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Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin - Ali (Indies only Jade Vinyl)
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Ali
Farka
Touré
trekked
the
world,
bringing
his
beloved
Malian
music
to
the
masses.
Dubbed
“the
African
John
Lee
Hooker,”
one
could
hear
strong
connections
between
the
two;
both
employed
a
bluesy
style
of
play
with
gritty
textures
that
elicit
calm
and
fury
in
equal
measure.
While
the
influence
of
Black
blues
music
prevailed,
Touré
created
a
West
African
blend
of
'desert
blues'
that
garnered
Grammy
awards
and
widespread
reverence.
Though
he
transcended
in
2006,
Ali’s
musical
legacy
lives
on
through
his
son,
Vieux
aka
“the
Hendrix
of
the
Sahara,”
an
accomplished
guitarist
and
champion
of
Malian
music
in
his
own
right.
On
Ali,
his
collaborative
album
with
Khruangbin,
Vieux
pays
homage
to
his
father
by
recreating
some
of
his
most
resonant
work,
putting
new
twists
on
it
while
maintaining
the
original’s
integrity.
The
result
is
a
rightful
ode
to
a
legend.
Ali
isn’t
just
a
greatest
hits
compilation.
It’s
a
lullaby,
a
remembrance
of
Ali's
life
through
known
highlights
and
B-sides
from
his
catalog.
It
is
a
testament
to
what
happens
when
creativity
is
approached
through
open
arms
and
open
hearts.
“To
me,
music
is
magic,
it
is
spontaneous,
it
is
the
energy
between
people,”
Vieux
says.
“I
think
Khruangbin
understands
this
very
well.”
The
genesis
of
the
album
dates
back
to
2019,
when
Khruangbin,
coming
off
their
breakthrough
album
Con
Todo
el
Mundo,
was
beginning
to
play
to
bigger
crowds.
The
record
was
finished
in
2021,
as
a
global
pandemic
shuttered
businesses
and
forced
us
to
take
stock
of
what
Earth
was
becoming.
Indirectly,
Ali
captures
this
as
a
moment
of
peace
within
a
raging
storm,
a
conversation
between
past
and
present
without
allegiance
to
suffering.
Now,
given
Khruangbin’s
reach
as
a
unit
with
legions
of
fans
(including
the
likes
of
Jay-Z
and
Paul
McCartney),
they’re
poised
to
bring
Malian
music
to
broader
groups
of
listeners.
Ali
is
a
masterful
work
in
which
the
love
surrounding
it
is
just
as
vital
as
the
music
itself,
driving
it
to
unforeseen
places;
Vieux
and
Khruangbin
are
spreading
the
good
word
to
a
completely
new
generation.
“I
hope
it
takes
them
somewhere
new,
or
puts
them
in
a
place
they
haven't
felt
or
heard,”
Lee
says.
“It
is
about
the
love
of
new
friendship
and
making
something
beautiful
together,”
Vieux
continues.
“It
is
about
pouring
your
love
into
something
old
to
make
it
new
again.
In
the
end
and
in
a
word
it
is
love,
that's
all.”
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