Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique: Issa Bagayogo (Mali) |
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Issa Bagayogo (Techno Issa) grew up as a peasant in a village
in the south of Mali. When working on the fields, he sometimes played the
daro, an iron bell, to encourage the other workers on the field. At
age of 12, he learnt playing the kamelen n'goni. Over the years, he improved
his musical abilities and in 1991 he went to Bamako and ended up in a new studio
where he recorded his first cassette. A second cassette came out in 1993, but
neither of the two albums were successful. Issa, very disappointed, started taking
pills, his wife left him and he dropped out. In his village, he was regarded
as a mad man. One day, he decided to get his life on the track again, and sought again to pursue his musical career. He met recording engineer Yves Wernert and Moussa Koné, Ali Farka Touré's guitar companion, and together, they experimented with mixing traditional Malian music with rhythm samples. |
Title | Year | Label | Remarks |
Mali Koura | 2008 | Six Degree Records 657036-1151-2 | |
Tassoumakan | 2004 | Six Degree Records 657036-1103-2 | Also on Wrasse Records WRASS137 |
Timbuktu | 2001 | Six Degree Records 657036-1062-2 | |
Sya | 1999 | Cobalt 09292-2 | Also on Six Degree Records 657036-10672 |
Fengue | 199? | EMI Mali | Local cassette release |
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