Description
Leila Gobi – 2017 / Clermont Music Audio CD 2017 / CLE019
UPC 711574820917
Product Details:
‘2017’ is Leila Gobi's second album. It was recorded in Hampathe Bah Studio, on the second floor of a group of buildings off the main road in a suburb of western Bamako.
"The sessions were intimate. The tracks were laid without effects, clean. Leila wanted to produce an album that brought a new dimension to her music. The problem was how to create this new sound with only the basic tools available in Mali. It is almost impossible for musicians there to find the equipment available to the average westerner. The talent is there, just not the hardware.
And electric power failures and poor communications infrastructure interrupt regularly. The final sounds were found in the studio while mixing in the synthesizers and electronic effects. Tracks were mixed and mastered in Bamako, New York, and Los Angeles. Remaining faithful to the underlying roots of the music, ‘2017’ bridges genres. The album forges the origins of trance, beats, and loops with new technology, a fusion of many influences. And across it all, Leila Gobi's unmistakable voice shines through."
Tracklist:
| 1 | An Nia | 4:28 |
| 2 | Tibo Gadeina | 4:07 |
| 3 | Tchimey Goney |
4:52 |
| 4 | Wai Hidjou | 4:18 |
| 5 | An N'ga | 5:16 |
| 6 | Deidi Dadada | 4:14 |
| 7 | Akan Nana | 4:37 |
| 8 | Eh Khanzam | 4:46 |
| 9 | Les Infants | 4:45 |
| 10 |
Mi Manda | 4:35 |
- Cover, Design, Layout – Andrew Nelson (3)
About the Artist:
LEILA GOBI began her career as a student and grew to national attention. As an artist from provincial Menaka near Gao Mali, it was tough to break into the tightly knit music community in the capitol city, Bamako. But Leila’s talent quickly brought her recognition and she has became a sought after backup vocalist for many great musicians in Mali. By 2010 she had formed her first group and performed in her own name to cheers. In addition to having performed extensively in Mali, Leila has toured the sub-Saharan region performing in Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, and Senegal. In September 2013 she performed in North America as one of the musicians presented by Clermont Music in its Festival au Desert /Caravan for Peace tour. She performed in Lyon France and Geneva Switzerland in 2018.
Her first internationally released album, LEILA, was released on 18 April 2015 and sold out. In 2017 she released her second album which fused electronic instrumentation with traditional for a new sound. She is continuing to evolve that sound working with Malian and French collaborators.
