Etoile de Dakar - Once Upon a Time in Senegal - The Birth of Mbalax (1979-1981), Vol. 1-2 (2010)
BAND/ARTIST: Etoile de Dakar
- Title: Once Upon a Time in Senegal - The Birth of Mbalax (1979-1981), Vol. 1-2
- Year Of Release: 2010
- Label: Syllart Records
- Genre: World, African
- Quality: FLAC lossless & booklet
- Total Time: 01:17:17; 01:15:38
- Total Size: 489; 478 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
There are not many African artists whose names are as well-known as Youssou N’Dour’s. And it’s not just his ‘7 Seconds’ duet with Neneh Cherry, or his frequent collaborations with Peter Gabriel and others.
On one level the 2CDs of ‘Once Upon A Time In Senegal’ form a chapter in the story of who Youssou N’Dour is and how he got there. But on another they show him simply as an equal member of a band. A band in the right place at the right time and doing the right things. That brief but vital moment in time is captured in these 23 tracks selected from the cassettes that Etoile de Dakar recorded between 1979 and 1981. Several have never been released outside of Senegal, and all have been sensitively re-mastered from the earliest available audio source. These are the best sounding recordings of this material available.
The album comes with a booklet that features detailed notes by Mark Hudson (author of, among others, the Youssou-centric novel ‘The Music In My Head’) and draws upon specially commissioned and candid interviews with surviving band members together with previously unseen photographs.
Recommended!
Etoile de Dakar - Once Upon a Time in Senegal - The Birth of Mbalax (1979-1981), Vol. 1 (2010)
Tracklist:
01. Etoile de Dakar - Thiely (05:15)
02. Etoile de Dakar - Dom Sou Nare Bakh (05:14)
03. Etoile de Dakar - Esta China (05:08)
04. Etoile de Dakar - Mane Khouma Khol Thi Yao (04:52)
05. Etoile de Dakar - Jalo (06:30)
06. Etoile de Dakar - Absa Gueye (05:25)
07. Etoile de Dakar - Thiapa Thioly (12:02)
08. Etoile de Dakar - Dagotte (07:28)
09. Etoile de Dakar - Dounya (06:46)
10. Etoile de Dakar - Diandioli (05:48)
11. Etoile de Dakar - Kine Kine (04:48)
12. Etoile de Dakar - M'Badane (07:56)
Etoile de Dakar - Once Upon a Time in Senegal - The Birth of Mbalax (1979-1981), Vol. 2 (2010)
Tracklist:
01. Etoile de Dakar - Tolou Badou Ndiaye (07:00)
02. Etoile de Dakar - Nit Kou N'Gnoul (06:45)
03. Etoile de Dakar - Yalaye Dogal (06:11)
04. Etoile de Dakar - My Wa Wa (08:24)
05. Etoile de Dakar - Lay Suma Lay (04:35)
06. Etoile de Dakar - Diankha Demal (06:47)
07. Etoile de Dakar - Khaley Étoile (07:41)
08. Etoile de Dakar - Sama Guenth-Gui (07:20)
09. Etoile de Dakar - M'Baye Gueye (07:33)
10. Etoile de Dakar - Titeur (06:40)
11. Etoile de Dakar - Maleo (06:38)
On one level the 2CDs of ‘Once Upon A Time In Senegal’ form a chapter in the story of who Youssou N’Dour is and how he got there. But on another they show him simply as an equal member of a band. A band in the right place at the right time and doing the right things. That brief but vital moment in time is captured in these 23 tracks selected from the cassettes that Etoile de Dakar recorded between 1979 and 1981. Several have never been released outside of Senegal, and all have been sensitively re-mastered from the earliest available audio source. These are the best sounding recordings of this material available.
The album comes with a booklet that features detailed notes by Mark Hudson (author of, among others, the Youssou-centric novel ‘The Music In My Head’) and draws upon specially commissioned and candid interviews with surviving band members together with previously unseen photographs.
Recommended!
Etoile de Dakar - Once Upon a Time in Senegal - The Birth of Mbalax (1979-1981), Vol. 1 (2010)
Tracklist:
01. Etoile de Dakar - Thiely (05:15)
02. Etoile de Dakar - Dom Sou Nare Bakh (05:14)
03. Etoile de Dakar - Esta China (05:08)
04. Etoile de Dakar - Mane Khouma Khol Thi Yao (04:52)
05. Etoile de Dakar - Jalo (06:30)
06. Etoile de Dakar - Absa Gueye (05:25)
07. Etoile de Dakar - Thiapa Thioly (12:02)
08. Etoile de Dakar - Dagotte (07:28)
09. Etoile de Dakar - Dounya (06:46)
10. Etoile de Dakar - Diandioli (05:48)
11. Etoile de Dakar - Kine Kine (04:48)
12. Etoile de Dakar - M'Badane (07:56)
Etoile de Dakar - Once Upon a Time in Senegal - The Birth of Mbalax (1979-1981), Vol. 2 (2010)
Tracklist:
01. Etoile de Dakar - Tolou Badou Ndiaye (07:00)
02. Etoile de Dakar - Nit Kou N'Gnoul (06:45)
03. Etoile de Dakar - Yalaye Dogal (06:11)
04. Etoile de Dakar - My Wa Wa (08:24)
05. Etoile de Dakar - Lay Suma Lay (04:35)
06. Etoile de Dakar - Diankha Demal (06:47)
07. Etoile de Dakar - Khaley Étoile (07:41)
08. Etoile de Dakar - Sama Guenth-Gui (07:20)
09. Etoile de Dakar - M'Baye Gueye (07:33)
10. Etoile de Dakar - Titeur (06:40)
11. Etoile de Dakar - Maleo (06:38)
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