{"product_id":"babsy-konate-tounga","title":"Babsy Konate: Tounga - CASSETTES","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eTounga\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eBabsy Konate\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eSahel Sounds\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCASSETTES\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e796167505693\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eInternational\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2023-04-28\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Coming from the city of Gao, on the edge of the Saharan desert, Malian producer Baba 'Babsy' Konate is one of the key figures in the development of \"Gao Rap\", a regional genre of modern autotuned Songhoi music. Tounga is Babsy Konate's debut mixtape, collecting a decade of tracks that merge sweet autotuned vocals, crunchy drum loops and plucked digital harpsichord, in a playful testament to 2000s PC music, with the sample packs of a modest FruityLoops project. The result is familiar yet otherworldly, drawing from an abundance of distinct cultural expression: folkloric takamba from the Songhai, Hausa film soundtracks from Northern Nigeria, Hip Hop from Bamako and Ragga from Niamey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Saya \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Kana Siran \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Erness Fassa \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Tounga \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Alhaye Maasaye \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Sogoniko Fassa \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Djarabi \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Nord Mali \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Commun 6 Fassa \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Super Mariage\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Babsy Konate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39963722285127,"sku":"43359769","price":12.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/4190353-2953643.jpg?v=1711791732","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/babsy-konate-tounga","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}