ASSIKO GOLDEN BAND DE GRAND YOFF - Magg Tekki LP

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ASSIKO GOLDEN BAND DE GRAND YOFF - Magg Tekki LPAssiko Golden Band de Grand Yoff is the sprawling drum collective tearing up Dakar's nightlife scene. Senegalese poet Djiby Ly (Wau Wau Collectif) is backed by fourteen different percussive instruments plus horns, winds, balafon, and the occasional accordion, combining Count Ossie's spiritually elevated polyrhythms with Fela Kuti's orchestra and Tony Allen's groove. Based in the impoverished neighborhood of Grand Yoff and operating as a mutual aid

This version of the ‘imâra starts with the qahili introduction in the form of a prayer to the prophet

Laden with metaphor

GYBE undeniably picked up right where they left off

Ensemble Dal Niente

was recorded in rural western Washington at Bear Creek Studios

Scrooge-like introduction to the song at a show in Pennsylvania was met with beaming enthusiasm from a child

it’s the death of 4 well known Greek characters

7" includes digital download

Their impact was immediate

On their first ever full-length album and debut for Run For Cover This Place You Know

Ivanna Baranova

outdated role models and self-dramatization