Mark Ernestus presents JERI-JERI (ndagga, berlin / kaolack / dakar)
MBALAX Afro-Cubanismo Funk Rock
JERI-JERI ist eine atemberaubende Zusammenarbeit zwischen dem bekannten Berliner Produzenten MARK ERNESTUS (Basic Channel, Rhythm & Sound) und tonangebenden senegalesischen SABAR Drummern aus einer Musiker Dynastie in KAOLACK / SENEGAL, angeführt von BAKANE SECK, sowie anderen etablierten MBALAX Musikern des Landes, welche auch Mitglieder von Bands wie BAABA MAAL und YOUSSOU N'DOUR sind.
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JERI-JERI is the stunning, spectacular collaboration between the
renowned BERLIN-based producer MARK ERNESTUS and a griot clan of
SABAR drummers from KAOLACK / SENEGAL, led by BAKANE SECK, along with
guest MBALAX musicians and vocalists -- including many mainstays of
the bands of BAABA MAAL, YOUSSOU N'DOUR and more of the country's
leading musicians.
world music aficionados will have noted ERNESTUS' remixes of afrobeat
architect TONY ALLEN and KINSHASA rockers KONONO NO. 1, as well as
his critically acclaimed SHANGAAN ELECTRO compilation. on the quiet,
though, he has become increasingly hooked on MBALAX, with its hyper-
vivid SABAR and talking-drum work-outs, and sick, sequencer-like
marimba synths. in early 2011 he travelled to SENEGAL and THE GAMBIA,
in search of original recordings. through an unlikely set of
coincidences, he ended up working in the legendary DAKAR studio
formerly known as XIPPI, with more than twenty of the finest
musicians in the country. the results will be released in 2012... and
proliferate in a series of unmissable live performances throughout
europe.
JERI-JERI's MBALAX style is swingeingly masterful - heady and hard-
grooving, with highly complex, fiercely succinct poly-rhythms - an
ancient and futuristic music, mesmeric but sharp as nails, super-
charged with drama. SABAR traditions are fused with furious AFRO-
CUBANISMO, hard funk-rock, and shards of high-life.
check the video clip to JERI-JERI's inaugural release, MBEUGUEL DAFA
NEKH, featuring the lovelorn vocals of guest MBENE DIATTA SECK - out
now on the ERNESTUS' new NDAGGA label: http://ndagga.com/
...and download a short, rough MBALAX promo mix, with songs from
senegalese cassettes by the JERI-JERI artists:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/5stbbc
see some videos of the JERI-JERI folks here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nepex52IR_A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E83mZMp8vc0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Duni6wgFDqQ
an extensive article on MARK ERNESTUS' work (from the UK's WIRE
magazine) you can download here:
http://www.hytky.org/rytmikaravaani/Mark-Ernestus-TheWire-Feb2010.pdf
http://ndagga.com/
