Records available
CD canto:). Hortus Musicus
DVD In the Mystical Land of Kaydara. Peeter Vähi
DVD Coppélia. A ballet by Léo Delibes
CD-series Great Maestros. Beethoven, Brahms. Kalle Randalu, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
CD Quarter of a Century with Friends. Arsis, Rémi Boucher, Oliver Kuusik, Rauno Elp
Super Audio CD Maria Magdalena. Sevara Nazarkhan, Riga Dom Cathedral Boys Choir, State Choir Latvija, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
LP Contra aut pro? Toomas Velmet, Neeme Järvi, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Pärt
Ensemble GALAXY
Mbalax-music from Senegal, Western Africa... in Wolof language... with sabar-drums...
Ensemble “Galaxy”: Cheikh “Pape” Sarr (bass, sabar-drums), Yamar Thiam (talking drum tama), Alassane Diallo, Rane Diallo (voc), Libasse Sall (sabar-drums, guit, voc), Ousseynou Mb’Aye (sabar-drums, voc), Ismaila Sane Badiane (sabar- & djembe-drums, voc), Bintou Sarjo (dance), Ampiaba Jalava, Ndioba Gueye, Aliko Edson Mwakanjuki
Mbalax or mbalakh is the national popular dance music of Senegal and the Gambia. Mbalax is a fusion of popular Western music and dance sabar, the traditional drumming and dance music of Senegal. The genre’s name derived from the heavy use of accompanying rhythms used in sabar called mbalax. Mbalax developed in Senegal in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Influenced by the “back to roots” philosophy of Negritude and the receding influence of colonialism, artists began to mix these sounds with traditional Senegalese music and forge new sounds incorporating their new national identity. Musicians began singing in Wolof (Senegal’s lingua franca) instead of French and English, and incorporated rhythms of the indigenous sabar-drum. Dancers began using moves associated with the sabar, and tipping the singers as if they were traditional griots. However, it’s sabar rhythms and Islamic influenced vocals continue to make mbalax one of the most distinctive forms of dance music in Western Africa and the diaspora.
Download: photo of “Galaxy”, jpg, 300 dpi, 570 KB
Download: “Galaxy” on the street, jpg, 300 dpi, 1164 KB
Download: Cheikh “Pape” Sarr – the band-leader of “Galaxy”, photo by P Vähi, jpg, 300 dpi, 2842 KB
Discography
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CD: “Nobeel” 1997 Global Music Centre GMCD 9705 |
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CD: “L’Insécurité” 2003 Global Music Centre GMCD 0308  #13, La Famille, fragm, 109 sec, mp3 #11, Sonno no la, fragm, 142 sec, mp3 |
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