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niama makalou et african soul band - kognokoura, orig/daphni mix - sofrito super single - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: African

1. Kognokoura (Original 12" Version)
2. Kognokoura (Daphni's Part 2 Edit)

Sofrito presents a unique slice of afro disco from the celebrated griot Niama Makalou, recorded in the lateʻ70s plus an updated version by Daphni on the flip!

Descended from a family of griots (traditional Malian praise singers), Niama Makalou moved to France in the mid-70s where she cut this, her one and only vinyl release. At the time Paris (like much of the rest of the world) was swept up in disco fever, so along with a group of Malian musicians the date was set to cut a piece of disco - griot style. The resulting mixture of offkilter handclaps, raw string arrangements, Balafon flourishes and Bambara vocals combine with a heavy disco groove to produce a one-off piece of cross-cultural dancefloor mayhem.
On the B-side the highly talented Daphni (aka Caribou) crafts an extended part 2 that distills it into a stripped down and dubbed out groove for the club -one not to miss....