Ausecuma Beats - Dakar Bamako (2024) [Hi-Res]

In late 2022, Boubacar Gaye and Bassdi Koné, members of the Melbourne-based Afro-Cuban ensemble Ausecuma Beats, returned to West Africa in the culmination of an idea that had been brewing since the world first went into lockdown in early 2020. The pair wanted to return to their homes in Dakar and Bamako respectively, to be reunited with family, friends, country, and with the vibrant music communities in those cities they had left behind when emigrating to Australia. More than this, they had a vision of bringing their three home cities - Melbourne, Australia; Dakar, Senegal; and Bamako, Mali - together in an album that celebrated the intense creative energy coursing through the streets of these three places. Ausecuma Beats’ third studio album, Dakar Bamako, features a total of fourteen musicians from three cities around the world, coming together in a true cross-cultural collaboration that celebrates stories of migration, cooperation and the unifying power of music and dance as a force to bring humanity together.

‘Dakar Bamako’ featured the following personnel:

Bassidi Kone - balafon
Boubacar Gaye - doun doun, djembe, vocals (A2, A3)
Khalifa Kone - balafon, vocals (A1, A3)
Baye Cheikh Diaga - tama
Diango Diabate - ngoni (A3, B1)
Ousseynou Claude Diaw - drum kit
Elish Cissoko - kora
Lamine Faye - bass guitar
Magou Saliou Samb - vocals (A2)
Mamadou Lamine Fall - percussion, sabar
Mariama Konaté - vocals ( B1)
Pape Makhtar Faye - electric guitar
QUEEN DOLLARS - vocals (A1) (A3)
Tiemoko Koné - vocals (A1, A3)



Tracklist:
1.01 - Ausecuma Beats - Farafina (4:53)
1.02 - Ausecuma Beats - Bamba (3:23)
1.03 - Ausecuma Beats - Dakar Bamako (4:24)
1.04 - Ausecuma Beats - Dream (3:31)
1.05 - Ausecuma Beats - Jeunesse Africaine (4:39)
1.06 - Ausecuma Beats - Yole (3:39)
1.07 - Ausecuma Beats - The Feeling of Dakar (Dakar Vibes) (5:51)