Dakar Bamako, by Ausecuma Beats

Dakar Bamako

by Ausecuma Beats

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1.	Farafina 04:53	buy track
2.	Bamba 03:22	buy track
3.	Dakar Bamako 04:24	buy track
4.	Dream 03:30	buy track
5.	Jeunesse Africaine 04:39	buy track
6.	Yole 03:38	buy track
7.	The Feeling of Dakar (Dakar Vibes) 05:50	buy track

about

In late 2022, Boubacar Gaye and Bassdi Koné, members of the Melbourne-based Afro-Cuban ensemble Ausecuma Beats, returned to West Africa in the culmination of an idea that had been brewing since the world first went into lockdown in early 2020. The pair wanted to return to their homes in Dakar and Bamako respectively, to be reunited with family, friends, country, and with the vibrant music communities in those cities they had left behind when emigrating to Australia.

More than this, they had a vision of bringing their three home cities - Melbourne, Australia; Dakar, Senegal; and Bamako, Mali - together in an album that celebrated the intense creative energy coursing through the streets of these three places.

Ausecuma Beats’ third studio album, Dakar Bamako, features a total of fourteen musicians from three cities around the world, coming together in a true cross-cultural collaboration that celebrates stories of migration, cooperation and the unifying power of music and dance as a force to bring humanity together.

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released March 8, 2024

‘Dakar Bamako’ was recorded at La Boutique Studio, Dakar, Senegal in August 2022 by Pape Armand Boye, with assistance from Said Mhadji.

Mixed by Pape Armand Boye.
Mastered by Joseph Buchan.

Original artwork sourced from the Marché Sandaga, Dakar - artist unknown.

Studio Photography by Pape Demba Ndiaye.
Album design by Rochelle Oh and Liz Luby.

‘Dakar Bamako’ featured the following personnel:

Bassidi Kone - balafon
Boubacar Gaye - doun doun, djembe, vocals (A2, A3)
Khalifa Kone - balafon, vocals (A1, A3)
Baye Cheikh Diaga - tama
Diango Diabate - ngoni (A3, B1)
Ousseynou Claude Diaw - drum kit
Elish Cissoko - kora
Lamine Faye - bass guitar
Magou Saliou Samb - vocals (A2)
Mamadou Lamine Fall - percussion, sabar
Mariama Konaté - vocals ( B1)
Pape Makhtar Faye - electric guitar
QUEEN DOLLARS - vocals (A1) (A3)
Tiemoko Koné - vocals (A1, A3)

Boubacar Gaye would like to thank everyone involved in the Dakar Bamako project and their role in bringing this music to the world.

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Ausecuma Beats Melbourne, Australia

Ausecuma Beats are more than just a band, they are a philosophy. Led by master djembe player, Boubacar Gaye, the nine-strong ensemble, demonstrate artists coming together based on an idea - the idea of place, of transplanting cultural heritage into a contemporary city. Ausecuma Beats is people from all corners of the world finding themselves together in new environments, as a community. ... more

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Apr 25

Tanswell's Commercial Hotel

Beechworth, VIC
Apr 26

Ainslie Arts Centre

Canberra, ACT
Apr 27

Stranded Studios

Bellambi, NSW
Apr 28

Freda's

Chippendale, NSW

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