Amadou Balake - Aminatha Du The

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Uploaded by on Jul 8, 2009

Amadou Balaké's name may not ring bells right away, but he is (or should be) more famous . Born in Burkina Faso, or Haute Volta as it was called at the time, he played in Ghana before breaking through in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. In that city of musical crossroads he worked for years with producer Aboudou Lassissi who runned a successful label Sacodis in the late 1970s and early 1980s. For Sacodis, he made several albums, recording songs in various styles, many of them with a strong latin tinge in the Charanga tradition. But he also recorded songs with heavy Malian influence, highlife or afro-funk. Later albums he recorded with Lassissi in America.

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  • !!!!!

  • Bassline reminds of the one on Mother Popcorn from James Brown.

  • Plum D'Exellence. :)

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