Viva Bawobab S1/ Si Bou Odja, by Orchestra Baobab (Baobab-Gouye-Gui de Dakar)

Viva Bawobab S1/ Si Bou Odja

by Orchestra Baobab (Baobab-Gouye-Gui de Dakar)

supported by

𓂀_The_Bandcamper_Whose_Name_Is_A_Symbol thumbnail

more...

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

£5 GBP or more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Tight yet spontaneously creative, a legendary band caught at the peak of their powers, now officially available in its original format on vinyl and digitally for the first time in almost 40 years.

A1 Sibou Odia (Full Length)
A2 Sotante Xalat
A3 Bon Bon I

B1 Autorail
B2 Sou Sedhiou
B3 Ndiambaane

Includes unlimited streaming of Viva Bawobab S1/ Si Bou Odja via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 3 days

Purchasable with gift card

£17 GBP or more

1.	Sibou Odia (Full Length) 14:36	buy track
2.	Sotante Xalat 06:56	buy track
3.	Bon Bon I 06:27	buy track
4.	Autorail 07:05	buy track
5.	Sou Sedhiou 07:38	buy track
6.	Ndiambaane 09:49	buy track

about

In the same year, 1981, that Orchestra Baobab recorded their second album under the direction of budding young Senegalese producer, Ibrahima Sylla, the Japanese electronics company Sony, held a press conference in Vienna to announce their version of the Compact Disc. In attendance was Herbert von Karajan, conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic and the urban myth – albeit possibly true – that the maximum length of 74 minutes of music then available for a CD, was because this allowed the entire length of Karajan's recording of Beethoven's 9 th Symphony, to fit on one disc.

Fast forward 12 years to London in 1993 and Sterns' release of Baobab's 'Bamba' CD which combined tracks from the two vinyl albums 'Mouhamadou Bamba' & 'Viva Bawobab S1/ Si Bou Odja', and Sterns had a problem. What tracks to keep, what to drop and once you'd decided that, how to fit them all onto a CD in under 74 minutes? The solution was to edit, primarily by fading early, one of the longest tracks of the selection.

Accordingly the first track of this album, “Sibou Odia”, was reduced from 14'35” to 13'41” and, in most cases, none were the wiser as the suggestion to call the CD version an “Edit” had been dropped on the basis that nobody would believe a 13+ minutes track was an edit! Now of course, such restrictions don't exist and either via a repiication of its original format on vinyl, or through the digital medium, you can hear the full-length version as first intended.

And it's fascinating, not just this track but the whole album. The band is young, energetic and confident of their abilities. In the 'missing' 66 seconds you hear them live, in the studio, working together to close what indeed was something of an epic performance. And it's not just the musicians who have greater confidence. The recording itself is more accomplished, better balanced. However effective the echoey ambiance of, for example, “Mouhamadou Bamba” was on the first album, you don't find the same tricks here. They're not needed. Instead the core unit of bass, drums and guitar, ably abetted by more percussion, a second guitar and on-the-button horns, provide a solid foundation from which the five vocalists and featured instrumentalists can launch and then soar.

credits

released November 20, 2020

Issa Cissoko: alto and tenor saxophone
Peter Udo: clarinet
Montaga Konate: drums & percussion
Balla Sidibe: vocals & timbales
Thione Seck: vocals & timbales
Ndiouga Dieng: vocals & tumbas
Rodolph Gomis: vocals & percussion
Medoune Diallo: vocals
Barthélemy Attisso: lead guitar
Pape Bâ: guitar
Charles Ndiaye: bass guitar

Produced by Ibrahima Fall
Executive producer and artistic direction: Ibrahima Sory Sylla
Recorded and mixed at Studio Golden Baobab

Album cover painting by Djibathen "Laye" Sambou

Music and arrangements: Gouye-Gui de Dakar

license

about

Sterns Music London, UK

African and Brazilian music specialists since 1983.

First British record label to release recordings by Salif Keita, Youssou N'Dour, and Franco & OK Jazz.

Dedicated to bringing to the world the sublime music of Africa and its diaspora. ... more

contact / help

Contact Sterns Music

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Viva Bawobab S1/ Si Bou Odja, you may also like:

Star Band de Dakar: Psicodelia Afro-Cubana de Senegal
by Star Band de Dakar

supported by 21 fans who also own “Viva Bawobab S1/ Si Bou Odja”

This song sells it for me. Family Feet
go to album
Orchestre Massako (Limited Dance Edition Nr. 14)
by Analog Africa

supported by 21 fans who also own “Viva Bawobab S1/ Si Bou Odja”

Amazing recordings, thanks! Switch Groove
go to album
The Dancing Devils of Djibouti
by Groupe RTD

supported by 21 fans who also own “Viva Bawobab S1/ Si Bou Odja”

April 2022 - I’m finally listening to this through headphones and appreciating the music all the more. Great album. Family Feet
go to album
Love Songs Vol.2
by Yishak Banjaw

Dizzying, psych-y organ-based songs from Senegal; imagine an even-trippier Hailu Mergia and you're getting close. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 3, 2016
go to album
JOOLA JAZZ
by IBAAKU

Influenced by spiritual jazz, Afrobeat, and various forms of African club music, the Senegalese producer's grooves contain multitudes. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 25, 2024
go to album
Greek Fusion Orchestra Vol.2
by Kyriakos Sfetsas

A lost classic of Greek jazz, this collection of songs threads snakelike melodies through a bubbling cauldron of drums. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 8, 2019
go to album
Maguidala
by Pedro Lima

supported by 20 fans who also own “Viva Bawobab S1/ Si Bou Odja”

Un vrai petit coin de Paradis!!! Epock dj
go to album