SIX DEGREES
BALLAKE SISSOKO & VINCENT SEGAL/Musique de Nuit: This is exactly the kind of record you would expect from a label that found it's start in rising from the ashes of Windham Hill. With just cello and kora in the hands of two expert musos that love their avocation (they can't think this is work), they follow up their six year old debut with a set that could easily be classed a new age but is really simple but stunning world beat that just captures your heart and mind. Recorded at night in Mali when a certain calm in the air is the third man on the field here, these two couldn't have done a better job of finding the sweet spot if they used a sweet spot detector. Killer stuff that will caress your ears like never before. Well done.
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