Ko-Yan | ||||
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Released | 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1989 | |||
Genre | Malian music | |||
Length | 42:07 | |||
Language | Malinké | |||
Label | Mango | |||
Producer | François Breant | |||
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Ko-Yan is an album by the Malian musician Salif Keita.[1][2] It was released in 1989 by Mango Records.[3] It was recorded in Paris.[4]
The album contains more influence from Western music, while still maintaining a traditional style. All the songs were written by Keita, including "Nou Pas Bouger", one of his first hits.
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Hi-Fi News & Record Review | A*:1[5] |
The New York Times wrote: "Synthesizers and Western horns perk along (sometimes sounding like Weather Report on Ko-Yan), but the underlying rhythms percolate in triple time, and it's hard for a Western ear to predict where Mr. Keita's vocal lines, and the responses of his female backup singers, will begin or end."[6] The Edmonton Journal noted that Keita's music "injects the stirring traditional rhythms of Mali with nourishing contemporary textures—funk, soca, and soul."[7]
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