Wagadu Grooves The Hypnotic Sound of Camara 1987​-​2016

• Mamadou Tangoudia – Kori
• Halima Kissima Touré – Koolo Fune
• Lassana Hawa Cissoko – Ñogome
• Hadja Soumano – Nteri Diaba
• Naïny Diabaté – Sankoy Djeli
• Mah Kouyaté – Soso
• Halima Kissima Touré – Alla Da Fo Ña
• Ami Traoré – Tenedo
• Babani Koné – Soyeba
• Kaniba Oule Kouyaté – Songne Bela
• Diaby Doua – Boliñaame
• Diobo Fode – Yexu
• Halima Kissima Touré – Duna
• Hadja Soumano – Ayebo

• 1. Mamadou Tangoudia – Kori
• 2. Halima Kissima Touré – Koolo Fune
• 3. Lassana Hawa Cissoko – Ñogome
• 4. Hadja Soumano – Nteri Diaba
• 5. Naïny Diabaté – Sankoy Djeli
• 6. Mah Kouyaté – Soso
• 7. Halima Kissima Touré – Alla Da Fo Ña
• 8. Ami Traoré – Tenedo
• 9. Babani Koné – Soyeba
• 10. Kaniba Oule Kouyaté – Songne Bela
• 11. Diaby Doua – Boliñaame
• 12. Diobo Fode – Yexu
• 13. Halima Kissima Touré – Duna
• 14. Hadja Soumano – Ayebo

In 1977, Gaye Mody Camara, a young Soninke raised in Mali's Kayes region, settled in France to found his own empire modelled psychically after the great Soninko empire. Initially selling wax, kola nuts and other goods in his Parisian outlets, he rapidly started distributing cassette tapes and eventually producing a multitude of recordings for his own label, Camara Production. Crossing paths and collaborating over the next four decades with legendary artists, griots and industry moguls like Boncana Maiga and Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Camara became one of the great independent music producers of his generation, and a pillar of the Parisian Soninke diaspora. Released in close collaboration with Camara and with the assistance of Daouda N'diaye, one of A.P.S' (Association pour la Promotion de la langue et de la culture Soninke) historical members, this selection of songs and accompanying notes aim to shed a light on an intricate culture and its modern music, unjustifiably unknown outside of West Africa and the various diasporas around the world.