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Mandinka Acoustic

Sobe

(Bad News, BN-007) (CD)

  1. Tagui (3:52)
  2. Ngolomu (5:23)
  3. Sobe (5:30)
  4. Den (5:27)
  5. Sakodougou (6:33)
  6. Mali (4:49)
  7. Dielissona (3:59)
  8. Mada (4:53)
  9. Sera (4:00)
  10. Mariama (5:38)
  11. Okiaf (7:01)

All songs written and arranged by Mmadou Doumbia

Mandinka Acoustic:
Mamadou Doumbia: guitars, vocals, percussion (doun doun ba, kongo ni, cowbell, etc.)
Lamine "Youl" Diabate: djembe and congas (1-5, 7-11)

Guests:
Mar pin: marimba (3, 5, 8)
Michiyo Yagi: koto (3, 5, 8)
Jinko Bihou: chorus (3, 5, 8)
Mami Bihou: chorus (3, 5, 8)
Kosmas Kapiza Takamiya: djembe (6)
Rinken Teruya: sanshin (11)
Tomoko Uehara: sanba (11)

Produced by Isao Washizu and Mamadou Doumbia
Recorded and mixed by Noaki Hayami
Recorded at Tokyo FM Studio in March 1994
Photography: Kenichi Iwai
Cover design: Sonomi Shibayama

Released 1994