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African griot singing for the village-chief of Diafarabé during a marriage

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felix.blume

December 16th, 2012

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Sound effects > Human sounds and actions
Diafarabé, Mopti, Mali
Mali

A griot is singing during a marriage in a small village of Mali (Africa). He is singing for the village chief of Diafarabé (Kader). He is part of the "peul" people.

Recorded by a MS setup Sennheiser MKH50+MKH30
Mixer Sound Devices 302
Recorder Minidisc
Recorded in 2005
MS is encoded in Stereo Left-Right

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Diafarab
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peul
peule
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sing
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village-chief

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Wave (.wav)

Duration

0:46.801

File size

8.6 MB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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NeilMc

12 years, 1 month ago

This is wicked. Nice one Felix.

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NeilMc

12 years, 1 month ago

This is wicked. Nice one Felix.

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alessio.buso...

12 years, 5 months ago

can i use this in a song im making?

felix.blume

12 years, 10 months ago

Many thanks passivevibes for your comment and your info about griot in Mali!
all best

Félix

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passivevibes

12 years, 10 months ago

I freaking love this! Let us note that Griots in Mali are probably the oldest surviving musical culture, ie, all other music originates from this!

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