Creative Commons Vieux Farka Touré Remix Contest
Jan 25, 2007 1:35 PM
Creative Commons, Modiba Productions and Global Beat Fusion present the Vieux Farka Touré/"Ana" Remix Contest. Vieux Farka Touré—a guitarist, singer, songwriter and percussionist from Mali—is offering the audio source files from the song “Ana” online under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license so that producers worldwide can use the sounds in remixes and new compositions.
Vieux Farka Touré is the son of the late international superstar and two-time Grammy Award-winner Ali Farka Touré. An historic passing of the torch from father to son is represented by Vieux’s debut. He has crafted a globalminded style with original compositions displaying flourishes of rock and reggae amidst Saharan Blues and traditional Malian melodies. Vieux Farka Touré is ushering in the next generation of Mali blues on his self-titled debut album which features Ali himself on two pieces. These tracks are the only existing recordings of father and son playing together, and are amongst the final recorded material of Ali before his death. The album also features two magnificent guest performances by the Grammy Award-winning kora master Toumani Diabaté.
Vieux Remixed takes these acoustic recordings and readies them for the dancefloor. Working with the strings, voice and percussion of the original, DJs such as Cheb I Sabbah, Karsh Kale, Nickodemus and Yossi Fine have created rich renditions ready for bass-heavy speakers. Ranging from hypnotic soundscapes to dancefloor crushers, Vieux Remixed matches the diverse style of the young virtuoso himself. Rounding out the incredible cast of remixers, the album also features Chris Annibell, Eccodek, DJ Center, DK & Cenzo and Fabian Alsultany.
Audio elements for the "Ana" remix contest are available for download at http://ccmixter.org:80/vieux. Uploads of finished masterpieces will commence on February 7; the contest ends March 7.
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