Musiques d'Afrique:
Youssouf Karembe & Kumo Band
(Mali)
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Youssouf Karembe, born in 1973 in Bandiagara, started playing guitar in the 1990s. Being
a danser of the local orchestra Les Echos de la Falaise de Bandiagara, he became their guitar player later on.
He bought some musical equipment of his own and founded a first group, Yurugu with 6 musicians and 2 dancers,
but the group was shortlived. Youssouf joined the Orchestre Communal de Sagansiré in the town of Mopti.
Two years later, he came back to Bandiagara to get inspiration from the music of the Dogon, such as Sandjiré,
koju pèrè and gona). In 1997, throughout a period of 5 months, he visited various dogon villages
to record and translate traditional songs. He also met dogon artists such as Endielou Dolo, dancer of the famous
Sangha masks, and Etienne Kéné, dogon singer. In 2002, Youssouf Karembe eventually created the Kumo Band, with which he tries to develop a mandingo style music based on dogon traditions, sung in various languages, Dogon, Bambara, Peul, Songhaï and French. Main inspirations are Salif Keita, Boubacar Traoré and Habib Koité. In 2006, their album Youssouf Karembe is now based in Paris, and is doing concerts in bars and restaurants as well as small festivals. He also performed in Belgium and Italy and his music has been used in a few documentary films in France and Germany. Musicians on the Toguna album: Youssouf Karembé : composer, lead vocal, guitar Boubacar Sanogo : guitar Bangnangara Sagara : djembé, tamani, backing vocals Yero Dicko : bass Abdoulaye Senou : calabash In Paris, Youssouf is accompanied by: Jack SELE bass Ibrahim Koné percussion Fred Chabus drums Jean-Noel Bertrand saxophone Youssouf Diabaté kamalen ngoni, tamani Sources: Youssouf Karembé's Press book Youssouf Karembe's Myspace page [external link] Born: 15 September 1973, in Bandiagara Style: afro-fusion, dogon, mande, malinke, mandingo music. |
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| Title | Year | Label | Remarks | |
| Toguna (5-tracks digital release) | 2010 | Self-produced | ||
| Toguna | 2006 | Self-produced |
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