Toure is called "Elephant" and elephant family is one of the first stars of African music, which conquered Europe. The brothers from the Casamence in Senegal this time the hits and influences of their youth (new) processes. Between Mandingo, Chacha, Tango and Mozart.
"Santhiaba" is a district of the city of Ziguinchor in southern Senegal Casamence. This district, grew up in the Ismaela Sixu and Toure in the 60s.
have all started there, told Ismaela: "Since we first heard music, as we have been circumcised, as we walked for the first time since we danced for the first time since we've grown, we have even the first girl kissed in our lives. This quarter we owe everything. Therefore, we have after 12, 13, 14 albums said that we must call Santhiaba. "
The idol of Ismaela and Sixu Amadou was her older brother:" He was a musician and had an orchestra
Sixu recalls. "If he played in our hometown Ziguinchor, we were always behind him. Behind the door, we watched as he played. One day, missing the drummer. I said, I can play. Amadou said, Get lost, kid. I asked, let me try it. You have to trust me and have finally let me play. They applauded and then said, that's great. That gave me courage. We have watched as much as that did it, that we ourselves have learned to compose music. "
Ismaela in the 70 years after the first Paris, then gets to his brothers. In 1979 the land Toure Kunda Ema with the song from her first album a hit in France. When Amadou died in 1983, will jump another brother, Ousmane one. Then there is this still Amidou. But from 1992 to make the founders of the Toure Kunda, Ismaela and Sixu, went further. Carlos Santana 2000, she takes on tour, after it a song from them on his Grammy-crowned album Supernatural had.
Santhiaba On the new album are now so the tunes that have shaped his childhood in the Casamence, and these are Mandingoklänge not only from West Africa.
"Te quiero is a Cuban song in English. Our band was our older brothers. We have replaced only our big brothers to the group" were Lesperanzia. "As the musicians to Dakar to study went we have little ones they replaced. The song was even then the repertoire. We do not know where it comes from. Perhaps now is the arrival and say, this is my song. What the heck, then we will negotiate up. "
The new album is not in the past. The central concern is an appeal to the environmental consciousness: Everyone should be his part to save Earth to contribute. The cover of the new album as well as the posters that advertise concerts are made from recycled paper.
The Toure brothers have surrounded themselves with a host of young musicians when they recorded in their studio next to the house in the Paris suburb of Montreuil. That even sounds of Mozart on the new album find was an idea of Samba Laobé, the orchestra leader of a Parisian jazz club.
"At first we laughed, because what we invented the boy? But if you listen to younger people, you have something like this. We are almost to the past. But young people are the present and the future." Toure Kunda
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Toure Kunda was the first African band that had success in France, 1979. 13 albums have made the Toure Kunda now. In 1992, she sang, as Nelson Mandela, just released from prison in the Mitterrand in Paris was a guest. Then there was silence from the brothers Senegal. When Carlos Santana took over her title, he had no idea that he would get eight Grammys for his album and celebrate the glorious comeback of all time. A song of Toure Kunda, "Africa Bamba", was on his album, the 18 million copies sold. Two of the brothers of the "elephant family" from the Casamance in Senegal went on to Santana Tour (see article below). Another brother-Toure, Ousmane went with "Avenue du Monde" in the pantheon of world music is.
"I came to this world, the earth nourishes me, water is life, breath air and the fire of inspiration I have no country that belongs to me, but to me the whole world this means is:.. Everyone can then where he wants. We set limits useless. Economic, physical limits. But the heart need no limits. "
Music: Avenue du Monde (Zina Tamiato-Stéhanie Petrequin / Julien Tekeyan-Ousmane Toure) Night and Day TOG0501
Ousmane Touré: "My musicians have a western, created a French-West African sound with my voice and this sound, we build a bridge, the Avenue is the world We invite the entire planet to get on that bridge to Who... Africa wants to go, do that. Who wants to come to Europe is. "
In the "Avenue du Monde" to mix traditional instruments with modern beats, the kora is responding to the electric guitar. Ousmane Touré's voice was a long time to Touré Kunda. He is the youngest of the Touré brothers. From 1983-89 he shared the huge success of the band.
"I am one of the Brothers of the group Touré Kunda, I'm the little brother of Sixu, Ismaila and Seta. I came in 1983 in the group Toure Kunda, I played with my brothers until 1989. We made many records. The last album was Salam. And in this album there is a song, Geria that has taken Santana. "
" In 1989, I have withdrawn, I was tired. The big sound, the pressure of world success. We went three or six months on tour, our women and children were no longer with us. In 1989, I've stopped and I let go the brothers alone. This does not mean that I no longer belong to Toure Kunda. For this is not just a music group, which is a Family. Toure Kunda means. Toure's family, the family of elephants "
Ousmane cared from 1990 to his family, his four children living in France were small, and he wanted to leave his wife alone with their education but the children grew. and prospered, and today they are grown.
"My kids said Dad, why do not you play music? Our friends say they know you by Toure Kunda, but they have never seen you on stage. It is as if we have a father who has never done music. Constantly told me that my children. I said ok, I do it for you. I went to Dakar and took "Lolo" on. "
" Lolo " sold in West Africa 80 000 times! With the acoustic songs Ousmane Touré joined France in clubs and on such a concert was a producer, who liked what they hear so much that he immediately wanted to make a new album. Ousmane has worked with French musicians, it was Avenue du Monde.
Ousmane sings title song apart from the French, to Soninke, Mandingo, woloff, Portuguese and Creole, the languages of Senegal.
"On this album I sing of the love between people, between man and woman, between mother and child, between man and nature."
Ousmane is a philosopher, simplicity and serenity are its guiding principles. Even with his music he wants to create harmony.
An article in Jazzthetik JUNE 2008
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