catalogue

BABSY KONATE

TOUNGA (SAHEL SOUNDS)

BABSY KONATE - TOUNGA 157252
format:
1 MC
release:
28.04.2023
label:
SAHEL SOUNDS
genre:
World
item ID:
157252
barcode:
0796167505693
Coming from the city of Gao, on the edge of the Saharan desert, Malian producer Baba `'Babsy'' Konate is one of the key figures in the development of "Gao Rap", a regional genre of modern autotuned Songhoi music.

Tounga is Babsy Konate's debut mixtape, collecting a decade of tracks that merge sweet autotuned vocals, crunchy drum loops and plucked digital harpsichord, in a playful testament to 2000s PC music, with the sample packs of a modest FruityLoops project.

The result is familiar yet otherworldly, drawing from an abundance of distinct cultural expression: folkloric takamba from the Songhai, Hausa film soundtracks from Northern Nigeria, Hip Hop from Bamako and Ragga from Niamey.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. SAYA
  • 1.2. KANA SIRAN
  • 1.3. ERNESS FASSA
  • 1.4. TOUNGA
  • 1.5. ALHAYE MASAYE
  • 1.6. SOGONIKO FASSA
  • 1.7. DJARABI
  • 1.8. NORD MALI
  • 1.9. COMMUN 6 FASSA
  • 1.10. SUPER MARIAGE