#Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band

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Great band alert: Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band

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Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band - Sonbonbela

Sublime Frequencies is honored to release the third LP from Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band. Sonbonbela was recorded in the beginning of 2022 in the Republic of Burkina Faso. The group continue to hone their trademark fusion of Mandingue and afro-beat styles. The Mandingo Band are a hit machine, sculpting seven new tracks of near Beefheart/Magic Band dynamics, Fela inspired groovers dusted out in the Sahel zone, rather than the humidity and sweat of Lagos, creating one of the most original and propulsive musical statements to come from the contemporary West African cultural juggernaut. As with previous releases, the band features the legendary guitar pyrotechnics of Issouf Diabate, truly one of the greatest West African (or Earth for that matter) guitarists of the last forty years. The band is completed by a near bottomless barrel of artistry from the Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso musical talent pool. On bass guitar, Wendeyida Ouedraogo, on drums Abbas Kabore, and on percussion and balafon, Nickie Dembele. Leading the charge again is the captain himself, Mamdou Sanou on the Doso Ngoni featuring one of the most distinctive voices of the modern era. The opposite of the banal trends of auto-tune that have pervaded most of West African popular music, Baba’s voice still impresses with its gravel and grit, showcasing a range that is ancient and defiant in equal measure. This LP is a non-stop hit parade of afro-beat bangers destined to light dance floors and living rooms ablaze!!! This album is dedicated to the memory of Massimbo Taragna, the bass player extraordinaire who was an integral part of the Mandingo Band’s trance stun musical power who passed away in early 2022. Auteur compositeur BABA COMMANDANT (Mamadou SANOU) Co-composition Issouf Diabaté Sauf Sere Jugu de Victor DEME Guitar: Issouf DIABATE, Simon CHENET sur "sonbanbela" Bass : Wendeya Jessie Josias OUEDRAOGO Drums, Choeurs : Cheick Abbas KABORE Percussion, Balafon : Nickie DEMBELE

[culturesofresistancefilms]

12/30/2023

We are saddened to hear of the recent passing of the great musician Baba Commandant from Burkina Faso. To honor his memory, you can listen to Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band's performance in the link below.

Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band received the Cultures of Resistance Award earlier this year.

To support the band, buy their newest LP Sonbonbela. Recorded in Burkina Faso in early 2022, their music displays a magical fusion between Mandingue and afro-beat styles. Buy it here: https://www.sublimefrequencies.com/.../731286-baba...

Learn more about our award here:

Watch a performance here:

[staxoftrax]

OCTOBER 14th NEW ARRIVALS!

So lots of great records hit the bins tonight including lots of cool Jazz, Funk/Soul and some classic & seldom seen Rock titles. Pictured highlights include Burning Spear - Man in the Hills, Sonny Rollins - Way Out West, Art Blakey - Free For All, Van Morrison - Moondance, fantastic original copies of the first Tracy Chapman LP, Marvin Gaye - What's Going On, Black Flag - Damaged and Lou Reed - New York as well as a mint reissue of Betty Davis - They Say She's Different. And lots more to make everyone happy. I'm now working three great collections that have lots of killer records in every genre!!

And please I'll be trying one more time to get all the hip music people out for next Friday October 20th show at 3 Dots w/ Baba Commandant & the Mandingo Band from Burkino Faso. We don't get a chance to see world class music like this in our town very often so you really don't want to miss this opportunity. You'll be dancing on your feet or in your head to this incredibly funky band. And remember that there is no home football game that weekend so the town is ours for that night! I'll be selling tix tomorrow in the store and if you buy one ($20 in advance or $25 at the door) I'll give you a 15% discount on your record purchases. Support this great local venue!!

Josh Ferko / Stax of Trax Records

[snackpointcharlie]

The skies are on fire, so soothe yourself with the calm, cool radio waves of Snackpoint Charlie. Music from around the world that perks you up and calms you down, 10pm to midnight June 7 on WGXC, 90.7 FM in the Hudson Valley, streaming live on WGXC.org, and podcast afterwards at https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/mqg4hm

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 116 - 2023.06.07 PLAYLIST https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/mqg4hm [ ^ click for download ^ ]

1) Elly Kasim - “Oh Tuhanku” from PERAK PERAK https://www.discogs.com/master/2442421-Elly-Kasim-Perak-Perak

2) The Scorpios - “Seven” from 23.6.17 https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/scorpios-23-6-17/

3) Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band - “Chasser Les Sachets” from SONBONBELA https://sublime-frequencies.bandcamp.com/album/baba-commandant-and-the-mandingo-band-sonbonbela

(underbed throughout:) Gordon Hempton - “Songs of Spring - Charity Version” from ONE SQUARE INCH OF SILENCE https://onesquareinch.org Pinchas Gurevich - “Potsclatterboogie” and “Dabellbottomstoll4u”

4) Adnan Othman & The Rhythmn Boys - “Doa Ku” from BERSHUKOR: A RETROSPECTIVE OF HITS BY A MALAYSIAN POP YEH YEH LEGEND https://sublime-frequencies.bandcamp.com/album/adnan-othman-bershukor-a-retrospective-of-malaysian-pop-yeh-yeh-legend

5) Asha Bhosle & Mohammed Rafi - “Main Hoon Pyar Tera” from TEESRI MANZIL https://www.discogs.com/master/921645-Rahul-Dev-Burman-Teesri-Manzil

6) Simon Junior & Maurice Patton and The Melodians - “Man Lee” from MAN LEE https://www.discogs.com/release/8665441-Simon-Junior-Maurice-Patton-The-Melodians-Man-Lee https://madrotter-treasure-hunt.blogspot.com/2023/02/simon-junior-maurice-patton-and.html

