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- country:Guinea
- region:West Africa
- style(s):World
- label:not signed
- type:Band, Composer/Songwriter
- gender:male
- instrumentation:instrumental, vocal, percussion, woodwind, singer songwriter, jazz combo, piano, guitar
- artist contact:Artefix Music Publishing Agency
Line up
- Ablaye Kouyate (Guitar )
- Alberto Piano (Keyboard)
- Francis (Drums)
- Papis Dioubate (Bass Guitar)
- Sekou Band Leader (Lead Singer & Electric Kora )
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Sekou Kouyate started off touring internationally with his parents, and then with his cousin Ba Cissoko, withwho he gained his international reputation as one of the worlds best Kora players.The Guinean Kora virtuoso, singer and composer,invented the electriVed Kora at the amazing age of 12 -and went on to pioneer the sound with Wah Wah pedals, fast riffs, experimental distortions and rock and
jazz-in]uenced playing.
The multi-awarded Kouyate's music is rooted in his West African traditions and in]uenced by the contemporary Blues, Soul, Funk and Jazz, that has also been his early inspirations. Sekou´s sound, mode of playing and the invention of the electric Kora, has inspired a whole new generation of Kora players.
fROOTS wrote: his First new turns out to be the best....the breadth and depth of Sekou’s performances as an outstanding kora player.... Inevitably his stunning technique on the electric kora played through a wah wah pedal have brought simplistic comparisons with Jimi Hendrix but it would be easy to argue that Sekou’s approach is less Qashy and more disciplined'..
Sekou won the GOLD MEDAL GLOBAL MUSIC AWARDS, Top Ten list of World Music Charts Europe for 3 months, on Transglobal World Music Chart Top 20, on The Global Village Top 40 and was selected for 'World Music Charts Europe Best 100 Albums.'
He has been called a "Musical Genius" and "The most exiting musician to have come out of the New Generation of the African Continent" and "Worlds best Kora player of his Generation”. Constantly curious and freely experimenting with new sounds, Sekou’s ideas have many sound layers that he extracts from this rich instrument, with its endless possibilities for complex combinations of tones and polyrhythms, and which he performs with great individual expression. Singing with his velvet soft, rich voice, and performing with such abundance of feeling and technique, it is always an emotionally rewarding experience to enjoy Sekou Kouyate´s music. His music is a groovy, soulfull mix of classical Mandingo, and details of Blues, Flaminco, Soul, Jazz and Afro Pop. Hard to descirbe in few terms, Sekou Kouyate has created a music style of
its own.