Various Artists / Bush Taxi Mali
Album: Bush Taxi Mali   Collection:World
Artist:Various Artists   Added:Aug 2004
Label:Sublime Frequencies  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2004-12-12 Pull Date: 2005-02-13 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Jan 23 Jan 16 Jan 9 Jan 2 Dec 26 Dec 19
Airplays: 1 3 1 1 2 4

Recent Airplay
1. Aug 18, 2005: I once was a world citizen
Deni Meba
4. Jan 13, 2005: Sun in Libra, Moon in Pisces
Kaita
2. Jan 18, 2005: The Devil's Collective
Dogon Country at Night, O Mansa Musa
5. Jan 09, 2005: radiomundi
Morning in Djenne
3. Jan 14, 2005: At the Cafe Bohemian
Segou
6. Jan 06, 2005: Worldwide
Kaita

Album Review
Mor
Reviewed 2004-11-29
Excellent collections of field recordings from Mali. Great quality despite the conditions, variety of sounds, truly interesting stuff. Some street sounds, radio, but most musicians recorded in quieter "studio" settings (if you can call anything that has a goat in it 'a studio'). I liked 1, 5, 7, 9, 13 (and check out that donkey on 14!).

1. * Starts with farm sounds, roosters etc. Then warm female vox, nice picking on the ngoni (banjo ancestor).*
2. 1 minute of radio recording, switching between frequencies.
3. Bluesy solo picking, no vox, mid tempo.
4. Flute solo, fast tempo drums added a minute in.
5. * Warm, beautiful female vox go acapella. Nice. *
6. Street sounds.
7. * Beautiful folky piece by two ngonis (guitar/banjo). Slow/mid. *
8.Scattered children choir, clapping. Percussion and whistling at the end.
9. * That female vox again, with ngoni and drums, richer and beautiful. *
10. Pre-track street sounds. Real track is strong string-plucked nice tune, goat vox. Really.
11. Recording the heavy distortion and feedback of a wedding celebration sound system. Female vox, some basic percussion. Ends quiet with bird sounds.
12. Again two ngonis (similar to 7, but not as nice). Slow/mid. Ends with street/market sounds.
13. * Quiet picking, tender, beautiful intro. Deep female vox enter *
14. * Near-silent fade in. Farm sounds. Night. Donkey really going at it. *


Track Listing
 ArtistTrack Name
1. Kouyate, Sidiki & A. Diabate Morning in Djenne
2. - Radio Bamako!
3. Diabate, Koman Rihlah
4. Tougara, Lasan Fouta Djallon
5. Diabate, Aminita Autorail
6. - Mopti Niger Walking
7. Diabate, Koman & K. Kamissoko Segou
8. Dogon Villagers Kah Mohno (Dogon)
9. Kouyate, Sidiki & A. Diabate Kaita
10. Koita, Barema Deni Meba
11. - Bambaran Wedding Celebration
12. Diabate, Koman & K. Kamissoko Sanan Kouya
13. Kouyate, Sidiki O Mansa Musa
14. - Dogon Country at Night