Mamadou Diabate's Percussion Mania: Kamalenya DOWNLOAD ONLY

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Mamadou Diabate was born into a Jeli family in Burkina Faso in 1973 These families have maintained the art of making music for many centuries. (The first Diabate was mentioned in the Sundjata Epos from the 13th century.)
To demonstrate power, energy and courage, in order to be considered as an adult, is one of the most beautiful traditions, almost everywhere in the world. In Africa, in the Mande language, this is called “Kamalenya”.

The name of my group is its program: Percussion Mania is precisely that – an intoxicating battle of rhythms, in which not only we musicians are supposed to fall into a trance. All instruments originate from the traditional music of west Africa, all musicians were born and grew up in Burkina Faso; our music, however, is not traditional music at all. It is shaped by our experiences and concert trips, by cooperation with musicians of other cultures and by life in Europe. Nevertheless this recording represents our “Kamalenya” –our demonstration of power, energy and courage – in the sense of the tradition.