#babatoni

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Chikondi Cholawa by Madalitso Band, live at Les Suds, à Arles x Sourdoreille

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Vina Vina Malawi by Madalitso Band from the album Wasalala

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Wasalala by Madalitso from the compilation Bongo Joe's All-Time Favorites: Now

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The instrument Nali was playing at WOMAD is recently made so he can leave it in the UK, because it’s so big it had to come as air cargo – with complex paperwork for tax, export and wood and skin fumigation. But the instrument is an impressive piece of work with a third of an oil drum as sound box, covered on both sides with cow-skin. A long eucalyptus pole painted yellow and black pierces the oil drum and carries the one string which is made out of wire from a car tyre.

Simon Broughton in Songlines. MY INSTRUMENT: GASPER NALI AND HIS BABATONI

A sucker for curious instruments, Simon Broughton catches up with Malawian musician Gasper Nali and his home-made babatoni

Gasper Nali’s album Zoona Malawi at BandCamp

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Gasper Nali at Africa Oye 2019

GASPER NALI ; Babatoni player from Malawi ; at the Africa Oye Festival 2019, Liverpool, UK ; Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June 2019 ; Credit: David J Colbran

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Irresistible Original Afro-Beats. Full album by Gasper Nali, ‘Abale Ndikuwuzeni’.

Spare Dog Records is releasing Gasper Nali’s full studio album ‘Abale Ndikuwuzeni’ (People, I want to tell you)

If you’re one of the many who’s been waiting for the full album release – here are the links to buy it: iTunes, Amazon and Spotify.

If you don’t know him, Gasper has captured the imagination of millions of viewers on Facebook and Youtube with his unique style and incredible homemade instrument – the Babatoni bass guitar. With the Babatoni, a cow skin bass drum and a great voice he creates an entirely different world of sound – full of haunting melodies and hypnotic rhythms.