WOLO SO by BALIMAYA PROJECT
| SKU | 120943 |
| Artist | BALIMAYA PROJECT |
| Title | WOLO SO |
| Label | JAZZ RE:FRESHED |
| Catalog # | JRF 0026 |
| Tag | |
| Release | W 43 - 2021 |
| Format | Vinyl - UKLP |
| € 21,50 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- balimaya
- soninkapatronba
- viens me librer interlude
- i no go greeaniweta
- anangofoli
- city of god
- dakan
Description
Led by composer/arranger and leading UK-based Djembe player, Yahael Camara Onono and featuring members of bands including Kokoroko and SEED Ensemble, Balimaya Project intently synthesise and bridge London's bustling jazz circuit with traditional repertoire and folklore of the Mandé peoples of West Africa, and in turn connect the music's contemporary and ancestral forebears.
Their album Wolo So arrives after five years in the making, yet its roots chart a young percussionist forging a deeper musical identity from even further back.
Meaning 'the essence of kinship' in Mandé's Maninka language, the word Balimaya articulates a family model not limited to blood relations but of a shared history and experience, of friendship and community, a concept at the heart of Camara Onono's vision for the 16-piece group, declaring that "it's become a brotherhood."
