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ISSA BAGAYOGO
TASSOUMAKAN
Six Degrees/US/CD
EX-CENTRIC SOUND SYSTEM
WEST NILE FUNK
Indieland/US/CD
Two different approaches to African electronica, two brilliant results. N’goni player Issa Bagayogo plugs spacious, minimal beats into his virtuoso acoustic effort, centering around unique, nonchalant vocals. Brooklyn-based bassist Yossi Fine (Ex-Centric Sound System) comes from the reverse, laying down heavy grooves joined by patches of calabash and balafone in a Western twist on Carnaval rhythms. Tassoumakan (“Voice of Fire”) takes Malian blues into the 21st century digitalism; West Nile Funk extends Ghana’s traditional repertoire into American clubs and Jamaican dancehalls. The sound system remains blaring for both as African folk forges ahead. 11/01/04
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