In October, Damon Albarn spearheaded a week- long trip to Mali by a group of musicians including Brian Eno, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner, members of Metronomy and Django Django, Holy Other, Lil Silva, Cid Rim, Two Inch Punch, and more. There, they collaborated with Malian musicians. The result is an album called Africa Express Presents: Maison Des Jeunes. The record is a continuation of Albarn’s Africa Express project, where western and African artists collaborate. It was recorded in a temporary studio set up in a city youth club called Maison Des Jeunes.
Moussa Traoré contributes a stately, charming blend of kora and French rap, produced by Albarn; there’s a fine, soulful reworking of Salif Keita’s Yamore by 21-year-old Kankou Kouyaté;…
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…an insistent, exhilarating workout from the Yacouba Sissoko Band produced by Brian Eno; and exuberant guitar rock and desert blues from Songhoy Blues, a band from Timbuktu, where radical Islamists had attempted to ban music.
01 Adama Koita: “Fantainfalla Toyi Bolo” (Produced by Two Inch Punch)
02 Songhoy Blues: “Soubour” (Produced by Nick Zinner & Remi Kabaka)
03 Ghostpoet feat. Doucoura: “Season Change” (Produced by Two Inch Punch & Damon Albarn)
04 Bijou: “Dougoudé Sarrafo” (Produced by Damon Albarn)
05 Lil Silva: “Bouramsy” (Produced by Lil Silva)
06 Talbi: “Rapou Kanou” (Produced by Two Inch Punch)
07 Gambari ft. Kankou Kouyaté: “Yamore” (Produced by Damon Albarn)
08 Yacouba Sissoko Band: “Chanson Denko Tapestry” (Produced by Brian Eno)
09 Lobi Traoré Band: “Deni Kelen Be Koko” (Produced by David Maclean)
10 Moussa Traoré: “Farafina” (Produced by Damon Albarn)
11 Tiemoko Sogodogo: “Latégué” (Produced by Brian Eno)