ADAMA NAMAKORO FOMBA : ALLAH ANW DEMÊ

When I've heard this song for the first time at Bamako on a friend K7 tape, my mind couldn't escape from those so charming background vocals  chorus sung in french with malian pronunciation :
" Que dieu me sauve la vie, que dieu m'aide, la vie , la vie de tout les jours" ( "May god save my life, may god help my life, my everyday life.." ) over a  minimalist  hypnotic-bluesy musical pattern.
Despite couples of hours spent asking to K7 and Cd street vendors about Adama Namakoro Fomba recordings, the only one I found was a old  second-hand k7.
Adama's music melts bamanan music elements with a strong wassoulon musical background infuences and despite a recognize from a small following audience, his carreer seems goes slowly for few years, and  the topic of the song reflects  the same deeply sad feeling, singing  how much is difficult to be fed by making music, chanting about alternates jobs he done to try to survive and  asking to god to save and help him.
I really like Philippe Berthier 's production on this one :
Those drums patterns roughly  cutted, this guitar with cheap distording  sound ( seems to be a Zoom guitar box fx or somthing like that)  added with harmonica parts from Vincent Bucher goes perfect on this tune  and  gives  a brilliant global and very original  handcrafted  and rooted touch.
Album was recorded in 98 in Studio Bogolan at Bamako with Philippe Wermert at the mixing-desk
A masterpiece from mali pop music, according to me.
Hope you'll appreciate it too.
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Word, music Adama Namakoro Fomba
Adama Namakoro Fomba vocals, calabash, donso n'goni
Ramata Diakité, Tata Diakité, Lobi Traoré, Adama Traoré, background vocals
Vincent Bucher Harmonica
Koko Dembélé guitars,
Kalifa Koné guitars bass,
Abdoul Wahab Berthé bass, karignan,
Dramane Sissoko djembé,
Philippe Berthier realisation,
Produced by Philippe Berthier
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Here is another song from Adama Namakoro Fomba, same  kind  of minimal bluesy pattern, same kind of backing vocals that raise-up  over his hypnotic repetitive melody with strongs wassoulon influences on 2nd part.
Adama Namakora Fomba  is definitly one my favorite artist from Mali.
So much soul can be heard on his voice and his music is as much brilliant as evident and simple.
A very underrated artist, for my opinion 

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