super onze: gao

Electrified sessions of takamba, the ghostly drone from Northern Mali. Staccato calabash percussion carries shredding traditional guitar. Improvised praise for Yehia the holy man, by masters Super Onze, recorded in the early '90s. Distortion and fuzz from pickups and tape hiss reveal the soundscape of the dusty Northern villages, where takamba blares from radios, boomboxes, and old cassette tapes. First ever Super Onze vinyl release, limited 500 copies with screenprinted covers.