The musicians brought a blend of cross-cultural compositions to Bing last Saturday. It was musical expression in its purest form and an explosion of life and joy, Wang writes.
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Takamba, danse rythmée à pas cadencés. Où le corps se contracte et se lance, se recontacte et se relance. Dans la finesse d’un chat et la souplesse d’un serpent. Les mains, les doigts et le long du bras jouant au serpent. Le tout accompagné par le torse et la hanche au son des calebasses, d’une guit
Habib Koité (photo: Margot Canton Lamousse)
Should you cross Habib Koité wearing a furrowed brow, ambulating through his ten acre field, 25km from his home/studio/refuge in west Bamako, he’s probably working on a new album. With giant strides, he paces back and forth before returning to his iPad and Godin guitar, resting up on one of the rare trees giving shade under a burning Malian sun. He’ll grab his iPhone to listen to the melodic line he just composed and re-record another version. Habib’s creative juices might be in full flow, but it’s no cakewalk. “You can’t imagine the pressure and stress I put myself under when there’s a deadline for a new album. I’ll isolate myself for days, blocking out everything and think of nothing else until it’s over. It’s torture.”
The Malian singer-songwriter Habib Koité is also one of his country’s leading guitarists. Daniel Brown reflects on the artist’s recordings and career to date