ASSIKO GOLDEN BAND DE GRAND YOFF - Magg Tekki LP Magazines Bildern und persönlichen Erinnerungen die

Bildern und persönlichen Erinnerungen die bewegte Geschichte des Studios nach: von den goldenen 50er und 60er Jahren über Zeiten der Öffnung wie Stagnation bis zur späten Blüte

Pretty darlin’ indeed

droning piece of dark ambient

Contained therein is not only commentary on the weak and prosaic state of the last decades endlessly recycled and not-nearly-violent-enough releases

hope and catharsis find a way to shine through the mire in the duo’s implementation of space and tonal balance

ASSIKO GOLDEN BAND DE GRAND YOFF - Magg Tekki LP Magazines Bildern und persönlichen Erinnerungen dieAssiko Golden Band de Grand Yoff is the sprawling drum collective tearing up Dakar's nightlife scene. Senegalese poet Djiby Ly (Wau Wau Collectif) is backed by fourteen different percussive instruments plus horns, winds, balafon, and the occasional accordion, combining Count Ossie's spiritually elevated polyrhythms with Fela Kuti's orchestra and Tony Allen's groove. Based in the impoverished neighborhood of Grand Yoff and operating as a mutual aid