Malinke Rhythms, Dances & Songs of Guinea by Famoudou Konate

[bubudi]

new dvd

rythmes danses chansons de la guinee

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part 1
musicians, dancers, dancers of the konate family. arrangements: sire diallo. duration: 48 min.

part 2
traditional group of famoudou konate. griottes: fanta diawara, fanta kourouma. djembe: famoudou konate, nansady keita, sayon camara, m'bandi kourouma, sekou conde. dununba: sidafa kouyate. sangban: mamady kouyate. kensedenin: bandougou konate. duration: 36 min.

filmed in conakry january 2008 by ursula dittmar.
total duration: 84 min.

distribution: http://tarikumusique.com

[e2c]

oh wow - must buy ASAP!!!

Thanks so much for the heads-up, bubudi.

Edited to add: What's the story on the encoding - is this an all-region DVD?

[bops]

Looks nice, thanks for posting, bubs.

e2c, I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing it's PAL, since it looks like it was produced in Germany. PAL may not play on your set-top DVD player, but it will still play on your computer, FWIW.

[michi]

I just ordered a copy. (Thanks for the heads-up, Bubudi!) Will let you know about the region once it arrives.

Cheers,

Michi.

[e2c]

Looks nice, thanks for posting, bubs.

e2c, I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing it's PAL, since it looks like it was produced in Germany. PAL may not play on your set-top DVD player, but it will still play on your computer, FWIW.

I was thinking more about region codes, actually... but thanks!

I ordered mine right after I posted earlier.

[bops]

I doubt it would have a region code... Region codes are really only used by the major studios, and even then, not always.

[bubudi]

i would be very surprised if there were any drm encoding. the producer is a one-woman show and she is shipping all over the world. the companies that do drm make one version for each region and that is not cost-effective for something with such a small market share.

this is the only commercially available dvd of famoudou that i know of. it will be awesome to have the songs and dances together with the rhythms and all filmed in guinea as well. can't wait 'till mine arrives!

[e2c]

b, DVD players sold in the US have region code lockouts. There are ways to unlock some of them, but not all. (Mine's been hacked, but I still worry about buying things that I might not be able to watch.)

I wish the MPAA would just abolish the whole regional encoding system. It really isn't serving any purpose.

[bubudi]

yes, i understand. but that's why all but the big companies usually encode their dvds with region 0 which will play in all dvd players regardless of what region the dvd is set to. i've yet to see an african percussion/dance dvd that is encoded for a particular region.

[e2c]

Well, there are some good music DVDs out there that have region codes, believe it or not....

[bubudi]

oh yea no doubt. just not normally on the west african percussion/dance dvds. you can also reprogram many dvd players to region 0 (with a code obtained on the net and entered via either the remote or local keypad) which will make them play dvds from any region. or you can rip a region limited dvd to your computer and reburn it to an all-region dvd.

[guedom]

wow, yea for this new stuff, good price, looks a homemade production, one camera, and edition looks the same.

[guedom]

has anyone problem to order it? I cant do

[michi]

has anyone problem to order it? I cant do

I had no problems with the web interface to place the order (Safari). What's your problem?

Cheers,

Michi.

[guedom]

Hi Michi my problem is the captcha, I write it right but the system display an error message, I had already an account on this web but don't remember the password to do the order. I tried to recover also to suscribe to the newsletter with the same problem, captcha.

Please fill out the e-Mail field and the Security-Code again.
Be aware of Typos!

I used 3 browser with the same error