Name: Mali Koura
Brand: Issa Bagayogo

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

6570361151

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Colour

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2008-10-27

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Issa Bagayogo

Genre GB

African

Label GB

this malian maverick has been producing consistently excellent material for more than a decade now but, mystifyingly, has yet to break through here. this, his most accessible album to date, should change that. issa's burnished, low-key vocals function as the bridge between the flexible backbone of his rattling and rolling n'goni riffs and the lush layered horns, jazzy piano, honey-sweet backing vocals and sporadic interjections of tasteful electronica. the agreeable tension between the abrasive roots elements and the overlay of western production values is what makes this such a resonant listen.

Mali Koura

Music GB