Sali Sidibé - Dunia Djamou (Jose Marquez Remix)

Here's an older track I never got around to posting on this blog. This was actually one of my first remix projects from a couple years ago. A handful of DJ's got this back in the day and now I feel it's only right to give it a new life with all DJ's since then that I've met that have been supporting my music. This is some straight Deep African House Music from the heart of Mali, enjoy!

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This is what the original sounds like.....in case you were wondering ;)






About Sali Sidibé:

Sali Sidibé is another exponent of wassoulou style of music, predominantly performed by female singers from the South of Mali. In the footsteps of the pioneers Kagbe Sidibé and Coumba Sidibé, Sali became one of the most popular Wassoulou singers in Mali.

Her music is somewhat different from that of Oumou Sangaré, but more similar to the style of Nahawa Doumbia since she is using the same didadi rhythm.

Unlike the malinké praise singers, these young artists addressed contemporary issues in their lyrics, such as social problems. Although the singers are mainly Peul they are singing in the wassoulou dialect of the bambara language.

The pentatonic wassoulou music itself is very distinct from malinke music and is reminiscent of the rhythms of Malian hunter music played with the Dozon N'Goni (hunter's lute), but using instead the smaller Kamelen N'Goni (6-string youth lute). Other instruments used are the traditional one-string violon, the soukou, the M'Bolon (bass lute), senoufo balafon, djembé and and also the electric guitar. The rhythms are repetitive and hypnotising, but there is room for improvisation on the string instruments.