The Syliphone Years - Balla Et Ses Balladins (2 CDs) (2008)

The
four years covered on the first disc of this set, 1968-72, shows the
band's transformation from the Orchestre du Jardin de Guinee to Balla et
ses Balladins. Early track, "Yo Te Contres Maria," is a direct snag
from Cuban Tres player Arsenio Rodriguez (Bembeya refashioned his "No
Vuelvo A Moron" into their "Air Guinea"), but by the disc's centerpiece,
"Sara '70," this band is in a league of one. The interlocking patterns
played by guitarists Sekou Diabate and Kemo Kouyate have time to stretch
into dark vamps that cast spells. "Moi Ca Ma Fout," on the other hand,
is nearly furious, and this track must have sent dancers into a frenzy
live. Disc Two, which moves from '72 to '80, finds the band confidently
snaking their way through rivers of melodies, riffs and grooves,
punctuated by clipped, minor key horn jabs over which the band's three
vocalists soar. That this music is the pride of West Africa overshadows
the fact that none of the Syliphone bands became the international stars
that acts from the 80s onward did. Nonetheless, its case, unlike
Toure's, is easily made.

Tracklist:

CD1
01. Orchestre du Jardin de Guinee - N'na soba
02. Orchestre du Jardin de Guinee - Bandian
03. Orchestre du Jardin de Guinee - Toure
04. Orchestre du Jardin de Guinee - Belebele
05. Orchestre du Jardin de Guinee - J. R. D. A
06. Balla et ses Balladins - Yo te contres Maria
07. Balla et ses Balladins - Bedianamo
08. Balla et ses Balladins - Soumbouyaya
09. Balla et ses Balladins - Tara
10. Balla et ses Balladins - Limania
11. Balla et ses Balladins - Sara '70
12. Balla et ses Balladins - Moi ca ma fout
13. Balla et ses Balladins - Sakhodougou
14. Balla et ses Balladins - Kaira
15. Balla et ses Balladins - Bi diamana moo

CD2
01. Pivi et les Balladins - Kogno koura
02. Pivi et les Balladins - Manta Lokoka
03. Pivi et les Balladins - Yahadi gere
04. Pivi et les Balladins - Keba mirima
05. Pivi et les Balladins - Sankaran ka
06. Pivi et les Balladins - Ka noutea
07. Balla et ses Balladins - Ancien combatant
08. Balla et ses Balladins - Nyo
09. Balla et ses Balladins - Wilikabo
10. Balla et ses Balladins - Fadakudu
11. Balla et ses Balladins - Lumumba
12. Balla et ses Balladins - Bambo
13. Balla et ses Balladins - Paulette

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