7) David Greenberger & The Huckleberries - “Music Appreciation” from UNIVERSAL PRESERVATION http://www.darrylvance.com/blog/2022/10/31/cover-art

8) Karim Shukry - “العودة إلى القاهرة (Take Me Back to Cairo)” from TAKE ME BACK TO CAIRO https://www.discogs.com/master/657603-Karim-Shukry-Take-Me-Back-To-Cairo

9) George Brassens - “La Messe au Pendu” from NOUVELLES CHANSONS https://www.discogs.com/master/233278-Georges-Brassens-Nouvelles-Chansons

10) Syd Barrett - “Dominoes” from BARRETT https://www.discogs.com/master/53459-Syd-Barrett-Barrett

11) Orkes Lokananta - “Nganggo Telek Nang Krikilan” from PADANG MOONRISE: THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN INDONESIAN RECORDING INDUSTRY (1955-69) https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/padang-moonrise-the-birth-of-the-modern-indonesian-recording-industry-1955-69

12) Ersen - “Döne Sevdigim” from DÜNDEN BUGÜNE https://turkofongmbh.bandcamp.com/album/d-nden-bug-ne

13) Namian Sidibé - “Djougouya Mangni” from NAMIAN SIDIBÉ https://namiansidibe.bandcamp.com

14) 楊燕 (Yang Yan) - “沒有良心的人 (Heartless Person)” from 抛绣球 / 為什麼不愛我 (Throw Hydrangea / Why Don't You Love Me) https://www.discogs.com/release/5086347-%E6%A5%8A%E7%87%95-%E6%8A%9B%E7%BB%A3%E7%90%83-%E7%82%BA%E4%BB%80%E9%BA%BC%E4%B8%8D%E6%84%9B%E6%88%91

15) Ramuntcho Matta - “Avatar” from RAMUNTCHO MATTA https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch/ramuntcho-matta-s-t-deluxe-lp-edition-with-4-pp-booklet-and-2pp-insert

16) Allen Ravenstine - “Wall Flower (Agôn)” from WALL FLOWER EP https://music.apple.com/au/artist/allen-ravenstine/219787929

17) Maalem & Gat - “Chalaba” from SACRIFICE EP https://www.discogs.com/release/26726327-Various-Yonatan-Gat-Stone-Tapes

18) T. Chowdiah (7 String Violin) - “Tera Tiyaga Rada (Raga Gowli Pantu)” from TANJORE BEAUTY: CARNATIC INSTRUMENTALS FROM 78S https://branchdravidian.bandcamp.com

19) Guillermo Briseño - “Irreverencias (Texto e Improvisación para Siete Instrumentos de Teclado)” from AUSENCIAS E IRREVERENCIAS https://www.discogs.com/master/1613444-Guillermo-Brise%C3%B1o-Ausencias-E-Irreverencias

20) Ayako Shinozaki - “Stanza II” from MUSIC NOW FOR HARP https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch/ayako-shinozaki-music-now-for-harp-feat-takehisa-kosugi-deluxe-lp-edition-with-2p-insert-and-obi-black-vinyl

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Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band aux Instants Chavirés. 19.04.2023 Photo Camille Louvel

[dustedmagazine]

Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band — Sira Ba Kele (Sublime Frequencies)

Siri Ba Kele by Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band

Baba Commandant & the Mandingo Band, a quintet from the landlocked nation of Burkina Faso, reanimate the electric sounds of 1970s West African pop with an urgency that makes it sound like tomorrow’s news. The Commandant, whose given name is Mamadou Sanou, wields the necessary tools for the job. He plays lilting, insistent rhythmic figures on a doso ngoni, which is a griot’s harp. The griot’s cultural task is to remember the past and use that knowledge to comment upon the present, and even if you don’t understand a word he utters, which is possible since he sings exclusively in Burkinabé tongues, you’ll want to pay attention. Gravelly at the bottom and nimble in every register, he growls like a boss, but he places his accents like a groove scientist.

When it comes to grooving, he’s got plenty of help. Drummer Mohamed Sana and bassist Massibo Taragna play loping beats that are propulsive enough to shift some bulk, but airy enough to let the other instruments fly through like birds. Electric guitarist Issouf Diabate can dig right into the rhythms with them, but he also makes splendid use of the air space to launch exclamatory single-note phrases and unreel solos persuasive enough that if you played them in Wylie E. Coyote’s ear, he’d dance on air all the way to the other side of the canyon. Sami Kimpe’s balafon likewise shifts between unisons with the guitar and insistent rhythm patterns that add another layer to the interlocking grooves. The wooden mallet instrument’s sonorities send the band’s sound apart from the glossier sound of top-tier world music combos, and also reinforce the connection with enduring cultural traditions.  

The music is stripped down, but that just makes it easier to appreciate the essential qualities of each moving part and the mastery they exercise as they move each element in and out of the foreground. The listener has an unobstructed perspective as Sanou calls out a line and the band shouts it back, or as he, Diabate and Kimpe weave back and forth to the front of the mix. The tracks on this record last between six and nine minutes in length, but it’s easy to imagine any one of them stretching much longer in concert. One can only hope that they have find the inclination and resources necessary to negotiate the hurdles that face artists from any predominantly Muslim African nation and cross the Atlantic to show us all first hand.  

