Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique: Les Frères Guissé

Frank Bessem's
Musiques d'Afrique:

Les Frères Guissé
(Senegal)

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The three brothers Djiby, Cheik and Aliou Guissé originate from the Fouta Tooro area in the North of Senegal, also the home area of Baaba Maal, Mansour Seck and Ngaari Laaw.
Their music is based on different rhythms of the Toucouleur, such as the Yela, but the Guissé brothers prefer saying that their music is universal, for all ages and races. They performed on the Festival Africa Fête in Paris, the MASA in Abidjan, as well as on the Festival d'Eté de Québec.
It took a while before their music was available on CD. In 2002, two of the three brothers participated in a project Suuf, initiated by Simon Sleath (former Real World employee), and was an encounter between Senegalese musicians and vocalists (percussionist Aliou Guissé, guitarist and singer Djiby Guissé both from Les Frères Guissé, guitarist Doudou Konaré from Super Diamono, bassist Dembel Diop, vocalists Biram Seck and Hady Guissé on the one hand, and European musicians (Justin Adams, pianist Sarah Class) on the other hand.

Another CD has been released in 2003 as the result of a joint recording with the Dutch Paul van Kemenade Quintet Plus, with whom they are touring in the Netherlands again in March 2005. Recently, a CD with older songs has been announced.

Les Frères Guissé have their own web site now [link...]

Style: folkoric music based on Fulani (Peul) traditions, mixed with jazz.

Discography:

Title	Year	Label	Remarks
Yakaar	2008	Label Mon Slip
Siré	2005
Fouta	2003	Mundial Productions/ KEM05	With the Paul van Kemenade Quintet Plus
Ndèye	2001	Local cassette (no label)
Sire	1998	Local cassette (no label)
Fama	1995	Africa Fete	Cassette
Djiby Guisse and Aliou Guisse also collaborated on the album by Suuf:
Debbo Hande	2002	Late Junction 30052	With Biram Seck and Hady Guissé