Alieu from Heartstrings by Daniel Berkman
My first kora, the one I used on this album, was made in The Gambia by a world renowned kora maker named Alieu Suso. This song is a dedication to Alieu and to all kora makers around the world.
On "Alieu" I improvised this loop in the studio playing the kora through various devices. A rather electronic sounding prelude to an otherwise acoustic sounding record.
Tracklist
| 1. | Alieu | 1:40 |
Credits
from Heartstrings,
released January 18, 2013
License
All rights reserved.
Daniel Berkman is a Bay Area electronic musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, looper and innovator of the Kora (a 21-stringed harp-lute from West Africa) and it's modern counterpart, the Gravikord.
Daniel composes for dance, film, instrumental, vocal and also has recordings under his electronic music moniker Colfax.