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Stories (Marabi)
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Malagasy accordionist Régis Gizavo, South African guitarist Louis Mhlanga and French percussionist David Mirandon join in a beautiful, subtle recording of shared roots and diverse interests. It's all trio arrangements, with vocals by Gizavo and Mhlanga and no additional instrumentation, and the rich and dynamic sound is a testament to their musicianship. Highly recommended.

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Eka lahy
Mari Hakuna
International Rumba

Take three exceptional and experienced session musicians - one Malagasy accordeonist, one South African guitarist and one French percussionist - who you've brought together to play on a new Mahotella Queens record, and stick them in the studio afterwards for "a friendly and happy jam session," as Marabi's Christian Mousset just described it in an email. Well, for a start the extraordinary tightness of their playing makes it sound like a hard working regular band. Admittedly Régis Gizavo and David Mirandon are a regular live pairing, and there are a few revisits on here like the barnstorming 'Eka Lahy' from Gizavo's own recordings, but the general level of telepathy is really remarkable, even on the more obviously jammed pieces like the bustling 'International Rumba' and 'Stories.' Nicely recorded too by Gizavo and Mirandon's regular sound man Manou Gallet, with a pleasing roundness that's perfectly suited to the ensemble sound: busy but light and warm. Highly recommended. - Ian Anderson, fRoots

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