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PRINCE DIABATE & EDOUARD CHAIZE DIABATE
ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC DUO: KORA, N'GONI GROOVE, ROOTS & FUSION
INTRODUCTION
Prince Diabate and Edouard Chaize Diabate, two prodigious talents from different continents, invite us along as they embark on a captivating journey combining traditional and contemporary rhythms based on Prince's Manden musical roots. To this they layer in textures from the Fouta and Pulaar regions of Guinea and Northern Mali along with Flamenco, Reggae and Cuban influences. They also punctuate their performance with brief explanations of the history and significance of the music, plus descriptions of the instruments.
PRINCE DIABATE: KORA, KAMELEN N'GONI, VOCALS
Prince Diabate hails from a prominent Malinke family from Guinea, West Africa. He learned his art from his father, Djeli Sory Diabate. Breaking with tradition, Djeli Sory taught Prince's mother to play kora and the young boy became an exceptionally early starter by accompanying his parents to their concerts throughout West Africa. At the age of nine he caught the attention of the former President of Guinea, the late Ahmed Sekou Toure, who personally enrolled him into the national music school in Conakry.
Considered to be one of the leading kora players of his generation, Prince Diabate brings not only mastery over his ancestral tradition, but a commitment to renew it through fresh ideas and exchanges with musicians from many cultures. His years in the USA have produced collaborations with artists and groups as diverse as The New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Adam del Monte (Flamenco), Paul Livingstone (sitar) and Grammy winners Ozomatli (Hip-Hop/Latin rock.) The musically adventurous griot has incorporated reggae, rap and blues into his work and has adapted the music of the Wassolou people to his repertoire, which he plays on the kamelen n'goni, the traditional instrument of the hunter clan. The result is his own unique creation: a fresh, powerful brand of modern Manden music, which remains strongly rooted in traditional codes and references. Currently based in France, his fourth studio album, entitled MY MUSIC, was released globally in October, 2022.
EDOUARD CHAIZE DIABATE: GUITARS, VOCALS
Edouard Chaize Diabate is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and occasional poet from Toulouse, France. A Jazz graduate from the Music' Halle school in Toulouse, Edouard's travels have taken him to India, South America, Cuba, Reunion and West Africa. Profoundly curious about the world he has explored traditional and contemporary global rhythms, delighting in their complexity and the challenges they present. His professional collaboration with his "brother" Prince Diabate, sustained over eight years, has led to a true friendship as they traverse new musical frontiers together. Every year he accompanies Prince Diabate to Guinea to further develop his guitar skills and to help him with the construction of his international music school, The Prince Diabate Music Academy.
Further Information/Booking France
Djamila Lebdiri
email: djamila.15emeart@gmail.com
Tel: +33(0)671.78.36.21
Management Worldwide
Linda Bawden Allen
email info@princediabate.com
Tel: +33 (0) 634 95.94.59 (France)
See PDF for print version with photo
English Version
PRINCE DIABATE & EDOUARD CHAIZE DIABATE
ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC DUO: KORA, N'GONI GROOVE, ROOTS & FUSION
INTRODUCTION
Prince Diabate and Edouard Chaize Diabate, two prodigious talents from different continents, invite us along as they embark on a captivating journey combining traditional and contemporary rhythms based on Prince's Manden musical roots. To this they layer in textures from the Fouta and Pulaar regions of Guinea and Northern Mali along with Flamenco, Reggae and Cuban influences. They also punctuate their performance with brief explanations of the history and significance of the music, plus descriptions of the instruments.
PRINCE DIABATE: KORA, KAMELEN N'GONI, VOCALS
Prince Diabate hails from a prominent Malinke family from Guinea, West Africa. He learned his art from his father, Djeli Sory Diabate. Breaking with tradition, Djeli Sory taught Prince's mother to play kora and the young boy became an exceptionally early starter by accompanying his parents to their concerts throughout West Africa. At the age of nine he caught the attention of the former President of Guinea, the late Ahmed Sekou Toure, who personally enrolled him into the national music school in Conakry.
Considered to be one of the leading kora players of his generation, Prince Diabate brings not only mastery over his ancestral tradition, but a commitment to renew it through fresh ideas and exchanges with musicians from many cultures. His years in the USA have produced collaborations with artists and groups as diverse as The New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Adam del Monte (Flamenco), Paul Livingstone (sitar) and Grammy winners Ozomatli (Hip-Hop/Latin rock.) The musically adventurous griot has incorporated reggae, rap and blues into his work and has adapted the music of the Wassolou people to his repertoire, which he plays on the kamelen n'goni, the traditional instrument of the hunter clan. The result is his own unique creation: a fresh, powerful brand of modern Manden music, which remains strongly rooted in traditional codes and references. Currently based in France, his fourth studio album, entitled MY MUSIC, was released globally in October, 2022.
EDOUARD CHAIZE DIABATE: GUITARS, VOCALS
Edouard Chaize Diabate is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and occasional poet from Toulouse, France. A Jazz graduate from the Music' Halle school in Toulouse, Edouard's travels have taken him to India, South America, Cuba, Reunion and West Africa. Profoundly curious about the world he has explored traditional and contemporary global rhythms, delighting in their complexity and the challenges they present. His professional collaboration with his "brother" Prince Diabate, sustained over eight years, has led to a true friendship as they traverse new musical frontiers together. Every year he accompanies Prince Diabate to Guinea to further develop his guitar skills and to help him with the construction of his international music school, The Prince Diabate Music Academy.
Further Information/Booking France
Djamila Lebdiri
email: djamila.15emeart@gmail.com
Tel: +33(0)671.78.36.21
Management Worldwide
Linda Bawden Allen
email info@princediabate.com
Tel: +33 (0) 634 95.94.59 (France)
