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Techno-Issa

Posted by Li Robbins on Aug-13-08 at 02:00 PM

Mali's Issa Bagayogo has been nicknamed "Techno-Issa," and if you decide to download his latest recording, Mali Koura, from iSteveJobs you will find it marked electronica.

Well, as you'll hear if you tune into Tonic (6 p.m.) this evening, when Katie samples his music, though electronica is a grab bag term it's unlikely that this will be the first description that will pop into mind upon hearing his music. The new recording weighs in too much on the Malian acoustic instruments side for that. You may, however, think the word "dance," since so much of his music impels a body to do just that.

But this older song, Dambalou, (doesn't seem to be any videos of his new stuff) will explain both the electronica tag, and why his music has been a hit on dance floors the world over:

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