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Ramata Diakite – Na
A guy named Phil from UK offers this guest post, an incredible cassette from Wassoulou music hero Ramata Diakite…
I was in Mali with Oxfam, visiting development projects in the north and south on which I’ve been doing communications work this year.
The driver we traveled with had this tape. And a Bob Marley greatest hits. We literally had them on repeat for about 2 days driving through the Sahara desert – it brings it all back! Later when I was back in Bamako before leaving for home, I found the tape in the market.
The song “Nana” kills me! All the different rhythmic and melodic lines. Man!
Man, indeed.—Ed.
Face A
Aye Yafama
Na
Sina Musso
Saba
Face B
Sonte Samarala
Nana
Moko Balou
Dibi
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Lovely…much thanks
Thank you so much for this cassette that has long wanted to hear.
Ramata reach to sell, 80.000 legal copies of this cassette in Mali, has worked choirs with Oumou Sangaré,Djeneba Diakite, Samba Diallo, Yoro Diallo,Tenin Sidibé,Adama yalomba,Issa Bagayogo….
Ramata Diakité discography up to 2006 and staff musicians.
(and the new albums Maban, Artiste?)
http://ramatadiakite.com
Very good…
http://s1.katsuro.com.pt/woo.php?id=15971
very nice. as usual. My last trip to Gambia I stuffed my new kora full of about 30 cassettes, all on the recommendation of my friends and the shop owner. Mbalax, fouta, mali, guinee, fula stuff, etc. mostly real good. some is easy to track down on line, some is not.
very rich with the drum machines and odd polish that I notice that you like in your west african music here. and the musicianship is ridiculous! The guinean stuff is especially cool. I’d be into to doing a guest post sometime, if you could recommend the be way to rip it all from cassette.
thanks for what you do!
steve
http://www.stevepile.com
This is absolutely lovely. Thank you so much for the information!
Wicked man, thanks muchly from a fellow African Music lover!
Hey old friend. Congrats: http://www.utne.com/Arts/MP3-Music-Scavengers-World-Music-Experts.aspx!!! Really cool blog you’ve got.
Excellent – thank you
Mr B
awesome!! one of the best in ages.
glad ya’ll enjoy. she’s got a new album in the can (i’m her manager), and we’re mixing it down now. i’ll make sure ATFA readers get first dibs at hearing it. the new one (“burutumu”) is primarily acoustic. raw files are available if anyone is interested in remixing. hit me at erichludwig gmailz if you’re interested.
peace.
thanks…
I love Ramata!
Incredible music. I will try to spread the word in my circles. Peace.
Thanks so much for posting this, it’s great.
it’s a very similar style to khaira arby. beautiful!
Did you see this? Her webpage says she just passed away on Oct 30….
http://ramatadiakite.com/
This is superb – I just love it. Thanks for posting it up.
Sadly, I can confirm that Ramata’s passing is true. After a long illness, she passed last Friday. I’ll continue to post details on my blog – http://erichludwig.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/ramata-diakite/
Thank you for enjoying her music – please pass it on so that her artistic legacy lives on.
peace.
erich ludwig (manager, Ramata Diakite)
Very sad news – brilliant artist, brilliant music.
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Our dear Ramata singing Na,here.
i could listen to Saba’s groove forever
What a fantastic cassette – and what a sad tale of early death. She had a voice to rival Oumou’s, on the strength of this eveidence, and the musical ideas to go with it. Love the kamelengoni too, whoever’s playing that is a star!!
(After looking round the web a bit, I see her ngoni star is Mamadou Sidibe – – well, he’s a major artist in his own right. No wonder the ngoni stands out on this tape.)
@ David.
Solomane Sidibé- kamalengoni in SABA,
Seydou Camara- kamalengoni in
SONTE SARAMALA and MOGOBALOU,
Benogo Diakité- Kamalengoni in the others.