Mamar Kassey

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Mamar Kassey
Mamar Kassey at the Festival du Bout du Monde (2014)
Mamar Kassey at the Festival du Bout du Monde (2014)
General information
origin Niger
Genre (s) World music
founding 1995
Current occupation
Yacouba Moumouni
Boubacar Souleymane
Abdourhamane Bombou Albarka
three-stringed molo , two-stringed komsa
Seyni Alidou
Ousmane Abdou
Abdoulkarim Mamadou
Choir, dance
 Lamarana Bah
Choir, dance
 Fati Amadou

Mamar Kassey is a world music group from Niger . It is one of the best-known Nigerien music groups that are also successful abroad. Her style is attributed to the “musique tradi-modern” widespread in her homeland.

history

Mamar Kassey was founded on November 22, 1995 under the leadership of the singer and flautist Yacouba Moumouni . The name of the eight-member band refers to the Songhai ruler Askia Mohammad I , who is also known under the name Mamar Kassey. Greater attention gained the band the first time in 1997 by taking part in the festival Nuits Atypiques de Koudougou in Burkina Faso Koudougou , the invitations to partner Festival Nuits Atypiques in Langon in France and the Festival Mundial in Tilburg in the Netherlands support had.

Mamar Kassey's international breakthrough came in 1999. Her debut album, Denké-Denké , was released that year . Performances in Europe at music festivals such as the Dunya Festival in Rotterdam and the Tanz & FolkFest in Rudolstadt as well as in clubs such as the New Morning in Paris took place. In 2002 and 2005 the band toured North America . The Tournée La Route des Tropiques , carried out together with the Salem Tradition group from Réunion , took Mamar Kassey across West Africa in 2006 .

style

Bandleader Yacouba Moumouni at Kamele Ngoni (2014)

Mamar Kassey's style in Niger is attributed to musique tradi-modern (also néotraditionnelle ), i.e. a contemporary further development of traditional African music . In the western context, they are often classified in the world music categories of ethnojazz , ethnopop , afropop or worldbeat . In comparison with the Malian musicians Ali Farka Touré and Boubacar Traoré , who practiced a similar style, Mamar Kassey's use of modern instruments such as the electric guitar over traditional acoustic instruments and a call-and-response pattern for singing is more important Background. The classic instruments used by Mamar Kassey include the Kalangou drum and the Komsa and Molo lutes .

Discography

Albums

  • 1999: Denké-Denké (Daqui)
  • 2001: Alatoumi (World Village)
  • 2013: Taboussizé Niger (Innacor)

Awards

  • 2001: Silver medal at the 4th Francophonie Games in Ottawa
  • 2001: Palmes Académiques of the Republic of Niger
  • 2001: Tamani d'Or from La Musique Nigérienne in Bamako

Web links

Commons : Mamar Kassey  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Mamar Kassey - Nouvelle Création. (PDF) Innacor, 2013, pp. 3–4 , accessed on October 10, 2015 (French).
  2. ^ A b Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 328 .
  3. ↑ Brian Beatty: think-think AllMusic Review. In: Allmusic . Retrieved October 10, 2015 .
  4. ^ Mamar Kassey Discography. In: Allmusic . Retrieved October 10, 2015 .
  5. ^ Mamar Kassey Discography. In: Discogs . Retrieved October 10, 2015 .