A decade-long collaboration between Mariam Diakite and Erich Huffaker has yielded something golden: an African psychedelic rock ensemble based in California with raw, hypnotic vocals, dance-forward party vibes, and a groove that simply cooks.
The swinging six-piece soaks up vast Malian influences, from Afro Funk to traditional Bambara ritual song, and delivers them with A-grade aplomb and a clear devotion to fuzz, reverb and musical healing. The brass horn lines and hypnotic guitar riffs trace their sound back to the great African Orchestres of the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
IF YOU LIKE: Fela Kuti, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, and Orchestra Baobab.
