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Marabi Africa Compilation
This collection spans the various productions of Marabi music, the label created in 2002 by Christian Mousset when he parted from Label Bleu after 10 years at the head of the Indigo collection. Marabi is resolutely committed towards the artists stemming from the African continent and the Indian Ocean. Far from formatted or 'cloned' music, this young label, which is now celebrating its five year anniversary, has been showcasing and championing the cultural diversity that globalisation has damaged.
more on Marabi Productions Representing various tones and styles, the singers, musicians and bands featured here have in common their deep originality and their concern to share their emotions. Totally modern (inscrits dans la modernité) yet not forgetting their roots and traditions, they allow their audiences to discover new aesthetics and sensations. Blues from the Sahel and the Indian Ocean, Congolese rumba, Zulu beat, flamboyant Mandingo guitars, awesome groove and melancholy songs: in 17 tracks (including two as-yet-unreleased songs by Malouma and Rajery) offers a journey into the heart of a changing continent, with its divas (Malouma, Mahotella Queens, Nathalie Natiembé), its troubadours (Boubacar Traoré, Wendo Kolosoy, Rumbanella Band, Rajery), its "rockers" (Ba Cissoko, Jaojoby, Granmoun Lélé, Johnny Clegg, Bembeya Jazz, Menwar) and its exceptional instrumentalists (Djélimady Tounkara, Sékou "Bembeya" Diabaté, Régis Gizavo, Louis Mhlanga). marabi's artists |
