underdeveloped club scene. KoitΘ had ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ chosen to play a nylon string guitar because he ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ didn't consider himself good enough to compete with ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Mali's powerhouse lead guitarists, but he ended up ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ developing a unique picking technique that quickly ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ defined his band's sound. Avoiding the universally ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ African, thumb-and-forefinger picking technique, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ KoitΘ struggled to play music from traditional ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ instruments like the doso ngoni and the kora in his ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ own way. "My way of playing comes from my training ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ in classical guitar," he says, "where I learned to ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ pick with all the fingers on my right hand. This ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ along with my research in traditional music has ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ given my playing this certain color." ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ KoitΘ won the prestigious Radio France ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ International African Discoveries award for a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ playful anti-smoking song called "Cigarette Abana." ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The prize was the chance to go to France and record ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ an album, and the result, Musa Ko, made him an ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ overnight sensation in Mali. From the start, Bamada ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ was unique. Boubacar Sidibe's harmonica playing ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ gave the songs an original color, and Baba ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Cissoko's splendid outings on traditional ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ instruments like talking drum and balfon met and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ exceeded Bamako's high performance standards. (Baba ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ has since been replaced by Keletigui DiabatΘ, the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ grand old man of the Manding balafon.) The band ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ rehearsed with diligence and quickly surpassed more ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ itinerant traditional acts for tightness and unity ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ of sound. For all that, Malian tradition came ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ through strongly in every song. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ "My songs are full of Malian ethnic elements," ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ KoitΘ says, "But people don't hear that. They hear ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the song. To me, that says it's a good mix." When ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ KoitΘ tried his hand at the Songhoi takamba style ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ from the Malian north, he made a huge hit in the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ southern capital, where Songhoi are a small ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ minority. KoitΘ's song, "Fatima," outdid even the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ best-selling records made by actual Songhoi ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ artists! ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ KoitΘ's ability to operate both inside and outside ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ tradition found still more powerful expression in ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ his understated, brilliant second release, Ma Ya. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Engaging important social issues, such as the role ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ of women in African society and the influence of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ foreign culture on youth, KoitΘ cemented his hold ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ on both his local and international audiences. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ After a number of successful tours in Europe, KoitΘ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ and Bamada debuted in the U.S. in 1999. The ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ reaction they got leaves no doubt that they'll be ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ back. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ----- ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ML = Domain suffix Mali ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Covers included ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Greetz: OM, Just-crew, Logos, Fuffens ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Cimarosa ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ PS: Also be sure to check out: ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Zawose_and_Brook-Assembly-TZ-2002-JUST ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Collaboration between Canadian guitarist and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ producer Michael Brook and Tanzanian musician Hukwe ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Zawose. Delivers an unheard of mix between ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ traditional and western music. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ fRoots Mag, June 2002: "A Masterpiece" ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ All Music Guide: "A Brilliant Piece of Work" ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ░ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓ ▐█████▓█ [ A B O U T . U S ] ▓▌ ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ ▓▌ ▀██▓██▓▓▀ Our group consists of many rippers who are music enthu- ▓▌ ▀█▓▓▓▀ siasts. Justfun releases different kinds of music ▓▌ ▀▓ like indie rock, trip-hop, world, jazz, chanson, ▓▌ ░ electro and much more ... 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