― 400% Nice (nordicskilla), Sunday, 9 October 2005 20:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 9 October 2005 22:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― 400% Nice (nordicskilla), Sunday, 9 October 2005 22:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Thursday, 20 October 2005 13:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 20 October 2005 13:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixx and the hedonistic gluttons (baaderonixx), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:00 (eighteen years ago) link
here, you mean? i really love the sound of this. with so much going on in a lot of the songs, everything gets to shine through. i haven't listened to his solo stuff in years, so i can't compare it, though.
― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixx and the hedonistic gluttons (baaderonixx), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― b'angelo, Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixx and the hedonistic gluttons (baaderonixx), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― b'angelo, Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― High Tea in the Chinese Quarter (nordicskilla), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:50 (eighteen years ago) link
Alex, these people are just the French equivalent of Berkeley granola -type people, the sort of people you usually proclaim to be "assholes".
Not that this is a valid reason for not enjoying Manu Chao's music, just a bit of anecdotal detail...
― High Tea in the Chinese Quarter (nordicskilla), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― High Tea in the Chinese Quarter (nordicskilla), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixx and the hedonistic gluttons (baaderonixx), Thursday, 20 October 2005 15:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 20 October 2005 15:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― High Tea in the Chinese Quarter (nordicskilla), Thursday, 20 October 2005 15:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 20 October 2005 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― High Tea in the Chinese Quarter (nordicskilla), Thursday, 20 October 2005 15:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 20 October 2005 15:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mickey (modestmickey), Thursday, 20 October 2005 15:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 20 October 2005 15:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 20 October 2005 16:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 20 October 2005 16:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― b'angelo, Thursday, 20 October 2005 16:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― b'angelo, Thursday, 20 October 2005 16:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 20 October 2005 17:18 (eighteen years ago) link
I really like what Chao brought to the new record, I'm fine with toe-tappin' drum machines setting the pulse & extra reverb, it's a strange hybrid. A lot more successful than Chao's solo records (which, like Adam, I can't listen to all the way through).
― milton parker (Jon L), Thursday, 20 October 2005 18:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― humbug ditto, Saturday, 22 April 2006 07:43 (eighteen years ago) link
I like 'em too, but calling them 'real music' presupposes that too many other types of music are not "real" music. I doubt that Amadou & Mariam would use such a term.
― curmudgeon (DC Steve), Saturday, 22 April 2006 15:45 (eighteen years ago) link
28/04/2006 : SAN FRANCISCOsalle : Bimbo's
― milton parker (Jon L), Saturday, 22 April 2006 21:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Friday, 30 June 2006 16:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― curmudgeon (DC Steve), Friday, 30 June 2006 17:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― pleased to mitya (mitya), Friday, 30 June 2006 17:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― S. (Sébastien Chikara), Friday, 30 June 2006 17:30 (seventeen years ago) link
TONS of great tunes, and a surprising amount of variety (love the chanting on "La Réalité" where it sounds like they're saying, "Soul Fire" over and over again). It's light and poppy enuf for summertime dancing & drinking, but the fundamental weight and beauty of the Malian blues base really shines through. Tough tightrope to walk...
Never comes across as weak, watered down, hippified or strictly for the NPR set, either. I mean, it'll certainly appeal very strongly to them fuckers, but it doesn't seem to be a product of their sensibility, or a sop thrown in its direction. Basically, "Dimanche" just sounds natural -- relaxed and joyful in spite of the sometimes heavy-handed mod/pop production.
Truth be told, I could use a little less of Manu Chau on this record. While some of its best moments benefit hugely from his influence ("Caminons Sauvages"), I'd like the album better without borderline-Afro-kitsch tracks like "Sénégal Fast Food" and "Taxi Bamako".
Still, pretty much every tune is instantly appealing, and more than half are durable, out-of-the-park winners. One of the best pure pop albums I've heard in the last few years, no matter what the origins.
P.S. I've heard some of their earlier material, and it hasn't appealed to me nearly as much. Deeper and arguably more "authentic", but the standout tracks are fewer and farther between.
― fuckfuckingfuckedfucker (fuckfuckingfuckedfucker), Friday, 30 June 2006 17:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 30 June 2006 18:03 (seventeen years ago) link
and yeah he is a really great guitarist --- got straight-up nasty on some o that stuff.