Bill Meyer

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“Wasso  (Mr Boom Afro Mix)” - Baba Commandant & The Mandigo Band

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Discos escuchados en 20-19

       Teruhisa Fukuda - Japan: Musical Offering of a Shakuhachi Master (2018)

       Kelman Duran - 13th Month (2018)

       Susana Santos Silva - All the Rivers, Live at Panteão Nacional (2018)

       Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness - Emakhosini (2018)

       The Soft Moon - Criminal (2018)

       Rejjie Snow - Dear Annie (2018)

       Snail Mail - Lush (2018)

       The Wombats - Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life (2018)

       Neko Case - Hell-On (2018)

       Death Drag - Shifted (2018)

       Toby Driver - They Are the Shield (2018)

       Drudkh - Їм часто сниться капіж (They Often See Dreams About the Spring) (2018)

       Dead Combo - Odeon Hotel (2018)

       Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band - Siri Ba Kele (2018)

       Глеб Колядин [Gleb Kolyadin] - Gleb Kolyadin (2018)

       Nap Eyes - I'm Bad Now (2018)

       Murder by Death - The Other Shore (2018)

       Monte Resina - Aluado Bulimor (2018)

       Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik - Hugsjá (2018)

       Marlowe - Marlowe (2018)

       Wayfarer - World's Blood (2018)

       Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn (2013)

       Lil Peep - Goth Angel Sinner (2018)

       Mundo Livre S/A - A Dança dos Não Famosos (2018)

       Cecilio.G - MAD MAX POWER (2018)

       Betacam - Mítico (2018)

       Axolotes Mexicanos - Salu2 (2018)

       Atom Rhumba - Cosmic Lexicon (2018)

       Za! - Pachinko Plex (2018)

       Aliment - Brother (2018)

       El Petit de Cal Eril - ∆ (2018)

       Rodrigo Amado, Joe McPhee, Kent Kessler & Chris Corsano - A History of Nothing (2018)

       Kikí d'akí - Breve encuentro (2019)

       Joan Miquel Oliver - Elektra (2018)

       Yung Beef - Adromicfms 4 (2018)

       Fernando Alfaro - Sangre en los surcos (2018)

       Elastic Band - Fun Fun Fun (2018)

       Disco las Palmeras! - Cálida (2018)

       Cooper - Tiempo, Temperatura, Agitación (2018)

       Mutant Beat Dance - Mutant Beat Dance (2018)

       Soleá Morente - Ole Lorelei (2018)

        Ferran Palau - Blanc (2018)

       Pega Monstro - Casa de cima (2017)

       Maria Rodés - Eclíptica (2018)

       Justin Hurwitz - First Man (2018)

       Various Artists - We Out Here (2018)

        Thelonious Monk - Mønk (2018) *** 4.5/5

       Dapuntobeat - Digital Pills (2018)

       Cookin' Soul - Doom Xmas (2018)

       Graham Lambkin / Jason Lescalleet - The Breadwinner (2008) *** 4.5/5

       Bernard Parmegiani - De natura sonorum (1975) *** 4.5/5

       Various Artists - Tuva, Among the Spirits: Sound, Music and Nature in Sakha and Tuva (1999)

       Dr. Roger Payne - Songs of the Humpback Whale (1970)

        Akira Sakata, Chikamorachi & Masahiko Sato - Proton Pump (2018)

        Aterciopelados - Claroscura (2018)

        Aterciopelados - Caribe atómico (1998)

        Mercado de los Corotos, by Augusto Bracho (2018)

       Da Pawn - Pistola de Balín (2018)

       Jeff Rosenstock - POST- (2018)

       Saintseneca - Pillar of Na (2018)

       Say Sue Me - Where We Were Together (2018)

       Rival Consoles - Persona (2018)

       Julee Cruise - Floating Into the Night (1989)

       Lowrider - Ode to Io (2000)

       Grotto - Smokonomicon (2016)

       Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975) *** 4.5/5

       Elder - Dead Roots Stirring (2011)

       Steve Hillage - Fish Rising (1975) *** 4.5/5

       Respire - Dénouement (2018)

       Los Caramelos - Cicatrices de un cuento (II) (2018)

       Nacho Casado - Verão (2018)

       Milo - Budding Ornithologists Are Weary of Tired Analogies (2018)

       DJ Muggs & Roc Marciano - Kaos (2018)

       Nostrum Grocers - Nostrum Grocers (2018)

       Apollo Brown & Joell Ortiz - Mona Lisa (2018)

       Panda Bear - Buoys (2019)

       The Collective - TEXTURES : WALLS (2019)

        The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World (2011)

       Toro y Moi - Outer Peace (2019)

       Mark Deutrom - The Blue Bird (2019)

       John Garcia and The Band of Gold - John Garcia and The Band of Gold (2019)

       The Scary Jokes - Burn Pygmalion!!! A Better Guide to Romance (2019)

       Future - BEASTMODE2 (2018)

       Anja Garbarek - The Road Is Just a Surface (2018)

       Craig Armstrong - Sun on You (2018)

       The Good, the Bad & the Queen - Merrie Land (2018)

       Beautify Junkyards - The Invisible World of Beautify Junkyards (2018)

       Abul Mogard - Above All Dreams (2018)

       Michael O'Shea - Michael O'Shea (1982) *** 4.5/5

       Tim Buckley - Starsailor (1970) *** 4.5/5

       Nico - The Marble Index (1968)

       Orquesta de las Nubes - Manual del usuario (1987)

       Panchasila - Panchasila (2018)

       Tim Buckley - Happy Sad (1969)

       Lula Côrtes e Zé Ramalho - Paêbirú (1975)

       Son House - Father of Folk Blues (1965) *** 4.5/5

       J.B. Lenoir - Alabama Blues (1965) *** 4.5/5  

       Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas (1985)

       Billy Paul - 360 Degrees of Billy Paul (1972)

       Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt - A Meeting by the River (1993)

