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Eclipse is the experimental new album by Amadou & Mariam, the power couple of West African music. This album comprises a series of concerts, launched ten years ago and recorded in total darkness. This wasn’t done to save electricity but rather to share the performers’ experience of blindness. The spectators no longer focused on what they saw on the stage, just on what they could hear and feel; their ears wide open, sensitive to the atmosphere and the nuance of the music and the stories it tells. This very personal project is also conceived as an autobiographical tale, with a narrator who introduces the songs by recounting the important stages of Amadou & Mariam’s story.
They met in 1975, at the Institute for Young Blind People in Bamako. They soon released their first songs in Mali but would eventually reach international fame and begin collaborating with rock stars. Ivorian actor Isaach de Bankolé has the honour of recounting Amadou & Mariam’s story in a sonic atmosphere which encapsulates the streets of Bamako. The songs performed by Amadou & Mariam follow the same chronology: from the acoustic modesty of the early days to their more recent danceable hits. The show itself featured admirable performances from producers, musicians and technicians who were obviously not accustomed to working in the dark. For the audience, both of that time and today, it’s a whole new sensory experience, immersed in the love and passions of Amadou & Mariam. Definitely worth listening to this one with your eyes closed, too. © Stéphane Deschamps/Qobuz
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Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Isaach de Bankolé, MainArtist
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Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Amadou Bagayoko, Composer
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Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Isaach de Bankolé, MainArtist
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Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Mariam Doumbia, Composer
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Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Isaach de Bankolé, MainArtist
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Idrissa Soumaoro, Composer, MainArtist
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Isaach de Bankolé, MainArtist
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Idrissa Soumaoro, Composer, MainArtist
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Isaach de Bankolé, MainArtist
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Amadou Bagayoko, Composer
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Isaach de Bankolé, MainArtist
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Assitan Keïta, Composer
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Isaach de Bankolé, MainArtist
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Amadou Bagayoko, Composer
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Isaach de Bankolé, MainArtist
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Amadou Bagayoko, Composer
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Isaach de Bankolé, MainArtist
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Amadou Bagayoko, Composer
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Damon Albarn, FeaturedArtist - Isaach de Bankolé, MainArtist
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Damon Albarn, Composer
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Isaach de Bankolé, MainArtist
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Mariam Doumbia, Composer
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Album review
Eclipse is the experimental new album by Amadou & Mariam, the power couple of West African music. This album comprises a series of concerts, launched ten years ago and recorded in total darkness. This wasn’t done to save electricity but rather to share the performers’ experience of blindness. The spectators no longer focused on what they saw on the stage, just on what they could hear and feel; their ears wide open, sensitive to the atmosphere and the nuance of the music and the stories it tells. This very personal project is also conceived as an autobiographical tale, with a narrator who introduces the songs by recounting the important stages of Amadou & Mariam’s story.
They met in 1975, at the Institute for Young Blind People in Bamako. They soon released their first songs in Mali but would eventually reach international fame and begin collaborating with rock stars. Ivorian actor Isaach de Bankolé has the honour of recounting Amadou & Mariam’s story in a sonic atmosphere which encapsulates the streets of Bamako. The songs performed by Amadou & Mariam follow the same chronology: from the acoustic modesty of the early days to their more recent danceable hits. The show itself featured admirable performances from producers, musicians and technicians who were obviously not accustomed to working in the dark. For the audience, both of that time and today, it’s a whole new sensory experience, immersed in the love and passions of Amadou & Mariam. Definitely worth listening to this one with your eyes closed, too. © Stéphane Deschamps/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:47
- Main artists: Amadou & Mariam
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Because Music
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
2022 Because Music 2022 Because Music
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