The Doudou N'Diaye Rose Family – Twenty-One Sabar Rhythms
Pochette Gatefold
Format: Vinyle, 2x12", Album
Label: Honest Jon's Records – HJRLP87
Pays: UK
Année: 2022
Genre: World
Style: African
Condition Disque: Neuf
Condition Pochette: Neuf
ENVOI RAPIDE ET SOIGNÉ DANS EMBALLAGE PROFESSIONNEL POUR DISQUE VINYLE 33 TOURS.
Tracklist
A1 Nyarie Gorom
A2 Gumbè
A3 Kaolack
A4 Fass
A5 Farwu Jar
A6 Ardin
A7 Ardin Rapide
B1 Ceebu Jen
B2 Baar Mbaye
B3 Mbabass
B4 Hibar Yi
B5 Dey Sey
B6 Sutti
C1 Toco
C2 Yendulen
C3 Dalulba
C4 Les Rosettes
D1 Nyuk
D2 Bench Mi
D3 Jahar Yi
D4 Taggo
Notes
Recorded at Lac Rose, near Dakar, in February 2020. Part of the transcriptions project funded by Turn/Kulturstiftung Des Bundes
Description
Magnificent Wolof drum music, performed by an extended griot family over seven consecutive days, in the mystical setting of Lac Rose, outside Dakar.
Doudou Ndiaye Rose — who died in 2015 — is a key drummer in the musical history of the world. He developed a system of five hundred original drumming patterns, ancient and new. Amongst the modern rhythms here is Bench Mi — ‘under the Baobab tree,’ a spot where where problems get solved. Also Hibar Yi — ‘passing on information’ — the theme-tune of Senegalese TV national news for decades — and Les Rosettes, the signature rhythm of Senegal’s first ever all-female percussion group, convened by Doudou, and named after his grandmother.
These original compositions sit alongside important traditional rhythms, familiar to every Sabar player, such as Farwu Jar (a courtship game sometimes resulting in a wedding), Ceebu Jin (also the name of the national dish of fish and rice), and Gumbé, often played after a successful harvest.
Recorded in joyful single takes, with no overdubs, mastered by Rashad Becker, the music is deep and thrilling, polyrhythmic to the bone, with a complex, pointillistic intensity at times evoking Jeff Mills in full flight.