Wednesday, July 21, 2010

K7-17: Doussou Bagayoko


My apologies for the absence. I've been concentrating on other things recently and lost track of time.

I realize that I introduce tapes as being another of my favorites quite often, and now's no time to quit. This is another one of my favorites. Doussou Bagayoko is the daughter of Nahawa Doumbia and NGou Bagayoko. Dayele was huge in Bamako and Yanfolila, blaring from push-carts loaded with tapes and speakers, blaring from store fronts and phone booths and taxis. My friend Vieux, who ran a phone booth next to Papa's mechanic shop (pictured below) played Dayele and Black So Man's cassette over and again every day.

At that time Papa's garage was located on the main market road off the (now) paved highway in Yanfolila. Passers-by seeking shade, others needing to make a phone call, or even more waiting for their scooter to be fixed next door sit down and chat, perhaps share tea then move on. Roaring above the already maxed-out stereo is the constant revving of old scooter engines, mufflers completely blown and the motor screeching, spewing thick black smoke into the face of mechanic as he deciphers the problem. Oil pools and eventually seeps through the dirt.

The production and instrumentation on the tape are quite good, but I don't know who the musicians are. Anyone out there? And the harmonizing vocals are strong. No single song is leagues above the others, and the whole cassette is solid. I'm pretty sure that this tape, along with the "second half" are available on line as one set, while they were available as two separate cassettes in Bamako, Dayele and Koungo Sogo (to be posted later).

Enjoy!


(Papa Sidibe is on the right. He and his family have welcomed me on more than one occasion and their kindness is endless.)

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Glad to meet you again, welcome.

You're absolutely right on this album we can find really good musicians. Dayele

urijenny said...

Buenísimo. Muchas gracias.

Yo de Doussou tengo "Koungo sogo", y "Sumba" o "Soumba", encontrados en la web. El tracklist de la versión que tengo de Koungo sogo es este:
Tracklist:
01-Faman
02-Banakorodji
03-Koungo Sogo
04-Kalan
05-Demisein
06-Ndiaya
07-Kouloufo
08-Kalan mix
Es la misma versión que vos tenés?

Hace poco que conozco tu blog. Es formidable.

Cordiales saludos desde Mendoza en la República Argentina.

Wassoulou said...

Lo que tienes es lo mismo, pero yo no tengo "Kalan Mix".

Una dia quisiera escalar en la patagonia en el sur de Argentina.

Tim Abdellah said...

According to http://www.mali-music.com/Cat/CatD/DoussouBagayokoDisco.htm, this is the list of musicians

Dayélé - 2006
Doussou Bagayogo:Auteur, compositeur, chant - Ousmane Kouyaté, Djéli Moussa Kouyaté, Koudou Athanse, Baba Salah: Guitares - Koudou Athanase: Basse - Harouna Samaké: N'goni - Prince Mamadou Koné: - Calebasse - Alassane Sissoko: Djembé - Zoumana Téréta: Violon traditionnel - Arrangements, programmation, direction artistique: Koudou Athanase - Enregistré au studio Wanda Records à Bamako
Produit par MBD Productions +223 672.81.15
Une présentation de M'Baye Boubacar Diarra

This version has an even longer track list:

01. Koungo Sogo
02. Banakorodji
03. Ndiya
04. Koulou Fo
05. Kalan
06. Faman
07. Demissenw
08. Kalan (Instrumental)
09. Dayélé
10. Foté Mogo Ban
11. Taman
12. N'Fakakomo
13. Kongnon Mousso
14. Yanto

Great to hear this stuff - thanks!

Tim Abdellah said...

oh i see - someone already posted that link. but thanks still!

Anonymous said...

Hello.
A Doussou video-clip camouflaged !

http://youtu.be/ZRSu0CYkL9w