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Folila

Amadou & Mariam

SKU: BEC5161153

Barcode: 5060281611536

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Amadou & Mariam will release their new album ‘Folila’ through Because Music on the 2nd April 2012. Featuring appearances by Santigold, Theophilus London, TV On The Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Bassekou Kouyaté, the album is the follow-up to 2009’s acclaimed ‘Welcome To Mali’.

The story of ‘Folila’ – the word means ‘music’ in Bambara – boasts three distinct chapters. Marc-Antoine Moreau, the duo’s long-time manager and producer explains: “The original idea was to make two albums: a crossover record in New York City, where Amadou and Mariam have many musical friends and relationships and the other a more rootsy album recorded in Bamako with mostly African guests and African percussion instead of a drum kit.”

Both plans came to fruition, but when Amadou and Mariam listened back to the richness of the two sessions, a third way suggested itself: to combine the two recordings in a seamless, organic fashion. The result is ‘Folila,’ a near-perfect example of how tradition and modernity can work together to generate creative forward movement, two parallel rails leading to a common musical destination.

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Track Listings

1 Dougou Badia (ft Santigold)
2 Wily Kataso (ft Tunde & Kyp of TV On The Radio)
3 Oh Amadou (ft Bertrand Cantat)
4 Metemya (ft Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters)
5 Africa Mon Afrique (ft Bertrand Cantat)
6 C'est Pas Facile Pour Les Aigles (ft Ebony Bones)
7 Wari (ft Amp Fidler)
8 Sans Toi
9 Mogo (ft Bertrand Cantat)
10 Another Way (ft Bertrand Cantat)
11 Bagnale (ft Abdallah Oumbadougou)
12 Nebe Miri (ft Theophilus London)
13 Chérie

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