Delight #9

fanzine curated by Ricardo Cruz aka SUNNY

FLASH INTERVIEW “'Take your broken heart, make it into art”

Carrie Fisher

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SLH “Many years ago, I saw this short film only once at an exhibition of Salvador room of an art gallery. My mind was blown. This collaboration between a surrealist literally brings dreams to life. It is such a blessing to be able to experience the grea brought to life by animation artists - and find it Youtube!.”

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Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabaté

Kulanjan

1999

“Kulanjan” é o nome dado à espécie Alpinia galanga (Gengibre-do-Laos) e a uma faixa do álbum "Ancient Strings", lançado pelo pai de Toumani Diabaté, Sidiki. Foi também o nome escolhido para este álbum de fusão entre as raízes do blues e a música da África Ocidental, que uniu Taj Mahal (oriundo do Harlem) e Toumani Diabaté (nascido a muitos milhares de quilómetros, na cidade de Bamako).

O álbum inclui uma série de stardards dos blues, intercalados com musica tradicional africana, contando para isso com um conjunto de exelentes músicos (a maioria dos quais do Mali): Bassekou Kouyate, Ballake Sissoko, Banning Eyre, Dougouye Koulibaly, Kassemady Diabate, Lucy Duran, Ramata Diakite e Lasana Diabate. Para além da guitarra e da kora, marcam presença diversos instrumentos tradicionais, nomeadamente o 'kamalengoni' (cuja caixa de ressonancia usa uma cabaça da espécie Lagenaria siceraria), o 'ngoni' ao estilo alaúde e o ‘balafon’ (uma espécie de xilofone).

Tem de se dar absoluto destaque à musica de

abertura "Queen Bee", com um “duelo” entre a guitarra ‘resonator’ de Taj Mahal e a kora de Toumani, mas também entre a voz rouca de Taj e a voz doce de Ramata Diakite. Vale a pena conhecer um vídeo desta canção, gravado por Taj, para as "Bloody Sunday Sessions", a bordo de uma carruagem, pelas ruas de New Orleans.

Na “Ol' Georgie Buck”, os instrumentos de cordas africanos são usados como os bandolins nas musicas folk. Entre outras canções, gosto muito da “Take This Hammer”, da “Guede Man Na” ou da “Catfish Blues”, sendo que “Fanta” tem bastante piada pela sua simplicidade e clara diversão dos musicos ao toca-la (e de Taj Mahal a cantar em francês).

Quando jovem, Taj Mahal formou com Ry Cooder a banda Rising Sons. Em comum têm também este gosto pelas raízes da geografia musical. Não é por isso estranho que “Kulanjan” nos faça lembrar "Talking to Timbuktu", que juntou Ry Cooder e Ali Farka Toure. por Indivíduo | projectoindividuo@gmail.com

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