Amadou and Mariam are musicians from Mali, who also happen to be blind which I think is kinda interesting(they met at some school for the blind in Mali and are now married, says wikipedia). They are getting bigger these days, as a result of their 2008 release "Welcome to Mali" which has been received with wide critical acclaim. Also west african music is pretty hip in general these days (see fela kuti post, also the new Animal Collective album which also has wide critical acclaim I feel harkens to this trend with similar rhythms and song structures) so naturally their combination of African and elctro sounds are a good introduction to this trend. Anyways, I think this music is really cool music, despite the fact that pitchfork likes it too.
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p.s. This is my 30th post... WOOOO!!! Don't you love arbitrary reference points.
I love them, have you heard Dimanche a Bamako?
ReplyDeleteYeah I have that one and their latest album, "Welcome to Mali" both very cool.
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