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But once the sessions were over, he knew he had something entirely different, something even more satisfying: a collection of songs where warmth filled the grooves of every song. An album that seemed like home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWande\u003c\/em\u003e is a record that reconciles continuity and change. But both have been the hallmarks of Touré’s career. Starting out as a guitarist in a soukous band, everything was altered when he became an accompanist to Mali’s greatest legend, the late Ali Farka Touré (with whom his mother had performed). Later, as a solo artist, he’s become renowned across the globe for his passionate guitar work and fiery singing, one of the masters of his art, a man who’s learned from the greatest and gone on to develop a sound that’s completely his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut, Touré says, don’t call it desert blues. Don’t call it African Rock. That’s lazy. It doesn’t need labels like that. “It’s contemporary music from Mali,” he insists. “Maybe our traditional music has changed. We live all in the same world wherever we are on that planet, we all have the same music on radio or TV, we hear the same music in movies, so even if we don’t really know what’s rock music in Mali, we hear some everywhere every day, it has become part of our inspirations, easy inspirations because it’s sometimes so close to what we do traditionally. If you attend traditional ceremonies in villages north of Mali, you’ll see that musicians always use distortion at maximum level but they don’t know anything about rock or blues. But believe me they do some. 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Albala received widespread acclaim and was rightfully recognized not only as the best album of Samba's career but also as an undeniable musical statement about the human toll of war and political crisis. Samba had spent years honing his artistry (including stints playing with Malian blues master Ali Farka Touré and Kora genius Toumani Diabate) and Albala signposted a mature artist, full of sonic imagination and narrative fire. Gandadiko, the title of Samba's potent, diverse and ambitious new album, translates from his native language Songhai as: \"Land of Drought\" or \"Burning Land.\" The title seems to indicate a return to the dark textures that marked Albala but in fact Gandadiko is a more complex story than that. Touré is known to search for the seeds of his musical ideas in the assorted stack of CDs he listens to while driving through the chaotic streets of Bamako. The out-of-the-box musical inspirations he has picked up for his new album range from Serge Gainsbourg to Bo Diddley via Tom Petty to funky psychedelia, though of course, all the raw material is instinctually filtered through the traditional melodies and rhythms of his Songhai musical heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glitterbeat","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50467667542347,"sku":"385322","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50467669901643,"sku":"385323","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/90b396d4-7d5d-47e8-a859-002d3fbf3665_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727340480"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/samba-toure.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}