AWA POULO 商品一覧

■ AWESOME TAPES FROM AFRICA NEW RELEASEモーリタニアとマリの国境近くを拠点とするプール族にルーツを持つ女性音楽家ポウロ・ワラリがマリの首都バマコでレコーディングした作品をAWESOME TAPES FROM AFRICAがヴァイナルでリリース。リズミックな言語による圧巻のヴォーカル、そしてンゴニやフルート、エレキ・ギターなども交えた独特のアンサンブルが編み物のように織り上げられる様は圧巻の一言。Awa Poulo is a singer of Peulh origin from Dilly commune, Mali, near the border with Mauritania. Largely pastoral and often nomadic, Peulh- (or Fula-)speaking peoples are found from Senegal to Ethiopia but predominate in the Sahel region of West Africa. Awesome Tapes From Africa is proud to release Poulo’s newest recording of highly virtuosic folk-pop, fresh from the studio, broadcasting her vision of Peulh music beyond the grazing grounds and central markets of her remote home region in southwestern Mali. It’s not very common to find a female singer performing publicly among the Peulh. But Poulo’s mother’s co-wife is Inna Baba Coulibaly, who is a celebrated singer most Malian music fans know. Coulibaly herself was brought into music by forces outside her control when a regional music contest required an entry from her village and she was chosen to be a singer. So, set in motion by a surprising series of events, young Poulo’s entree into the music world was auspicious as she gained popularity across the region. After several locally released tapes and CDs, this record is Poulo’s first internationally-distributed record. On Poulo Warali, she and her band combine the hallmarks of Peulh music—warm flute floating over cross-rhythmic n’goni (lute) riffs and resonant calabash gourd hand percussion—with broader Malian sounds like lightly-distorted guitar and a heavier, rollicking inertia. Shape-shifting layers of rhythm and woody overtones match Poulo’s commanding voice in a jocular yet deliberate dance. This is a relatively rare example of Malian Peulh music played in a modern, cosmopolitan context, reflecting the mixed society of Dilly, where Bambara, Soninke and Peulh-speaking people live among each other. Poulo’s conscious lyrics about community concerns speak to the distinctive identity of her broadly-flung people. While Peulh represents less than 10% of Mali’s melting pot of languages, the dynamic music here powerfully resonates well beyond the linguistic borders. Awa Poulo — Voice Kande Sissoko — N’goni Cheickne Diabate — Guitar, Bass Guitar Souley Guindo —Flute Sana Diarra — Calabash Produced by Paul Chandler & Studio Mali Recordings Recorded by Konan Kouassi at Studio Mali Records in Bamako, Mali Edited by Philip Sanmiguel Photography by Oumou Diarra Awa Thanks: Inna Baba Coulibaly — My mother, my mentor and inspiration Mamadou Djadje Bah — My helpful friend Abdoulah Aziz Diallo — President of the Association of Peulh in Mali Abba Coulibaly — My brother, who helped in the recording studio All Songs licensed Courtesy of Sutdio Mali Recordings (ASCAP)