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 30 June 2006 18:05 (seventeen years ago) link
as with too many albums these days it's probably too long by a song or two, but i think the production is what makes Dimanche... so great (my choice for Album of the Year 2005). not to say their earlier records are bad, cuz there's great stuff there as well. but he pulls out/highlights/layers all sorts of stuff that on earlier albums are missed opportunities.
― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Friday, 30 June 2006 19:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 30 June 2006 19:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― you can email me if you wish to challenge the truth (nickalicious), Friday, 30 June 2006 20:10 (seventeen years ago) link
Totally illogical though all that is.
― Major Alfonso (Major Alfonso), Friday, 30 June 2006 22:43 (seventeen years ago) link
Agreed. Initial impression was "Pfft, we've heard all this before" - but I think that was a hangover from having played Dimanche A Bamako to death and beyond. I love the last track (as listed on the sleeve, not the hidden bonus track).
Rokia Traore's album also great.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 11:52 (fifteen years ago) link
This American is still waiting for A & M's March release here. Rokia's in the US on tour now. May go see here next week and need to get the new disc now that it's finally out here
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 13:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Cd finally coming out in the US Tuesday March 24. Big New York Times profile in Sunday March 22nd paper.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 March 2009 16:14 (fifteen years ago) link
I really like the cd. They're on tour in the US now. Did Boston the other night and New York tonight. Plus they're on the Jimmy Fallon tv show at 12:35 am or something. Coming to the Birchmere outside DC Wednesday.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 June 2009 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2009/06/amadou_and_mariam.php World peace via Amadou & mariam says Christopehr Porter, or something like that.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 June 2009 02:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Great one and a half live show at the Birchmere, outside Washington DC last night. A very good percussionist, 2 energetic women dancers/background singers, keyboard, trap drums, and bass plus A & M. Amadou's guitar playing nicely captures Malian styles and psychedelic rock
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 11 June 2009 11:00 (fourteen years ago) link
One and a half hour. Mariam's voice is impressive too
They're also doing arena shows opening for Coldplay. I wonder what their audience thinks?
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 11 June 2009 14:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Time to buy a hot dog.
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Thursday, 11 June 2009 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link
holy shit I had never heard this sabali song b4! looked them up on youtube just because they were so awesome when I saw them at a festival this summer and i was feelin lonely 4 the friends i saw them with
― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 00:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Dimache a Bamako is the shit
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes it is.
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 22:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Beautiful.
― Hey Look More Than Five Years Has Passed And You Have A C (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 22:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Yep
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 03:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Just put it on a few weeks ago for a friend who'd never heard it. Don't actually know what he thought of it, but I loved the hell out of it.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 03:40 (thirteen years ago) link
New album is out!
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 10:44 (twelve years ago) link
In case you forgot, here's "Dougo Badia" (feat. Nick Zinner & Santigold)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfJ-EmoQil8
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 10:46 (twelve years ago) link
Seen mixed reviews of it, but have not heard it yet myself (well, one song).
NPR is streaming it for a bit
http://www.npr.org/2012/04/01/148919868/first-listen-amadou-and-mariam-folila?ps=mh_fl
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 12:55 (twelve years ago) link
And the Pitchfork review was discussed on a Pitchfork thread
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 12:56 (twelve years ago) link
i really can't believe dimanche a bamako is 10 years old! that fact is making me feel weird this morning
this is still in my every morning playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH4K-WLpVuo
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Sunday, 13 April 2014 14:59 (ten years ago) link
ok....9 years old. still
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Sunday, 13 April 2014 15:00 (ten years ago) link
Back in 2005 dimanche a bamako was my winter commute to work album, played on some horrendous quarter a gig samsung mp3 player that seemed like good kit at the time. I still love this album but have given up trying work out where the fuck the last decade has gone.
― xelab, Sunday, 13 April 2014 21:29 (ten years ago) link
I couldn't pick a fave because the album is jam-packed, but this ruled.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kp9cmTNaMw
― xelab, Sunday, 13 April 2014 21:54 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SJR81-JIwA&list=PLdqZQPNShYrBYt2KnjACUMjDdSg6gzzvV&index=2I love this!
― calzino, Wednesday, 4 October 2017 23:09 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SJR81-JIwA
― calzino, Wednesday, 4 October 2017 23:13 (six years ago) link