       Elizabeth Cotten - Folksongs and Instrumentals With Guitar (1958)

       Skip James - Today! (1966)

       Mississippi John Hurt - Today! (1966)

       Muddy Waters - Folk Singer (1964) *** 4.5/5  

       Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones - Checkerboard Lounge Live Chicago 1981 (2012) *** 4.5/5  

   Otis Spann - The Biggest Thing Since Colossus (1969) *** 4.5/5  

  ��Chester Watson - Instrumental Tape (2019)

   Future - Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD (2019)

   English Baroque Soloists / Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner - Mass in B minor (1985)  *** 4.5/5  

   Wiener Philharmoniker / Carlos Kleiber - Symphonie Nr.5 (1975)  *** 4.5/5  

   Berliner Philharmoniker / Pierre Boulez - Symphony of Psalms; Symphony in Three Movements; Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1999)  *** 4.5/5  

   Muggs x DOOM - Muggs x DOOM (2018)

   Gun - Gun (1968) *** 4.5/5  

   Dark - Round the Edges (1972)

   Morgen - Morgen (1969)

   Truth and Janey - No Rest for the Wicked (1976)

   Leaf Hound - Growers of Mushroom (1971)

   The Moody Blues With The London Festival Orchestra - Days of Future Passed (1967) ***5/5

   Sascha Goetzel / Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra  - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade         *** 4.5/5    

   Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow (2019)

   The Kinks - Something Else by The Kinks (1967)

   Scott Engel - Scott 4 (1969)

   Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy (2015) *** 4.5/5

   Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez / Анатолий Угорский [Anatol Ugorski] - Le poème de l'extase; Piano Concerto; Prométhée (1999)

   Genesis - Nursery Cryme (1971)

   Chicago Symphony Orchestra / James Levine - Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris (1993) *** 4.5/5

   Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (1986)

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FEBRERO:1.        James Blake - Assume Form (2019)2.        Felipe El Hombre - Los Hijos del Sol (2018)3.        Eptos Uno - Haciendo historia 4.        Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan - Le Sacre du printemps (1964)5.        L' Orchestre de la Suisse romande/Ernest Ansermet - Le sacre du printemps (1957) *** 5/56.        L' orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet - The Fire Bird (Complete Ballet) (1958)7.        Igor Stravinsky - Ballets; Stage Works; Orchestral Works (L'Orchestre de la Suisse romande/Ernest Ansermet) (2001) *** 4.5/58.        Orchestre de la Suisse romande / Ernest Ansermet - Pulcinella Suite; Song of the Nightingale (1960) 9.        L' Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet - Petrouchka (1950) 10.        Igor Stravinsky - Apollo Musagettes / Renard (L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romand, Ernest Ansermet) (2002) 11.        Jonathan Bree - Sleepwalking (2018) 12.        Junior Wells - Coming at You (1968) 13.        L' orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet - Nutcracker Suites Nos. 1 and 2 (1959) 14.        Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me a Dime (1974) 15.        Magic Sam Blues Band - West Side Soul (1968) *** 4.5/5 16.        The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat (1968) 17.        Muddy Waters - Fathers and Sons (1969) *** 4.5/5  18.    Fred McDowell - My Home Is in the Delta (1964) 19.    Mississippi John Hurt - Last Sessions (1972) 20.    Mumford & Sons - Delta (2018) 21.    Blank Banshee - Blank Banshee 0 (2012) 22.    Champion Jack Dupree - Blues From the Gutter (1959) 23.    John Lee Hooker - That's My Story (1960) *** 4.5/5   24.    Various Artists - The Favourite (2019) 25.    ¿Téo? - ¿Téo? (2018) 26.    John Lee Hooker - Travelin' (1960) 27.    Johnny Shines - Too Wet to Plow (1975) *** 4.5/5    28.    Blind Willie Johnson - The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1993) 29.    Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers (1961) 30.    Snooky Pryor - Snooky (1987) 31.    Sonny Boy Williamson - His Best (1997) *** 4.5/5    32.    Muddy Waters - Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live (1979) *** 5/5     33.    Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians (1978) *** 4.5/5      34.    Ennio Morricone - C'era una volta il West (1968) 35.    Ennio Morricone - C'era una volta in America (1984)  *** 4.5/5     36.    Kronos Quartet / Pat Metheny - Different Trains; Electric Counterpoint (1989) *** 4.5/5       37.    Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959) 38.    Johnny Shines - Johnny Shines (1974) *** 4.5/5 39.    Colin Scot - Colin Scot (1971)   *** 4.5/5  40.    Black Dresses - Thank You (2019) 41.    Czarface & Ghostface Killah - Czarface Meets Ghostface (2019)42.    Vladimir Spivakov / Sergej Bezrodny / Dietmar Schwalke / Alexander Malter - Alina (1999) 43.    FLUX Quartet - Feldman Edition 6: String Quartet No. 2 (2002) 44.    Stan Getz & João Gilberto featuring Antônio Carlos Jobim - Getz / Gilberto (1964)   *** 4.5/5   45.    Dietmar Wiesner / Markus Hinterhäuser / Robyn Schulkowsky - Crippled Symmetry (1994) 46.    Takács Quartet - The 6 String Quartets (1997) 47.    Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain (1960) 48.    Carla Bley & Paul Haines - Escalator Over the Hill (1971)   *** 4.5/5   49.    The Don Ellis Orchestra - Electric Bath (1967) 50.    Arditti String Quartet / Dawn Upshaw - Arnold Schoenberg 2: Streichquartette I-IV (1994) 51.    English Baroque Soloists / Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner - L'Orfeo (1987)  *** 5/5    52.    The Tale Quartet - String Quartets Nos. 1-3 (1990)  *** 4.5/5   53.    Les Arts Florissants / William Christie / Guy de Mey / Guillemette Laurens / Agnès Mellon / Jean-François Gardeil / John Holloway - Atys (1987)54.    Roberto Loreggian - Fiori Musicali: 3 Organ Masses *** 4.5/5   55.    Federico Moreno Torroba - Monte Carmelo (Federico Moreno Torroba, Gran Orquesta Sinfónica del Teatro Calderón, Madrid) (1999)  56.    The English Concert / Trevor Pinnock - Dido and Aeneas (1989) 57.    Al Ayre Español - Al Ayre Español Edition (2012)58.    Ana María Iriarte / Inés Rivadeneira / Selica Pérez Carpio / Manuel Ausensi / Miguel Ligero / Rafael López Somoza / Perecito - La Revoltosa (1962) 59.    Malibu Ken - Malibu Ken (2019) 60.    Yugen Blakrok - Anima Mysterium (2019) 61.    Sada Baby - Bartier Bounty (2019) 62.    Kill Bill & Rav - New Moon (2019) 63.    Wicca Phase Springs Eternal - Suffer On (2019) 64.    Blockhead - Free Sweatpants (2019) 65.    Rival Sons - Feral Roots (2019) 66.    Various Artists - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From & Inspired by the Motion Picture) (2018)67.     Steve Hackett - At the Edge of Light (2019) *** 4.5/5   68.    Siena Root - Different Realities (2009) *** 4.5/5   69.    Bessie Smith - The Essential Bessie Smith (1997)  *** 4.5/5   70.    Alberta Hunter - Amtrak Blues (1980) 71.    Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams (1954) 72.    Meek Mill - Championships (2018) 73.    James Booker - Junco Partner (1976) 74.    José Andrëa - Bienvenidos al medievo (2019) 75.    Alan Stivell - Renaissance de la harpe celtique (1971) 76.    Galandum Galundaina - Senhor Galandum (2009)77.    Alberta Hunter / Lucille Hegamin / Victoria Spivey - Songs We Taught Your Mother (1962) 78.    Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita - Clychau Dibon (2013) 79.    Planxty - Planxty (1973)

