At Peace by Ballaké Sissoko
"Dans cet album on n'a gardé que les premières prises. Les musiciens y engagent toute l’expérience qu’ils ont emmagasinée, mais sans avoir la sécurité de savoir ce qu’ils vont jouer. Il y a de l’aventure, du défrichage, et c’est vraiment beau à entendre.“
Vincent Segal
“In this album we only kept the first takes, when the musicians display all the experience they accumulated without the security of knowing what they are going to play. They’re on an adventure and they’re discovering things and it’s beautiful to hear.” Vincent Segal
Tracklist
| 1. | Maimouna | 3:34 |
| 2. | Boubalaka | 4:43 |
| 3. | Badjourou | 4:01 |
| 4. | Kabou | 4:18 |
| 5. | Nalesonko | 5:54 |
| 6. | Kalata Diata | 5:23 |
| 7. | N'Tomikorobougou | 10:23 |
| 8. | Asa Branca | 3:11 |
| 9. | Kalanso | 3:18 |
Credits
released December 29, 2012
EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION & A&R BY LAURENT BIZOT
ASSISTED BY THIBAUT MULLINGS
ILLUSTRATION : JEROME WITZ
ARTWORK : ELEMENT-S
1) Maimouna
(B. Sissoko)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
2) Boubalaka
(B. Sissoko, A. Diabaté)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
12 strings guitar - Aboubacar "Badian" Diabaté
3) Badjourou
(B. Sissoko)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
12 strings guitar - Aboubacar "Badian" Diabaté
Guitar - Moussa Diabaté
Balafon - Fassery Diabaté
Cello - Vincent Segal
4) Kabou
(B. Sissoko)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
Cello - Vincent Segal
5) Nalésonko
(B. Sissoko)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
6) Kalata Diata
(B. Sissoko)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
12 strings guitar - Aboubacar "Badian" Diabaté
Guitar - Moussa Diabaté
Balafon - Fassery Diabaté
Cello - Vincent Segal
7) N'tomikorobougou
(B. Sissoko, A. Diabaté)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
12 strings guitar - Aboubacar "Badian" Diabaté
8) Asa Branca
(L. Gonzaga)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
Guitar - Aboubacar "Badian" Diabaté
Cello - Vincent Segal
9) Kalanso
(B. Sissoko)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
Produced by Vincent Segal
All tracks recorded by Fabien Girard assisted by Mathieu Trouvé at studio Juillaguet, Angoulême, from July 27th to August 3d 2012
Except #7, recorded by Fabien Girard in Ballaké Sissoko's courtyard, Bamako, Mali, on January 20th 2011
Mixed by Philippe Tessier du Cros at Boxon studio, Paris, from August 27th to 30th 2012
Mastered by Raphael Jonin at studio J Raph I.N.G. on August 31st 2012
All songs published by NØ FØRMAT! except ASA BRANCA published by RIO MUSICAL LTDA
EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION & A&R BY LAURENT BIZOT
ASSISTED BY THIBAUT MULLINGS
ILLUSTRATION : JEROME WITZ
ARTWORK : ELEMENT-S
1) Maimouna
(B. Sissoko)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
2) Boubalaka
(B. Sissoko, A. Diabaté)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
12 strings guitar - Aboubacar "Badian" Diabaté
3) Badjourou
(B. Sissoko)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
12 strings guitar - Aboubacar "Badian" Diabaté
Guitar - Moussa Diabaté
Balafon - Fassery Diabaté
Cello - Vincent Segal
4) Kabou
(B. Sissoko)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
Cello - Vincent Segal
5) Nalésonko
(B. Sissoko)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
6) Kalata Diata
(B. Sissoko)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
12 strings guitar - Aboubacar "Badian" Diabaté
Guitar - Moussa Diabaté
Balafon - Fassery Diabaté
Cello - Vincent Segal
7) N'tomikorobougou
(B. Sissoko, A. Diabaté)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
12 strings guitar - Aboubacar "Badian" Diabaté
8) Asa Branca
(L. Gonzaga)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
Guitar - Aboubacar "Badian" Diabaté
Cello - Vincent Segal
9) Kalanso
(B. Sissoko)
Kora - Ballaké Sissoko
Produced by Vincent Segal
All tracks recorded by Fabien Girard assisted by Mathieu Trouvé at studio Juillaguet, Angoulême, from July 27th to August 3d 2012
Except #7, recorded by Fabien Girard in Ballaké Sissoko's courtyard, Bamako, Mali, on January 20th 2011
Mixed by Philippe Tessier du Cros at Boxon studio, Paris, from August 27th to 30th 2012
Mastered by Raphael Jonin at studio J Raph I.N.G. on August 31st 2012
All songs published by NØ FØRMAT! except ASA BRANCA published by RIO MUSICAL LTDA
License
All rights reserved.
Ten fingers for twenty-one strings, and magic takes place, surely, calmly. Ballaké Sissoko enlaces us in his suave and crystalline sonority and his kora, magnified by his talent as a melodist and an improviser.