FALATO

Description

"Falatô" is the third studio album by Massa Dembele. WORLD Burkina Faso Massa Dembele is a singer-songwriter, griot, percussionist, and master of the Kamele N'Goni, a traditional West African harp. He grew up in Nouna, the provincial capital of western Burkina Faso, which he left nine years ago to share his music with an international audience. His journey first took him to Ghana, where he recorded his first album for the Canadian label Izniz. Today, he lives between Hamburg and Constance. "Falatô" is his first album with an expanded lineup. Drums, bass, guitar, vibrant synthesizer solos, punchy brass, and above all, the voice and Kamele N'Goni of Massa Dembele: recorded in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, with local musicians, the album brings together afrobeat and jazz, West African soul, desert blues, and griot music. The album evokes both Fela Kuti and Ali Farka Touré, while carrying a deeply personal signature: Massa Dembele's raspy and powerful voice, along with the hypnotic cascades of his N'Goni, give him an immediately recognizable identity.