Format: 2xLP
Release Year: 2022

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Magnificent Wolof drum music, performed by an extended griot family over seven consecutive days, in the mystical setting of Lac Rose, outside Dakar. Doudou Ndiaye Rose — who died in 2015 — is a key drummer in the musical history of the world. He developed a system of five hundred original drumming patterns, ancient and new. Amongst the modern rhythms here is Bench Mi — ‘under the Baobab tree,’ a spot where where problems get solved. Also Hibar Yi — ‘passing on information’ — the theme-tune of Senegalese TV national news for decades — and Les Rosettes, the signature rhythm of Senegal’s first ever all-female percussion group, convened by Doudou, and named after his grandmother. Recorded in joyful single takes, with no overdubs, deep and thrilling, polyrhythmic music to the bone.

Listen to: Twenty​-​One Sabar Rhythms by The Doudou N'Diaye Rose Family
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A1. Niary Ngorong
01:15
A2. Gumbe
00:56
A3. Kaolack
01:07
A4. Fass
02:13
A5. Farwu Jar
02:21
A6. Ardin Lent
02:41
A7. Ardin Rapide
01:58
B1. Ceebu Jen
01:50
B2. Baar Mbaye
02:38
B3. Mbabass
01:46
B4. Xibar
01:13
B5. Dey Sey
01:27
B6. Seut Yi
01:43
C1. Toco
02:25
C2. Yendulen
01:52
C3. Dalalba
02:39
C4. Les Rosettes
03:13
D1. Ndiouk
02:56
D2. Penthie Me
02:37
D3. Diakhay Malay
00:52
D4. Tagoo
05:35
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