{"id":74343,"date":"2021-03-09T10:44:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T09:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/mawimbi-fatim-kouyate\/"},"modified":"2021-03-10T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T09:21:10","slug":"mawimbi-fatim-kouyate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/mawimbi-fatim-kouyate\/","title":{"rendered":"Mawimbi joins forces with Fatim Kouyat\u00e9 on new single"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Parisian collective Mawimbi has released &#8220;F\u00f4li Kadi,&#8221; a new cut from their first album, to be released in the spring. Listen to a sneak preview with. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Last November, <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/mawimbi\/\">Mawimbi<\/a> surrounded itself with the Ghetto Kumb\u00e9 trio for &#8220;El Caribe,&#8221; the first track from their upcoming dancehall-electronic cumbia album. Since 2013, this collective of &#8220;Afro electro&#8221; DJs&nbsp; has worked to boost African, Caribbean and South American music through parties, radio broadcasts, compilations and remixes. Many festivals have put their trust in these up-and-comers, partly due to <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/loya\/\">Loya<\/a>, Onipa and <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/afriquoi\/\">Afriquoi<\/a> having been discovered as a result of their music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Mawimbi - F\u00f4li Kadi (feat. Fatim Kouyat\u00e9)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9-bOCxxHM1I?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Mawimbi feat. Fatim Kouyat\u00e9 &#8211; F\u00f4li Kadi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While the Afro-electro spirit is respected on this second single, it promises to be a wider, more eclectic project. On &#8220;F\u00f4li Kadi,&#8221; they collaborate with Malian singer Fatim Kouyat\u00e9 and kora player Ch\u00e9rif Soumano, both of whom they met through Dom Peter, the man behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/blanc-manioc\/\">Blanc Manioc<\/a> label and leader of the group, <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/midnight-ravers\/\">Midnight Ravers<\/a>. Fatim Kouyat\u00e9 has always championed the griotic traditions from which she emerged and does so here, having honed her vocal power over time and through collaborations, notably with Rokia Traor\u00e9 and then the <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/midnight-ravers\/?_per_page=17\">Midnight Ravers<\/a>. She gives this single the allure of a summer festival hit, thanks to the powerful, yet subtle, fusion between electronic arrangements, kora and cymbals, which leads to a joyful Mandinka firework of a track.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the prospect of a vinyl version already appeals, know that the collective launched a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"crowdfunding campaign (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kisskissbankbank.com\/fr\/projects\/le-premier-album-de-mawimbi-en-vinyle\" target=\"_blank\">crowdfunding campaign<\/a> on February 22 on the Kisskissbank platform to get it off the ground!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Mawimbi on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Facebook (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wearemawimbi\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Instagram (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wearemawimbi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"SoundCloud (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wearemawimbi\" target=\"_blank\">SoundCloud<\/a> et <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Bandcamp (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/wearemawimbi.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"1010\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/840f7fd9-wbnp8xpq-1010x1010.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/840f7fd9-wbnp8xpq-1010x1010.jpeg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/840f7fd9-wbnp8xpq-759x759.jpeg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/840f7fd9-wbnp8xpq-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/840f7fd9-wbnp8xpq-661x661.jpeg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/840f7fd9-wbnp8xpq-465x465.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/840f7fd9-wbnp8xpq-375x375.jpeg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/840f7fd9-wbnp8xpq-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/840f7fd9-wbnp8xpq-85x85.jpeg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/840f7fd9-wbnp8xpq-73x73.jpeg 73w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/840f7fd9-wbnp8xpq.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Parisian collective Mawimbi has released &#8220;F\u00f4li Kadi,&#8221; a new cut from their first album, to be released in the spring. 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