Balla et ses Balladins

THE SYLIPHONE YEARS (BEN GOMORI EDITS)

Stern Edits

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Sterns Edits Returns After Their Well Received And Recently Repressed Amadou Balake Excursions, This Time With Ben Gomori Turning His Hand To Guinea For A Third Instalment In The Series Of Re-works From The Sterns Music Catalogue Of African Gems. Balla Et Ses Balladins Were One Of Guinea S National Orchestras Formed As A Result Of The Newly Elected President, Sekou Toures Authenticite Policy Of The Early 1960s, Which Sought To Promote Guinea S Cultural Identity Following Independence From France In 1958. Gomori Takes The Scalpel To Two Cuts Recorded During Their Years On The State-run Syliphone Label, Making Good Use Of Bandleader Balla S Lively Trumpet Playing. The Gently Haunting Nyo Is Taken On A Stomping Slo-mo Chug With A Head-nodding Bassline And Stuttering Fx Creating A Shimmering Effect On The Tropical Guitars, While The Rousing Horns Of Wilikabo Are Laid Over With Rasping Synth Bass For A Punchy Juxtaposition. Sterns Edits Is An Official Collaboration Between African Music Stalwarts Sterns Music And London S Ben Gomori.