Balanta Balo: Talking Wood of Casamance

Malang Mane | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 9, 1996)
• Original Release Date: July 16, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Village Pulse
• ASIN: B000005GEY
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #666,499 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sanya M'Bare Guen

2. Finda

3. Diamano Bifoula/Hal Ma Ti Wouna

4. Kimada

5. Gnima Seydi Selibande

6. Cisse

7. Banjul/Sago

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars That's Humorous- But Not Fair!, March 23, 2002

By 

R. MARK Plummer (From the Former USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Balanta Balo: Talking Wood of Casamance (Audio CD)

Sorry - YES- I did laugh at the earlier review that identified this CD as "Hawaiian Music" ?

But let's be fair... it overlooks the fact that Malang Mané is from Senegal ( that's West Africa...eh?)
and he plays wonderful traditional wooden balafon music in the Balanta stylee.

This music is all about interlocking polyryhthms on the Balofon - a wooden xylphone with gourd resonators - struck with mallets that have home-made rubber heads. Soft organic funky polyryhthms. Ya mon!

File this CD with your West African collection or with Gamelon music from Bali or Indonesia, or Steve Reich's interlocking drumming circa "Music for 18 Musicians", or next to Evelyn Glennie...

Or as Michael Jackson so aptly put it... "Beat IT!"

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No one can touch Makaha Sons, May 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Balanta Balo: Talking Wood of Casamance (Audio CD)

If you have never heard contemporary Hawaiian music you are in for a pleasant surprise. This group is the best. They will never fail to raise your mood and make you smile. Enjoy!