Frikyiwa Collection, Vol. 1

Amazon.com
Part of the Six Degrees Records Travel Series, this collection mixes traditional African melodies and instruments with modern electronic music. Six Degrees Records states that they're "particularly interested in genre-bending hybrids that include a variety of musical styles, as well as a mix of the ancient and the modern." DJ Spider's remix of Ibrahim Hamma Dicko--a singer-composer from northern Mali--and Natty Bass Sound System's remix of Djigui--a rare player of the bolon, the most rural of Malian instruments--certainly indicate a commitment to genre bending. Going perhaps a step further, Chari Chari, from Tokyo, provides a dance-floor dimension to the Malian electric guitar playing of Lobi Traore, remixing it to an infectious house beat. There's an unmistakable African flavor throughout this collection, but the various remixing strategies give it an extra dimension that removes it from the strictly traditional. --Wally Shoup

Tracks:

Yankaw (Bassino Dub Mix) - Nahawa Doumbia
Koroduga (Setagaya-Segou Soul River Drive Mix) - Lobi Traore
Sida (Spider Mix) - Ibrahim Hamma Dicko
Ladilikan (Vocal Mix) - Djigui
Ladilikan (Dub Mix) - Djigui
Cinporoko Nonougoro (Jeff Sharel Mix) - Neba Solo
Fatien (New Sector Movement Mix) - Nahawa Doumbia
Djoro (Aphrodisiac Hana-Bi Sessions Mix) - Abdoulaye Diabate
Baba (Baba Sorcery Dub Mix) - Ibrahim Hamma Dicko

Amazon.com

Part of the Six Degrees Records Travel Series, this collection mixes traditional African melodies and instruments with modern electronic music. Six Degrees Records states that they're "particularly interested in genre-bending hybrids that include a variety of musical styles, as well as a mix of the ancient and the modern." DJ Spider's remix of Ibrahim Hamma Dicko--a singer-composer from northern Mali--and Natty Bass Sound System's remix of Djigui--a rare player of the bolon, the most rural of Malian instruments--certainly indicate a commitment to genre bending. Going perhaps a step further, Chari Chari, from Tokyo, provides a dance-floor dimension to the Malian electric guitar playing of Lobi Traore, remixing it to an infectious house beat. There's an unmistakable African flavor throughout this collection, but the various remixing strategies give it an extra dimension that removes it from the strictly traditional. --Wally Shoup

Customer Reviews:

Great exercise music.......2001-02-11

I love a number of cuts on this CD and use it for exercise because some of the longer songs are upbeat, rhythmic, and a little repetative (in a good way).

tantalizing idea poorly executed.......2000-10-03

As a great fan of Afropop in general, and of the overall Six Degrees-type approach to things, this one looked like a no-brainer. Like the other reviewer, though, I came away disappointed. There is certainly enough African material for Six Degrees-type remixes to last until the next century, and I think such projects are potentially very worthwhile, but the source material used here doesn't seem all that strong. Of course, it's kind of hard to tell because a thick gauze of electronic mush is draped over the whole proceedings. I don't hear anything innovative or inspired here, which is a real shame because the concept has such fantastic and varied possibilities. This one strikes out, but I hope Six Degrees pursues it in the future with the same vigor they've given South American treatments, for example.

I Want To Like This Disc.......2000-09-02

As an aficionado of both African music and dance remixes, I had high hopes for "Frikyiwa," but after several listenings I feel like I want more. More diversity in styles (in terms of both African sources and dance genres), more radical reconstruction, and personally more junglism. As it is, "Frikyiwa" contains only middling performances--and those in small bites--and mediocre, mainly Euro-style beats, plus two dub tracks that while good dub have only tiny bits of African sounds. While this disc should (and has) gotten credit for being an attempt to concentrate on African/dance fusions, I am looking more forward to what will progress out of this than with "Frikyiwa" itself.

great new music.......2000-07-01

i first heard this album on mnemba island..african music at it,s best a must for your collection

Average customer rating:

Frikyiwa Collection, Vol. 1
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Friky
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Euro Dance | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Mali | Africa | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Compilations | International | Styles | Music

Acid Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Styles | Music

Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music

International | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00004RKKK
Release Date: 2000-05-01

Tracks:

Yankaw [Bassino Dub Mix] - Nahawa Doumbia
Koroduga [Setagaya-Segou Soul River Drive Mix] - Lobi Traor
Sida [Spider Mix] - Ibrahim Hamma Dicko
Ladilikan [Dub Mix] - Djigui
Ladilikan [Dub Mix] - Djigui
Cinporoko Nonougoro [Jeff Sharel Mix] - Neba Solo
Fatien [New Sctor Movement Mix] - Nahawa Doumbia
Djoro [Aphrodisiac Hana-Bi Sessions Mix] - Abdoulaye Diabate
Baba [Baba Sorcery Dub Mix] - Ibrahim Hamma Dicko

Album Description

Past, present and future all in one. Traditional African pop remixed by the doyens of electronica. For fans of the Afro-celts, Youssou N'Dour and Nitin Sawhney. 9 tracks from suchartists as Nahawa Doumbia, Lobi Traore & Ibrahim Hamma Dicko with remixes by Aqua Bassino, Chari Chari, DJ Spider & Natty Bass Sound System. 2000 release. Digipak.

Album Details

Electronic Remixes of Traditional African Music. Includes Remixes by Aqua Bassino, Chari Chari, Spider, Nady Bass Sound System, and More.