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////MARZO: 1. Planxty - Planxty (1973) 2. Tri Yann - Double Best of (2011) 3. Dick Gaughan - Handful of Earth (1981) 4. Soho Rezanejad - Six Archetypes (2018) 5. Mägo de Oz - Ira Dei (2019) 6. Saurom - La magia de la luna (2017) 7. Jake Bugg - Hearts That Strain (2017) 8. Little Simz - Grey Area (2019) *** 4.5/5 9. Nicholas Britell - If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)10. Tase - Boomerang (2018)11. Nave Especial - Ruzzi12. Párpados- Ramona 13. Vendaval - Pehenche (2016) 4.5/5 14. Ida Cox with the Coleman Hawkins Quintet - Blues for Rampart Street (1961) 15. John Lee Hooker - House of the Blues (1960) 4.5 16. Maria Beraldo - Cavala (2018) 17. Niña Dioz - Reyna (2018) 18. Perras on the Beach - Flow de Cuyo (2018) 19. Muddy Waters - Hard Again (1977) 4.5 20. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (1982) 21. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Texas Flood (1983) 4.522. Freddie King - Getting Ready... (1971) 23. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978) 24. Armand Amar - Human (2015) 4.5 25. Julio Iglesias - Yo canto (1969) 26. Alec Benjamin - Narrated for You (2018) 27. Solange - When I Get Home (2019) 28. Maurice Louca - Elephantine (2019) 29. Motorpsycho - The Crucible (2019) 30. Julio Iglesias - Julio Iglesias (1970) 31. John Lee Hooker - It Serve You Right to Suffer (1966) 4.5 32. Julio Iglesias - A flor de piel (1974) 33. Julio Iglesias - El amor (1975) 34. Julio Iglesias - Sono un pirata, sono un signore (1978) 35. Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet (2019) 36. The Caretaker - Everywhere at the End of Time - Stage 6 (2019) 37. Xiu Xiu - Girl With Basket of Fruit (2019) 38. Saba Alizadeh - Scattered Memories (2019) 4.5 39. Irfan - Seraphim (2007) 40. Scott Walker - Tilt (1995) 41. Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (2019) 42. Behdad Moghaddasi - Persian Suite (2010)43.  

Lay

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Namanana

(2018)44.  

BaianaSystem

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O futuro não demora

(2019)45.  Juçara Marçal e Kiko Dinucci -

Padê

(2008)46.  

Milton Nascimento

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Lô Borges

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Clube da Esquina

(1972)47.  

WWWINGS

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PHOENIXXX

(2016)48.  J

ulio Iglesias

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Soy

(1978)49.  

