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Direct From Dakar

Omar Pene & Super Diamono

SKU: LPRW233AFS

Barcode: 0884108009000

20.00 £20.00

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Senegalese vocalist Omar Pene was at the height of his powers when, with his group Super Diamono, he arrived at Real World during the 1995 Recording Week and gifted a live session that blew everybody’s hair back. By then Pene had been with Diamono for over two decades, assuming a captaincy in the ‘80s that saw the band jousting for popularity at home with the mighty Youssou N’Dour. Both acts were rooted in mbalax, Senegal’s explosive, syncopated dance music. Both were pivotal to the development of modern music in Senegal. But instead of the customary tama talking drums, Diamono used horns and guitars. They folded in reggae, and wielded jazz chords. In Ousmane Sow they found a keyboardist with a tough electric sound. Pene’s voice, too, was different: deep, melodious and effortlessly soulful. Ultimately, Direct From Dakar is a party album: an aural snapshot of a dance band in the zone and a lead singer in his element, vibing on collective energy and letting the good times flow.

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Track Listings

  1. Aral Sa Doom
  2. Rer
  3. Soweto
  4. Niane
  5. Gainde
  6. Yaye Boye
  7. Diaraf

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