Led by composer/arranger and leading UK-based Djembe player, Yahael Camara Onono and featuring members of bands including Kokoroko and Seed Ensemble, Balimaya Project intently synthesize and bridge London’s bustling jazz circuit with traditional repertoire and folklore of the Mandé peoples of West Africa, and in turn connect the music’s contemporary and ancestral forbearers.
Across ‘Driftglass’, Kinoshi embraces styles both past and present to create something that we can call modern. Band members cut across race and gender with original compositions inspired by the social issues of our times.
Released February 8, 2019
PERSONNEL
Yahael Camara Onono – Lead Djembe/Arranger/Composer/ Voice /Sangban
N’famady Kouyaté – Balafon/Sangban/ Voice
Jali Bakary Konte – Kora
Skanda Sabbagh – Dounoun
Adeegun Crispin Robinson – Congas/voice
Paul Goumou – Omele/Shekere/Sakara
Michael Adesina – Lead Talking Drums/Sakara
Moses Olukayode – Talking Drums/Sakara
Yohan Kebede – Keys
Godwin Sonzi – Guitar/voice
Jonathan Monga Moko – Bass/voice
Nathaniel Cross – Trombone
Joe Bristow – Trombone
Elias Ntiamoah Atkinson – Flugelhorn/Trumpet
Ife Ogunjobi – Trumpet
Triston Dubison – Kit
Mariam Tounkara Koné – Solo Vocal
Recorded at: Livingston Studios
Engineered by: Marcus Locock
Mixed by: Marcus Locock
Mastered by: Daz-I-Kue
Date recorded: July 2020