Julio Iglesias

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A Mexico

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Quelle Chris - Guns (2019)

Stoney Willis - Nu Stogie (2018)

Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019) *** 4.5/5

Nivhek - After Its Own Death / Walking in a Spiral Towards the House (2019)

Ini Kamoze - Ini Kamoze (1984)

Movimiento Original - Soldados del ghetto (2008)

Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Hiding Places (2019)

Devin Townsend - Empath (2019)

The Comet Is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (2019)

Avey Tare - Cows on Hourglass Pond (2019)

La Dispute - Panorama (2019)

Matmos - Plastic Anniversary (2019)

Nuru Kane - Sigil (2006)

Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969) *** 4.5/5

Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt (1969)

These New Puritans - Inside the Rose (2019)

American Football - American Football (2019)

Lucki - Freewave 3 (2019)

Fennesz - Agora (2019)

Durand Jones & The Indications - American Love Call (2019)

Joe La Reina - Esas nuevas modas (2017)

Nuvolascura - Nuvolascura (2019)

PUP - Morbid Stuff (2019)

Waste of Space Orchestra - Syntheosis (2019)

Nils Frahm - Wintermusik (2009) ***  4.5/5

Nils Frahm - Felt (2011) ** 4.5/5

The Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus / Dennis Russel Davies - Akhnaten (1987) ** 4.5/5

Nils Frahm - Encores 2 (2019)

Michael Nyman - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994) ** 4.5/5

Pep Llopis - Poiemusia la nau dels argonautes (1987)

Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass - Passages (1990) 5/5

Groupe de Recherches Musicales de la RTF - Persepolis (1971)

Nuno Canavarro - Plux Quba (1988)

Magnolia Electric Co. - The Magnolia Electric Co. (2003)

Tim Bowness - Flowers at the Scene (2019)

Zakir Hussain & Shivkumar Sharma - Rag Madhuvanti and Rag Misra Tilang (1987) *** 4.5/5

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Shahen-Shah (1989) ** 4.5/5

GAS - Pop (2000)

Various Artists - Symphonies of the Planets 1: NASA Voyager Recordings (1992)

Various Artists - Symphonies of the Planets 1-5: NASA Voyager Recordings (1992)

Anouar Brahem Trio - Astrakan café (2000)

Hamza El Din - Escalay: The Water Wheel (1971)

Anouar Brahem - Le pas du chat noir (2002) *** 4.5/5

Black to Comm - Seven Horses for Seven Kings (2019)

Opera Magna - Del amor y otros demonios (2019)

The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (2019)

Francisco López - Anima Ardens (2016)

Francisco López - Amarok (2010)

Stelios Petrakis, Efrén López & Bijan Chemirani - Mavra Froudia (2011)

Jana Winderen - Energy Field (2010)

Prague Chamber Orchestra - Dvorák: Serenade for Strings; Czech Suite (2001)

Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)

Le Orme - Sulle ali di un sogno (2019)

Traveler - Traveler (2019)

Soen - Lotus (2019)

YG - Stay Dangerous (2018

Gesaffelstein - Hyperion (2019)

Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Jean-François Monnard / Maria Kliegel - Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; Suite, Op. 16; Allegro appassionata; The Swan (1996) *** 4.5/5

Apparat - LP5 (2019)

Bandalos Chinos - BACH (2018)

Emmanuelle Bertrand / Pascal Amoyel - Suites pour violoncelle; Méditations hébraïques pour violoncelle et piano (2003) *** 4.5/5

Julio Iglesias - Un canto a Galicia (1972)

Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)

Uboa - The Origin of My Depression (2019)

Anderson .Paak - Ventura (2019)

Sunn O))) - Life Metal (2019)

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Marea - El azogue (2019)

Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980)

Various Artists - El camino de Leda (2019)

Juliana Hatfield - Weird (2019)

Aldous Harding - Designer (2019)

Beirut - Gallipoli (2019)

Boy Harsher - Careful (2019)

Jessica Pratt - Quiet Signs (2019)

Hante. - Fierce (2019)

Lila Downs - Al chile (2019)

Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride (2019)

Bjørn Riis - A Storm Is Coming (2019)

Kelsey Lu - Blood (2019)

Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel (2019)

Pile - Green and Gray (2019)

Mdou Moctar - Ilana (The Creator) (2019)

Avalanch - El secreto (2019)

Tierra Santa - Quinto elemento (2017)

Monkey3 - Sphere (2019)

Maja S. K. Ratkje - Sult (2019)

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Ancestral Recall (2019)

Critical Defiance - Misconception (2019)

Avantasia - Moonglow (2019)

Beast in Black - From Hell With Love (2019)

Inculter - Fatal Visions (2019)

King Crimson - Dinosaur (KC50 Vol. 17) (2019)

Smoulder - Times of Obscene Evil and Wild Daring (2019)

Tierra Whack - Whack World (2018)

Khruangbin - Con todo el mundo (2018)

Marcela Viejo - Pequeñas Profecías (2018)

Cala Vento - Balanceo (2019)

Iron Savior - Kill or Get Killed (2019)

MihTy - MIH-TY (2018)

Big Thief - U.F.O.F. (2019)

Loyle Carner - Not Waving, But Drowning (2019)

Altın Gün - Gece (2019)

Gathering of Kings - First Mission (2019)

Theon Cross - Fyah (2019)

Greg Foat - The Mage (2019)

Budos Band - V (2019)

Wand - Laughing Matter (2019)

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Transiberiana (2019)

Holly Herndon - PROTO (2019)

Alfa Mist - Structuralism (2019)

Young Nudy & Pi'erre Bourne - Sli'merre (2019)

Maluma - 11:11 (2019)

Farruko - Gangalee (2019)

Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)

Ifriqiyya Electrique - Laylet el Booree (2019)

Ramin Djawadi - Game of Thrones: Season 8 (Music from the HBO Series) (2019)

Sadness - I Want to Be There (2019)

LINGUA IGNOTA - All Bitches Die (2017)

Solid Space - Space Museum (1982)

Próchno - Próchno (2019)

The Residents - Commercial Album (1980)

Gabor Szabo - Dreams (1968) 4.5/5

Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles ist gut (1981)

YG - 4Real 4Real (2019)

Daddy Yankee + Los de la Nazza - Imperio Nazza: King Daddy Edition (2013)

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YG - 4Real 4Real (2019)

Daddy Yankee + Los de la Nazza - Imperio Nazza: King Daddy Edition (2013)

