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Falaw

by Luka Productions

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Vinyl issue of Luka Production's groundbreaking future Malian electronic record, Falaw

    Orders ship from the Sahel Sounds office in Portland, OR every Tuesday.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Falaw via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $20 USD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    4-panel Digipack of Luka Production's new album of contemporary Malian electronics meets tradition, Falaw

    Orders ship from the Sahel Sounds office in Portland, OR every Tuesday.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Falaw via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $12 USD or more 

     

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1.
Falaw 03:14
2.
Bbni 03:44
3.
Forêt 03:32
4.
A Tara 03:33
5.
Tolobana 03:21
6.
Indienfoli 01:55
7.
Kodouma 02:44
8.
Badjan 03:48
9.
Djessou 04:26
10.
Sitanba 03:31
11.
Deli 05:34
12.
Damonson 04:03
13.
Dogonodoon 03:12

about

Luka Productions presents Falaw, an innovative take on West African Hip Hop and sample-based folktronica. A follow up from the acclaimed Malian “new age” inspired Fasokan (2017), Luka Guindo turns his focus to the rich cultural heritage of Manding music. Eschewing wholly PC-based sequencing, Falaw invites a number of traditional performers to join him in the studio. Griots recount sage stories over Luka’s sweeping synth pads while ngonis shred pentatonic solos to the crash of sequenced drum samples. Paying homage to the storyteller, combined with regional styles of lyrical Hip Hop, Falaw offers advice on modern living, with heartfelt songs about loss, love, and life.

Luka Productions is the creation of Luka Guindo, based in Bamako, Mali. With a musical training in West African gospel music, Luka is one of Bamako’s hardest working producers, churning out tracks for scores of popular artists in the regional scenes of thumping electro Balani Show and lightning hi-energy Hip Hop, and he brings this varied experience to Falaw. Tracks like BBNI offer Luka’s version of the melodic Bamako Hip Hop banger, while Forêt features lush acoustic ngoni with looping call and response. In addition to his work sequencing and producing, Luka plays a variety of instruments across the tracks, performing vocals, djembe, synthesizer, guitar, and bass.

The effect is both otherworldly while seemingly organic. Creating at the confluence of electronic and tradition, Falaw is destined to be a future classic, both at home in Mali and abroad. In a genre where all too often “modern” is used exclusively to indicate Western collaborators, Falaw is a groundbreaking entry into homemade fourth world music and a suggestion of the future Malian sound. Comes with full lyric translations.

credits

released May 24, 2019

All compositions by Luka Guindo
Luka Guindo - Vocals, Sequencing, Piano, Bass, Calabass, Djembe
Abdoulaye “Kandiafa” Koné - Ngoni - Elise Sangaré - Bass Guitar (1, 6, 10, 12) - Doul P Lolo Koura - Vocals (5)
Baba - Piano & Balani (6, 10, 12) - Fanga Koura - Vocals (7) - Djessou Sissoko - Vocals (8, 9)
Moise Sangara - Drums (6, 10, 12) - Badjigui Camarra - Vocals (11) - Rokia Koné - Vocals (12)

Photos and conception Aboubacar Traore - Cover art Christopher Kirkley
Produced by Luka Productions - Mastering Timothy Stollenwerk
Sahel Sounds, 2019

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Luka Productions Bamako, Mali

Luka Productions is Luka Guindo, rapper, producer, and multi-instrumentalist and producer of contemporary Malian Hip Hop. Working from a small studio in the Malian capital city, Luka has built a reputation as one of the most prodigious beatmakers. Working with artists such as Supreme Talent Show, Ami Yerewolo, Iba One, and Van Baxy, Luka Productions is a household name in Bamako’s Hip Hop scene. ... more

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