Album
The Traveller
2015 · Electronic, Folk, World, & Country
Rare pressing on Gatefold
The Traveller is an Electronic album by Baaba Maal, originally released in 2015. On Gatefold: 3 pressings tracked.
About
On <i>The Traveller</i>, Senegalese singer Baaba Maal enlists Johan Hugo, of London Afropop group The Very Best, for a reflective blend of West African traditionalism and darkly futuristic electronic production. In "Fulani Rock," Maal's soaring voice is Auto-Tuned into an alien wail and set over mesmerising guitars, while "Gilli Men" deploys cavernous digital reverb. The musicians' fondness for dichotomy is clear as the album concludes: On "War," poet Lemn Sissay decries armed conflict over rumbling drums, while "Peace" uses the same words, but sweeter music, to cleverly invert Sissay's downbeat prognostication.
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Tracklist
- 1Fulani Rock4:44
- 2Gilli Men4:59
- 3One Day3:56
- 4Kalaajo4:34
- 5Lampenda3:45
- 6Traveller4:07
- 7Jam Jam4:28
- 8War4:10
- 9Peace6:25
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Ambient & Downtempo
- dreamy
- hypnotic
- spiritual
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ahmet MallBACKING VOCALS
- Aliou DiuofBACKING VOCALS
- Alioune DioufBACKING VOCALS
- Baaba MaalWRITTEN BY, GUITAR WRITTEN BY, GUITAR, VOCALS
- Baba Gallé KanteFLUTE
- Dean RossPIANO
- JdiodjeBACKING VOCALS
- Jim PalmerPERCUSSION
- Kalifa BaldiGUITAR
- Lemn SissayLEAD VOCALS WRITTEN BY, LEAD VOCALS
- Mamadou SarrPERCUSSION
- SeyeGUITAR , VOCALS
- Seye AdelekanBASS GUITAR
- Ted DwayneBASS
- Winston MarshallBANJO
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 3 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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