Chester Watson - Time Moves Slower Here (2019)

Jai Paul - Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones) (2019)

Fire! Orchestra - Arrival (2019)

Cazzu - Error 93 (2019)

Front Line Assembly - Tactical Neural Implant (1992)

Slauson Malone - A Quiet Farwell, 2016–2018 (2019)

Jamila Woods - Legacy! Legacy! (2019)

Denzel Curry - ZUU (2019)

Injury Reserve - Injury Reserve (2019)

slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain (2019)

Lucy Rose - No Words Left (2019)

Aesop Rock - Skelethon (2012)

Amerigo Gazaway - A Christmas Album (2018)

Atlas Pain - Tales of a Pathfinder (2019)

Aya RL - Aya RL (1985)

Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (2010)

Black Alien - Abaixo de zero: Hello Hell (2019)

Stella Donnelly - Beware of the Dogs (2019)

Departure Chandelier - Antichrist Rise to Power (2019)

Magma - K.A (2004)

Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh (1973)

Somn - The All-Devouring (2019)

Riot City - Burn the Night (2019)

Flying Lotus - Flamagra (2019)

Dos Monos - Dos City (2019)

Wilma Vritra - Burd (2019)

Madonna - Madame X (2019)

Anouar Brahem - Conte de l'incroyable amour (1992) ***** 4.5/5

Crimeapple & DJ Skizz - Wet Dirt (2019)

Death Grips - NO LOVE DEEP WEB (2012)

DJ Muggs & Mach-Hommy - Tuez-les tous (2019)

El-P - Cancer 4 Cure (2012)

Danny Brown - XXX (2011)

The Divine Comedy - Office Politics (2019)

Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)

Orville Peck - Pony (2019)

Kishi Bashi - Omoiyari (2019)

Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music (2012) **** 4.5/5

21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Savage Mode (2016)

ScHoolboy Q - CrasH Talk (2019)

Lil Ugly Mane - Mista Thug Isolation (2012)

Kevin Abstract - Arizona Baby (2019)

Paul Bley - Open, to Love (1973)

Masta Ace & Marco Polo - A Breukelen Story (2018)

David Torn, Tim Berne & Ches Smith - Sun of Goldfinger (2019)

Bertrand Belin - Persona (2019)

Cheeto's Magazine - Amazingous (2019)

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Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana (2019)

Thom Yorke - ANIMA (2019)

Hildur Guðnadóttir - Chernobyl (2019)

black midi - Schlagenheim (2019)

Saweetie - ICY (2019)

Shabazz Palaces - Black Up (2011)

Ghostemane - Oogabooga (2015)

Ghostemane - For the Aspiring Occultist (2015)

A$AP Mob - Hella Hoes (2014)

Magma - Köhntarkösz (1974) **** 4.5/5

Magma - Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré (2009)

Ghostemane - Rituals (2016)

Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project (2019)

Niño de Elche - Colombiana (2019)

The Roots - undun (2011)

Sonnymoon - Golden Age (2009)

Andrés Suárez - Cuando vuelva la marea (2011)

Siekiera - Nowa Aleksandria (1986)

Mayhem - Grand Declaration of War (2000)

Burzum - Filosofem (1996)

Ved Buens Ende..... - Written in Waters (1995)

Solaris - Marsbéli krónikák (1984)*** 4.5/5

Premiata Forneria Marconi - Storia di un minuto (1972)

Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per un amico (1972)*** 4.5/5

King Crimson - Lizard (1970) *** 5/5

Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats (1979)

Suicide - Suicide (1977) *** 4.5/5

Yann Tiersen - All (2019)

Terje Rypdal - Odyssey (1975) ***5/5

Tomasz Stanko Septet - Litania: Music of Krzysztof Komeda (1997)

Camel - Mirage (1974)

Camel - The Snow Goose (1975) *** 4.5/5

Quella Vecchia Locanda - Il tempo della gioia (1974) /*** 5/5

DJ Armok / DJ Bishop / Pillbox - Dungeon Rap: The Introduction (2019)

ZelooperZ - Dyn​-​o​-​mite (2019)

PoiL - Sus (2019)

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Io sono nato libero (1973) *** 4.5/5

Renaissance - Turn of the Cards (1974)*** 4.5/5

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Earl Sweatshirt & Apollo Brown - Some Brown Songs (2019)

Earl Sweatshirt - Wicked (2019)

Stoney Willis & Earl Sweatshirt - Farm (2019)

Blood Orange - Angel's Pulse (2019)

Mach-Hommy - Wap Konn Jòj! (2019)

Eberhard Weber - The Colours of Chloë (1974)

The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968) ***** 5/5

Sam Rivers - Crystals (1974)

Bob Dylan - The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings (2019)

Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Live 1975 - The Rolling Thunder Revue (2002)

Bob Dylan - Hard Rain (1976)

Black Dresses - Love and Affection for Stupid Little Bitches (2019)

State Faults - Clairvoyant (2019)

Sun-Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra - Atlantis (1969)

Mabe Fratti - Pies sobre la tierra (2019) ***** 4.5/5

Eartheater - IRISIRI (2018)

Moral - And Life Is (1984)

Keith Jarrett - The Survivors' Suite (1977)**** 4.5/5

Benjamin Hudson / Sebastian Klinger / Jürgen Kruse - Spiegel im Spiegel (2006)

the Mountain Goats - In League With Dragons (2019)

Big Big Train - Grand Tour (2019)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest (2019)

Bill Orcutt - Bill Orcutt (2017)

LINGUA IGNOTA - Caligula (2019)

Eberhard Weber Colours - Silent Feet (1978)

