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First set: very trancey one-chord groove music. Krar is an ethiopian harp, and Temesegen Zeleke had two. For every tune except his solo segment, he played a modern instrument that appeared to be made from a modified electric guitar. Hard to tell how many strings that one had, but I'm guessing somewhere between 12 and 20. It seemed also as if there were different pickups for the front side strings compared to the back side strings -- one set was clearly being run through a flanger, wah-wah and other effects. Made for pretty trippy sound. Zeleke' | First set: very trancey one-chord groove music. Krar is an ethiopian harp, and Temesegen Zeleke had two. For every tune except his solo segment, he played a modern instrument that appeared to be made from a modified electric guitar. Hard to tell how many strings that one had, but I'm guessing somewhere between 12 and 20. It seemed also as if there were different pickups for the front side strings compared to the back side strings -- one set was clearly being run through a flanger, wah-wah and other effects. Made for pretty trippy sound. Zeleke' | ||
- | < | + | Second set from Bassekou Kouyaté and his family was also darn good, offering a bit more timbral and tonal variation than the program offered in the first set, not that the groups ought to be compared, since they offered totally different styles of music, but being juxtaposed, it's hard not to start playing compare and contrast. Still, with instrumentsation based on traditional folkloric instruments, |
- | Buy Bassekou Kouyaté' | + | You can buy Bassekou Kouyaté' |
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