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Tag: Free Interactive Community Concert of the 1000 Drums
THIS IN SHORT (video and images shall follow within the next days; the concerts themselves have been video- and soundrecorded professionally during this last weekend of July): Alpha Oulare accompanied Rama N’Goni and the ensemble Lanaya, the Sam & Reggaemandingband (with them, for the song »Minion Bah«, Korafola Jalikebba Kuyateh), gave demonstrations on the Djembé drum in the workshop area on July 30th; on July 31st he gave a concert with the Rootsmanding Ensemble and finally introduced into the Free Interactive Community Concert of the 1000 Drums. What an effort this year—the festival organizer YILP International association is very thankful against him, recognizing the final festival as successful. (Please visit this post once again to find updates!)
During first soundchecks on Saturday noon, July 30th, 2022, at the Tank Bar No. 1, Leipzig. More guests appeared later… — More photographs will follow soon.
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POSTSCRIPTUM. All recordings from the festival meanwhile can be found here:
The international Inter- and Sociocultural Africa Festival 1000 DRUMS at Leipzig, annual entrance-costfree event, includes the Interactive Community Concert of the 1000 Drums all guest may bring own instruments to. Alpha Oulare usually introduces the players.
What is this new European-African annual free festival project all about?
The Festival startet in 2019 and is supported by the Leipzig cultural office, annually to be held as inter- and sociocultural project. Please support the festival staff of the YILP International association in this!
Digital music conservation from the 1st festival 2019:
You can find the entire recordings from 2019, at the Cultural Factory Leipzig WERK 2, here at the Festival’s public website 1000drums.yilp.de. Listen there-in!
Futuristic Interactive Community Concert 2019 as a later Sound Collage – open for experiments ?
2020 festival sound recordings Germany / The Gambia:
[Audio Feature from the Gambianside festival parts: Mr. Aziz Kuyateh — Mr. Lamin Cham (Champion Sound) — Mr. Bala Ranks — Mr. Rebellion The Recaller (here missing in mix?) — Poco Loco Beach announcement 1 — The African Cultural Band, part 1 — Interview with Mr. Mohamet — The African Cultural Band, part 2 — Poco Loco Beach announcement 2 — Happy Beach Bar: The Taranga Cultural Group with Mborodis and Simba Group, part 1 — Poco Loco Beach Bar: The Taranga Cultural Group with Mborodis and Simba Group, part 2 — The Juffureh Band of Sukuta in The Gambia — Interview with Mr. Kemo — Interview with Mr. Haruna — Interview with Mr. Taylor — Interview with Mr. Ebrima — Poco Loco Beach Bar announcement 3 — The Juffureh Band of Sukuta in The Gambia (73’24“).] (Recordings from the german side, part 1)(Recordings from the german side, part 2)
[»We thank the Internet Archive for preserving here a few recordings from our 2020 Intercultural Africa Festival 1000 Drums: a) as concert bootleg recordings from Leipzig/Germany the African music ensembles LANAYA (followed by short DJ intermission), then WONTANARÁ & madamtamtam* (all in first track) and NDUNGU KINA (second track)«.]
2021 international french friends and festival guests Kokobasai
This an audio-feature having been broadcasted by Radio Blau in advance of the festival. The band are friends of and have been invited by Alpha Oulare himself.
All sound recordings from this festival got lost/deleted/over-written due to technical/logistical mishappening.
2022 international festival recordings — audio/video in process work (look after later!)
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