Bill Orcutt & Jacob Felix Heule - Colonial Donuts (2015)

Zaz - Effet miroir (2018)

Wintersleep - In the Land Of (2019)

Trending Tropics - Trending Tropics (2018)

Ghostemane - N / O / I / S / E (2018)

CunninLynguists - Oneirology (2011)

Kno - Death Is Silent (2010)

El Cuarteto de Nos - Jueves (2019)

Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Viaticum (2005)

Meitei - Komachi (2019)

Brockhampton - Ginger (2019)

Little Brother - May the Lord Watch (2019)

Various Artists - Blues Hollerin' Boogie: Great Voices of the Blues (1994)

Bon Iver - i,i (2019)

Quasimoto - The Unseen (2000)

Aesop Rock - Labor Days (2001) ***** 4.5/5

Edan - Beauty and the Beat (2005)

Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagon (1996)

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (2007)

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Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019) Ralph Towner - Solstice (1975) Lana del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!                                        

[musiczin]

Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band - Wasso (Loya Edit) https://www.indieshuffle.com/baba-commandant-the-mandingo-band-wasso-loya-edit/

[sublime---frequencies]

Sublime Frequencies Presents 20-Year Anniversary show with co-founders Hisham Mayet and Alan Bishop featuring Dwarfs of East Agouza (Egypt) and Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band (Burkina Faso)

Wednesday, Oct 18, 2023

at TV Eye, The Ballroom

Ridgewood, NY

Doors: 7:00PM | Show: 8:00PM

Event Location:

1647 Weirfield St, Ridgewood, NY

SUBLIME FREQUENCIES is a collective of explorers dedicated to exposing obscure sights and sounds from modern and traditional urban and rural frontiers via film and video, field recordings, radio and short wave transmissions, international folk and pop music, sound anomalies, other forms of human and natural natural expression not documented sufficiently enough by various communication channels.

BABA COMMANDANT AND THE MANDINGO BAND

Burkina Faso has always marched to its own drummer. The small West African nation has sometimes been overshadowed by its more populous northern neighbor Mali, and was once the southeastern frontier of the sprawling medieval Malian Empire. This empire spanned 10 modern nations and dozens of ethnic groups, and was knit together by the Mandé or Mandinka language and cultural complex—a language of kings, scholars, and epic poetry still spoken today. But “The Land of Upright Men” is a cultural powerhouse in its own right, and few artists embody the creative, independent spirit of Burkina Faso as Baba Commandant & the Mandingo Band, a four-piece ensemble that reimagines ancient Mandé musical traditions for the 21st century.

The group is led by the charismatic, enigmatic singer Baba Commandant (aka, Mamadou Sanou), an activist for traditional Mandinka music who began his career as a dancer with the Koule Dafourou troupe, before making his mark as a singer—or shouter—with various local bands. Baba originally hails from Burkina Faso’s second city, Bobo-Dioulasso—a bustling railway town with deep Mandinka roots. There he grew up immersed in Mandé traditions, and attended initiation rites for the Donso hunter society, from whom Baba learned his signature instrument, the donso n’goni.

A traditional, six-stringed harp with a gourd resonator, the donso n’goni conjures up earthy tones that create hypnotic, trance-like patterns. The instrument’s name translates as “hunter’s harp” and originated among the Senufo hunters of Burkina Faso, one of the regional Donso hunter societies of Mandinka culture. These semi-secret fraternities are spread across the historic Wassoulou region of Mali, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso, and its members are highly respected as traditional healers, mystics, seers, and storytellers. The Donso accompany their storytelling and songs with the n’goni, preserving genealogies, proverbs, esoterica, and generational knowledge.

Today Baba Commandant & the Mandingo Band make their home in the capital, Ouagadougou, and are a fixture on the city’s burgeoning music scene. Their debut album, Juguya, caused a stir in 2015—winning critical acclaim for its unique fusion of traditional Burkinabé instruments; propulsive, Afrobeat-inspired horns; and raw guitar power that created an unstoppable groove. Their sound is anchored by Baba’s donso n’goniand gravelly vocals, as well as by the electric guitar heroics of Issouf Diabate, and a battery of traditional and modern percussion, including the balafon (the West African predecessor of the xylophone), which adds a piquant, rhythmic punch to so much Mandinka traditional and pop music.

Baba Commandant draws on his intimate knowledge of Donso traditions whenever he takes up his n’goni; alternately growling, whispering, and chanting his way through the group’s repertoire. Their sound has evolved over time, jettisoning the horns in favor of a tighter focus on the interplay between Diabate’s sparkling guitar and the n’goni’s gutbucket funk. The result is a leaner, meaner, four-piece touring outfit who are bringing their road-tested sound to North America for the first time in 2023.

DWARFS OF EAST AGOUZA

Dwarfs Of East Agouza are a leading force of improvised musical excitement and stand apart from wider parts of a post-punk underground scene that doesn’t fit neatly into any post-punk genre of the last twenty years. Founded in Cairo circa 2015 by Alan Bishop (ex-Sun City Girls and co-founder of Sublime Frequencies) with Sam Shalabi (Land Of Kush, Karkhana) and Maurice Louca (Karkhana) the trio developed a unique and always recognizable sound, but with many faces to show. The group started playing together in Cairo’s Agouza district in 2012 to explore hypnotic local traditions, as heard on their excellent debut album “Bes.” Improvisation on the highest level. Organic, never arty. On their latest recording, The Green Dogs of Dashur, the band breaks off all constraints and reveals a resolutely free album offering the listener variations of seductive melodies and unhinged improvised trance.

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Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band - Wasso (2017)

Artwork by Michaël Sallit