In the post-internet age we currently bathe in, music fans are spoiled for both quality and quantity. You can dig the debut EP from a garage band in Utrecht and then flip over your browser to find Lil B has scraped out a hard drive and placed a couple of GBs worth of tracks in a cloud for your listening pleasure(?).
As such, the forthcoming career retrospective album of the once great and now missing Amara Touré is a complete outlier. Initially known for cutting his teeth with Le Star Band de Dakar (between 1958 - 1968), Touré then turned African dance music on its head with what became his signature blend of African folk music with Cuban Salsa.
Now African Analogue has assembled his entire recorded output over 30 years for your listening pleasure — and it’s a 10-song album.
If you’ve been on the fence about the virtues of either Afro-Cuban music or the adage “quality not quantity,” then come June 23, Amara Touré 1973 - 1980 is likely to tip you in favor of both.
Amara Touré 1973 - 1980
01. N’Nijo
02. Temedy
03. Lamento Cubano
04. Cuando Llegare
05. Fatou
06. N’ga Digne M’be
07. Salamouti
08. Afalago
09. Tela
10. Africa
• Analogue Africa: https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com
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