With the release of Douga Mansa(The King's Vulture), his third album for World Village, Mamadou Diabate further consolidates his already awe-inspiring reputation as a kora virtuoso and tradition-based musical maverick. His instrument, a 21-stringed West African harp-lute equipped with a gourd resonator, calls for an almost unimaginable degree of physical and creative dexterity. But in Diabate's hands, the kora proves capable of infiinte variation, encompassing delicately artuculated structures, swirlin eddies of glissandi, pounding, vertical rhythms and roaring cataracts of arpeggio. Every note is informed by the sure touch and blazing invention of a world-class master.
segunda-feira, 13 de setembro de 2010
Mamadou Diabaté "Douga Mansa"
With the release of Douga Mansa(The King's Vulture), his third album for World Village, Mamadou Diabate further consolidates his already awe-inspiring reputation as a kora virtuoso and tradition-based musical maverick. His instrument, a 21-stringed West African harp-lute equipped with a gourd resonator, calls for an almost unimaginable degree of physical and creative dexterity. But in Diabate's hands, the kora proves capable of infiinte variation, encompassing delicately artuculated structures, swirlin eddies of glissandi, pounding, vertical rhythms and roaring cataracts of arpeggio. Every note is informed by the sure touch and blazing invention of a world-class master.