TOUMANI DIABATE AND THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Korolen – LP – 180g Vinyl

LABEL: World Circuit

CAT NO: 4050538647044

BARCODE: 4050538647044

Tracklisting:

Side A:

1. Hanamady Town
2. Mama Souraka
3. Elyne Road

Side B:

1. Cantelowes Dream
2. Moon Kaira
3. Mamadou Kanda Keita

TOUMANI DIABAT AND
THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Krln

LP 180g Vinyl
(Printed inner bags with 4-page sleeve notes with Obi Strip)

A ground-breaking new collaboration for fans of African music (Ali Farka Tour, Oumou Sangar) as well as contemporary orchestral music (Max Richter, Olafur Arnalds, the London Symphony Orchestra) Krln is a very special collaboration between two titans in music: Toumani Diabat, the Grammy-winning Malian kora virtuoso, and the London Symphony Orchestra, renowned worldwide for their performances of orchestral music on record, film and stage. Diabat, a griot whose musical lineage stretches back generations, is well known as one of the most creative musicians on the African continent, and is almost single-handedly responsible for bringing the iconic sound of the kora to worldwide audiences. No stranger to a genre-defying collaboration, he has recorded two Grammy-winning albums alongside desert blues pioneer Ali Farka Tour, as well as projects with Taj Mahal, Bjrk, Bla Fleck, Damon Albarn and Afrocubism. Commissioned as a special project by the Barbican Centre in London and produced by World Circuit, these recordings feature Diabat and his group of eminent Malian musicians (including Kasse Mady Diabat and Lassana Diabat), accompanied by the soaring presence of the LSO, in dedicated arrangements by Nico Muhly and Ian Gardiner and conducted by Clark Rundell. The title bestowed by Diabat on this unique and groundbreaking release, Krln, translates from the Mandinka language as ancestral a fitting theme for an album that brings together ancient griot melodies and Western orchestral arrangements, resulting in an achingly beautiful and fresh Afro-neo-classical sound that will appeal to admirers of African, traditional and new classical, and ambient music.