Sibo Bangoura "Keyim Ba"

[michi]

Sibo Bangoura (Bangourake's younger brother) has just made his first CD. The official launch will be end of October in Sydney, but he had a box full for sale Epizo's camp.

That's a very nice CD. Quite musical and melodic--the tracks all have vocals, balafon, kora, and/or flute with them, so it isn't just a CD for percussion aficionados with lots of djembe wizardry, but very listenable as music. Yet, the djembe wizardry isn't missing, so there is plenty to be enjoyed in terms of fancy chops.

It's great to see Sibo make his mark and step out from Mohamed's shadow!

Track listing:

• Wulé
• Zaouli
• Fanta
• Korolon Könön
• Diyörè
• Kéyim Ba
• Möbanya
• N'yeloborè
• Walignouma
• Fama
• Sabar
• Féssèhè

Cheers,

Michi.

PS: I tried to upload the cover art but got an error:

Could not upload attachment to ./files/2680_1d6c824588cdbf9a144b24fbe4b91e50.

[bubudi]

i listened to this album a month ago. it's good stuff. i'll be getting a copy for sure.

featuring boka camara on every track. i've been told boka wrote all the breaks, too.
i'll add it to the boka discography.

[James]

I'm in Sydney, where can I buy a copy?

[michi]

I'm in Sydney, where can I buy a copy?

I suspect the easiest thing might be to call him or send him an email. I'll forward his details via PM.

Cheers,

Michi.

[Dugafola]

i listened to this album a month ago. it's good stuff. i'll be getting a copy for sure.

featuring boka camara on every track. i've been told boka wrote all the breaks, too.
i'll add it to the boka discography.

then shouldn't it be under Boka's name then?

[bubudi]

boka helped out and deserves special mention (which he gets on the cover), but sibo is the main feature. every single musician on that cd is top class. am getting my copy soon. i had to laugh at the song praising sibo though.

[Dugafola]

boka helped out and deserves special mention (which he gets on the cover), but sibo is the main feature. every single musician on that cd is top class. am getting my copy soon. i had to laugh at the song praising sibo though.

i will laugh too.

griot culture in africa is out of control. pretty much no shame going on over there.

[bubudi]

keyim ba will be featured on abc's radio national (australia) on the world/roots show called the planet, next thursday, 22nd october, 2009. you can listen to the show on the day or part of the following day on the planet homepage or tune into the following frequencies: sydney 576am, brisbane and adelaide 729am, melbourne 621am, canberra 846am, newcastle 1512am, perth 810am, darwin 657am, hobart 585am, gold coast 90.1fm.

you can also watch sibo's performance and cd launch at the vanguard, newtown, 7pm-10pm the following tuesday 27th october and get your copy there. entry cost $20, bookings at www.thevanguard.com.au or (02) 9020 6959. this gig will feature sibo bangoura, mohamed bangoura, malin sylla, pape mbaye, yacou mbaye and many more. sibo dedicates this performance as a tribute to boka camara. launches to follow in canberra, blue mountains, newcastle, wollongong and the central coast. keep you posted if i find out info about these.

[bubudi]

anybody else can get a copy by emailing sibo on sibo@douniya.com

[bubudi]

went to the launch on tuesday night and got my copy of the cd. i had a listen through it tonight and i gotta say, the cd sounds awesome. the mix is nicely balanced. i would have liked a bit more singing and instruments through the entire cd. only about half the tracks have that, but they are beautiful songs. the cd is definitely more about the art of djembe, though. boka is laying down some of his best chops ever. this cd is as much his as it is sibo's and even sibo says so. 'when i hear the cd, it's like boka is in front of me', he said on the night.

the concert was good. bangourake was in good form. sibo talked for what seemed like hours about what a great guy boka was and repeated this in the thanks speech towards the end, where he also thanked several other people. then he said 'i don't like to talk much' and everybody was in stitches over that! nearly all of the songs they played were straight off the cd. on the sabar song, pape, tiass and yacou mbaye played proper mbalax to give the sabar rhythm authentic flavour. yacou's dunun playing was totally in the pocket and he must have been working solidly to learn all the rhythms, variations and breaks from sibo (most of them were not standards).

i'll be posting an audio clip soon...

[bubudi]

keyimba front.jpg

keyimba back.jpg

[James]

The Cd is class, I can highly recommend it.

I find the song on the first track Wulé TOTAALLLLYYY addictive. Seriously it's been my head for 5 days now.

That and I keep walking around singing about Fanta Kouyate, his mother.

There is stonking djembe on this, but it gets brownie points for having full instruments, like bala, Kora and wicked singing, which means that I can listen to it while my girlfriend is in the same room !