Fasco Denou

Farafina | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 2, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Real World
• ASIN: B000000HOR
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #322,995 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mama Sara

2. Kara Mogo Mousso

3. Dounounia

4. Nanore

5. Faso Denou

6. Hereyo Mibi

7. Ourodara Sidiki

8. Lanaya

9. Bi Mousso

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Can you spell 'Polyrhythm'?, April 21, 2010

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Mortmain (Queens, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Faso Denou (Audio CD)

One enduring dream of mine is to see these musicians live one day. The members of this group function as both performers and instructors/apprentices, so the cast is regularly changing. And listen to the sounds they produce! While percussion is strongest, the rhythms support beautiful melodic lines that thread throughout: voice, brass, flute. Dounounia and Faso Denou are trancelike, meditative; Ouradara Sidiki is call and response, not a bad selection on the entire album. I have all the music of theirs I can find, never tire of it. If the musicians are experiencing a fraction of the joy I feel listening to them, they must have the best job on earth! Just listen to Kara Mogo Mousso. You'll be sold as well!

4.0 out of 5 stars A most compelling album of African percussion, August 10, 2009

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Captain K "Captain K" (FL (USA)) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fasco Denou (Audio CD)

these artists are more properly considered a school than a recording act, as they have been in existence for many decades in the landlocked West African nation of Burkina Faso. they occupy a status not unlike the Royal Drummers of Burundi, although this recording (unlike the Royal Drummers' CD) also includes vocals and other instrumentation. the Burundi drummers are an astonishing sight in concert, perhaps less compelling when you can't watch them. Farafina are a different story. While this recording lacks the polish of, say, Senegal's youssou N'dour or Benin's Angelique Kidjo, having played it among my limited circle of friends (don't ask), I found it to have broader appeal than this description might suggest.