Malian Electro-Dub Meets Animation In This Video From Midnight Ravers
3 Malian and 3 French artists form Midnight Ravers, an audiovisual project that blends traditional West African sounds & electronic beats.
<p>In 2012, three Malian and three French artists connected to form <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Midnight-Ravers-506985322663441/?ref=hl" target="_blank">Midnight Ravers</a></strong>, an audiovisual project that explores the meeting points between traditional West African sounds and electronic beatwork.</p><p>The group—comprised of Malian vocalist <strong>Fatim Kouyate</strong>, electronic n’goni player <strong>Assaba Drame</strong>, producer <strong>Dominique Peter</strong>, kora musician <strong>Mamadou Diabate Sidiki</strong>, illustrator/painter <strong>Emmanuel Prost</strong> and videographer <strong>Pierre Duforeau</strong>—have just put out their sophomore album <em>Sou Kono</em>, a follow-up to last year’s <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/news/mali-midnight-ravers-african-night-life-mixes/#slide1" target="_blank"><em>Le Triomphe du Chaos</em></a>.</p><p>The clip for “Exil” (“Exile”), one of the highlights from the new record, superimposes Prost’s illustrations over idyllic shots of a lone canoe rider going down the Niger River for a unique Bamako visual excursion.</p><p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p>Watch our premiere of the video below and grab Midnight Ravers’ 11-song <em>Sou Kono</em>, <a href="http://cd1d.com/fr/album/sou-kono" target="_blank">available now</a> on Jarring Effects. Catch the band live on their upcoming European tour dates listed underneath and revisit their previous <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNJ4nyc68Rw" target="_blank">video for "Diarabi."</a></p><p><span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c9562ff40c6e48aa63a4a590571fa627"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3tv5FCwS3e0?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span></p><p><strong>Midnight Ravers European Winter Tour Dates</strong></p><p>12/3 @ EMB Sannois</p><p>12/4 @ Bars en Trans -Rennes</p><p>12/5 @ FGO Barbara -Paris</p><p>12/9 @ Transbordeur -Lyon</p><p>12/12 @ La Pêche -Montreuil</p><p>12/14 @ RFI - Bande Passante Live</p><p>12/18 @ Iboat - Bordeaux</p><p>12/19 @ La Basane - Miramont de Guyenne</p>
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