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Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal: Musique De Nuit

Read "Musique De Nuit" reviewed by James Nadal


Expanding on the adage that less is more, Malian kora master Ballaké Sissoko and renowned French cellist Vincent Segal have taken an ascetic minimalistic approach on Musique De Nuit. This melding of primordial African intonations with Baroque inclinations, has yielded a stimulating and unique hybrid acoustic format, which they first experimented with in “Chamber Music," back in 2009. As with that production, this latest release is also recorded in Bamako, Mali, only this time half the record was done on ...

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Ballake Sissoko / Vincent Segal: Chamber Music

Read "Chamber Music" reviewed by Chris May


Until quite recently, the kora was a curiosity which generally required the bracketed explanation (a 16 or 21 string West African harp) when referred to in print. Today, with “world music" part of the cultural mainstream, the instrument is almost commonplace. More so, in jazz anyway, than the cello (a four string viol pitched above a double bass), which--despite a lengthy pedigree going back to Fred Katz's work in drummer Chico Hamilton's chamber group of the 1950s--remains on further shores. ...

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Ballaké Sissoko to Release 'At Peace' on Six Degrees Records

Ballaké Sissoko to Release 'At Peace' on Six Degrees Records

Source: Press Junkie PR

In 2009, in the depths of the Malian night, kora player Ballaké Sissoko and cellist Vincent Segal recorded the stripped down dialogues that became the album Chamber Music. The record collected rave reviews and became an instant classic. It was rewarded with a “Victoire de la Musique” (a French Grammy award) and resulted in 200 concerts around the world. This kind of popular and critical success would have made the idea of Chamber Music Volume 2 very appealing - but ...

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Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal: Cellos on the Niger, Koras on the Seine

Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal: Cellos on the Niger, Koras on the Seine

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Cellos on the Niger, Koras on the Seine: Chamber Music Discovers Unexpected Strains of African Lyricism and European Funk

When kora-player Ballaké Sissoko approached French cellist Vincent Ségal after a show, Ségal never suspected that he'd find himself several years later on the banks of the Niger, digging into African music's introspective side with a virtuosic Malian bard. He never imagined that the curious duo would discover striking similarities in their music and lives, creating a free space for cross-cultural ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Musique De Nuit

Six Degrees Records
2015

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Chamber Music

Six Degrees Records
2011

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