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Keletigui Et Ses Tambourinis

Title: The Syliphone Years 1968-1976 (2CD)

Label: Sterns Africa

Cat No:STCD3031-32
Format:CD

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• Whether it was with songs about incest and suicide, or through those praising a fruit-juice company, Keletigui et ses Tambourinis were at the heart of Guinea’s state-sponsored musical explosion in the 1960s and 70s.

• Including a 44-page, full colour booklet and with rare recordings previously unreleased on CD, this double album tells the story, from first take to final session, of a group and music that helped set the scene for African music today.

• Sadly, Keletigui Traoré, the group’s founder and leader, died in November last year aged 74. The music on these CDs is a testament to his unique energy … and a set of circumstances that can never be repeated.

• “when a man sees a woman from Touba, he’d better be careful lest his chewing tobacco falls from his mouth” (excerpt from the translated lyrics of “Toubaka’)

Track Listing for The Syliphone Years 1968-1976 (2CD)
CD1: 1968 – 1970
1. Sabougnouma
2. Mariama
3. La Guinée moussolou
4. Fruitaguinée
5. Kadia blues
6. Famadenké
7. Cigarettes allumettes
8. Djoutè wassa
9. Kesso
10. I boyein-boyein
11. Tambourinis sax parade
12. Quinzan
13. Il tomatero
14. Banankoro
15. La loma de belen
16. JRDA

CD1 time: 1hr 04mins

CD2 : 1970 - 1976
1. Guajira con tumbao
2. Toubaka
3. Nadia
4. La bicycletta
5. Ilolé gbanina
6. Tambourinis cocktail
7. Kiss my nose (a.k.a. Kiss My Noose)
8. M'Bongi Ey
9. Bebe
10. Talassa
11. Donsoké
12. I dyoolaro
13. Mandé
14. Bakary-dian
15. I kanan n’djanfa
16. Kabakele

Reviews

fRoots - Con Murphy

The attractively-packaged and informative double-CD release covers Keletiqui Et Ses Tambourinis' most creative and popular period.

Songlines - Martin Sinnock

Many of Keletigui's recordings abound with delightful Cuban flavour, as well as jazz and even psychedelic pop experimentation. ***** TOP OF THE WORLD

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Keletigui Et Ses Tambourinis

The Syliphone Years 1968-1976 (2CD)