The Day of the snake. Day 4, Nov 12th 2014 . Band arrived in good time after yesterdays’ very late start. I’m still feeling ropy with very strong menstrual cramp, headache and low level nausea. Moussa has a cold and … Continue reading The Day of the Snake. Toumaranke Recording Project Diaries. Day 4.
Day 3. 12th Nov 2015. Moussa and I are listening to yesterdays Tellamou Tellamou (TT) track which is good. Maybe we’ll get a better recording today but also maybe not. Bread arrived (hooray for the reliable Baccarri), porridge ready, new … Continue reading The Toumaranke Recording Project Diaries. Day 3.
Tues 11th Nov 2015. Today we start the actual recording process. The plan is to all get together for breakfast, a short meeting, then to start recording here at Kobokotu Lodge. Hired by the grace of Maty who’s let us … Continue reading The Toumaranke Recording Project Diaries. Day 2.
Day 1, Mon 10th Nov 2014 Martin, our sound engineer, arrived today. It’s his first time in The Gambia. Plane slightly early due to tailwind but we had left enough time so were there to meet him as he walked through … Continue reading The Toumaranke Recording project Diaries. Day 1.
After a successful crowdfunding campaign I spent two weeks in the Gambia in November 2014, with sound technician Martin Messent, playing and recording with Toumaranke Percussion. Some of the photos from the sessions can be seen on the Toumaranke Percussion … Continue reading Toumaranke Recording Project: The next stage.
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