Shaadü

“Probably my favorite track!” Kiledjian said. “Maybe because Shaadü’s 9/8 rhythm was played on sea washed sticks picked up on the beach. Maybe also because, while listening to it, Sako Wana, a griot from Bobo Dioulasso, identified a local ceremonial rhythm and asked to sing to it. In Bwamu (a dialect of the Bwaba ethnic group living in southeastern Mali and Burkina Faso), he praises the courage of those who, at all levels of society, build a better life by giving their best. “Don’t be afraid, because fear is weakness. This is the moment when each of us must awaken our inner genius, not to impress others but for ourselves.” “This psychedelic, mystical funk is in a class of its own, and I’m really happy about that !”