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- Date Released: July 14, 1998
- Genre: International
- Label: Palm Pictures
One Senegalese’s bid for global unity and an end to bigotry.
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We Say...
Baaba Maal’s music is imbued with both the timeless Fulani musical traditions of the tiny northern Senegalese villages in which he grew up and the cutting edge of contemporary western music, the work of an intellectual who studied his subject in Dakar and at the Conservatoire in Paris. It is music of high principles, the philosophy of an artist who is striving for global unity and an end to bigotry. Baaba’s melancholy tone, elevating melodies and remarkable rhythms are only equaled by his extraordinary stage performances. Often Baaba works with the Senegalese guitar maestro Mansour Seck, who in turn has recorded with Ernest Ranglin, the former leader of Jamaica’s Skatalites.
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They Say...
Baaba Maal's first album for the upstart Palm Pictures label, Nomad Soul goes through all of the usual motions for a Maal album, which is at the same time wonderful and frustrating: frustrating given the extraordinary musical wealth of Senegal's traditional forms that is overlooked, but wonderful given the remarkable directions that artists such as Maal have taken with their newer, slicker productions. The basic texture of the album is almost a constant, rarely moving away from a relatively soft vocal track backed by a number of guitars and light percussion. This is music made for the Parisian market in large part, and more broadly the worldbeat market. Soft synths and keyboards exist merrily alongside soft guitars and koras. One exception from the formula on this album is the worthy "Yiriyaro (Percussion Storm)," wherein Maal's vocals are backed by a troupe of sabar players (more or less a Senegalese version of a djembe, with a harsh sound from the use of a stick for playing). Fans of Baaba Maal will probably already know and love this album and, more than likely, newcomers to his sound will be just as pleased with this one as with any other.
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| 01. |  |
Souka Nayo (I Will Follow You) |
6:25 |
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| 02. | |
Africans Unite (Yolela) |
3:42 |
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| 03. | |
Mbolo |
5:45 |
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| 04. | |
Cherie |
7:08 |
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| 05. | |
Fanta |
4:59 |
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| 06. | |
Guelel |
6:14 |
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| 07. | |
Douwayra |
4:13 |
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| 08. | |
Iawa |
5:10 |
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| 09. | |
Yiriyaro (Percussion Storm) |
4:54 |
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| 10. | |
Koni |
6:28 |
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| 11. | |
Lam Lam |
12:18 |
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11 Total Tracks, 67:16 Total Length
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Credits
- Garry Hughes - Producer // Jon Hassell - Trumpet // Jon Hassell - Trumpet // Jon Hassell - Producer // Jon Hassell - Producer // Baaba Maal - Guitar (Acoustic) // Baaba Maal - Guitar // Baaba Maal - Vocals // Baaba Maal - Main Performer // Barry Reynolds - Guitar // Ron Aslan - Producer // Ron Aslan - Engineer // Philip "Fatis" Burrell - Producer // Massamba Diop - Tama // Brian Eno - Producer // Brian Eno - Producer // Howie B - Programming // Howie B - Programming // Howie B - Programming // Howie B - Programming // Howie B - Producer // Howie B - Producer // Howie B - Producer // Howie B - Producer // Howie B - Engineer // Howie B - Engineer // Howie B - Engineer // Howie B - Engineer // Howie B - Mixing // Howie B - Mixing // Howie B - Mixing // Howie B - Mixing // Luis Jardim - Percussion // Tonia Lo - Saxophone // Tonia Lo - Vocals (Background) // Thio M'Baye - Djembe // Tristin Norwell - Mixing Engineer // Bob Power - Mixing // Mykaell S. Riley - Producer // Martin Russell - Producer // Martin Russell - Engineer // Martin Russell - Mixing // Bada Seck - Percussion // Mansour Seck - Vocals (Background) // Paul Smykle - Programming // Paul Smykle - Producer // Paul Smykle - Engineer // Paul Smykle - Mixing // Nick Sykes - Mixing // Trevor Wyatt - Mixing // Simon Emmerson - Producer // Kauwding Cissokho - Kora // Donal Hodgson - Engineer // Donal Hodgson - Mixing // Daande Lenol - Group // Baayo Ndiaye - Sax (Soprano) // Baayo Ndiaye - Sax (Tenor) // Elhadji Niang - Bass // Luciano - ? // Luciano - ? // Luciano - ? // Luciano - ? // Melodie McDaniel - Photography // Nick Fisher - Producer // The Screaming Orphans - Vocals // The Screaming Orphans - Vocals (Background) // Big C - Programming // Big C - Producer // Ndongo Mbaye - Percussion // Ndongo Mbaye - Dancer // Ndongo Mbaye - Sabar
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