Mory Kanté
Mory Kanté [ mɔʀi kɑte ] ( born March 29, 1950 in Albadania at Kissidougou ) is a Guinean griot musician.
Curriculum vitae
Mory Kanté was trained as a child in a French school and first learned to play the balafon, which in his family enjoys symbolic meaning. As a 15 - year-old he was sent to his aunt in Bamako in order to live there and perform the rite of passage for a Griotsänger can. When he returned back to his hometown, he was influenced by various music styles: cha-cha, mambo, rumba, soul, pop, Yéyé and radio. Mory Kanté discovered at the same time the interest in guitar playing.
As a 21- year-old he was spotted by Tidiane Kone, saxophonist and band leader of the Rail Band, and joined the band as a guitarist and balafonist to. Two years later (1973 ) he became the main singer of the group. He discovered the musical instrument kora, whose playing he gained self-taught, and went with the band on a tour of West Africa. In 1976 he was a singer with the price Voix d' Or ( in German: " Golden Voice " ) of Nigeria excellent. The following year, he wanted to delve back into the griot tradition.
Mory Kanté left the band as a 28- year-old (1978 ) and moved to Abidjan. With a small ensemble he played in Climbier, a renowned club in Abidjan. The head of the American label Ebony Records discovered him in 1981 and produced the first album Courougnene. This album brought Mory Kanté in Africa again great attention.
1984 Mory Kanté traveled to France and settled in Paris without a residence permit down. With appearances in Paris, he celebrated its first successes. In 1985 he contributed a composition for the French film Black Mic Mac. In 1986, he signed a recording contract with Barclay Productions for album 10 Kola Nuts, which was nominated for a French Victoires De La Musique. The song yé yé ké ké, which was already present on the album À Paris, was re-recorded and released on the 1987 album released Akwaba Beach. With this version, he managed the worldwide breakthrough. In 1990, he made an appearance at New York's Central Park on Memorial Day to storm the Bastille as a French representative. The album Touma ( in German: " The Moment" ) got in France Gold status.
Since the nineties, he has completed many performances. All of which are no longer in the success of Akwaba Le Voyageur (2001 ) Best Of (2002) and the acoustic and strong griotbeeinflusste album Sabou published (2004 ) - Also, the plates Nongo Village (1994 ), Tatebola (1996 ), Tamala are were able to build Beach.
Achievements
Mory Kanté landed in the summer of 1988 at the height of the ethno-pop with the single yé yé ké ké ( Yeke Yeke also ) a Europe-wide hit. In Germany and Switzerland, so he rose to # 2 on the singles chart. The previously published album Akwaba Beach rose in Switzerland on July 17 at No. 1
In 1994, the German techno duo Hardfloor remixed Yeke Yeke out. The remix can be heard among other things on the soundtrack of the movie The Beach. Another techno remix Yeke Yeke is 2008 by Picco.
Discography
- Courougnene (1981, Ivory Coast)
- N'Diarabi (1982)
- A Paris (1984 )
- 10 Kola Nuts (1986 )
- Akwaba Beach ( 1987)
- Touma (1990 )
- Nongo Village (1994 )
- Tatebola (1996)
- Tamala - Le Voyageur (2001)
- Best Of (2002)
- Sabou (2004)