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Issa Bagayogo Has Been Nicknamed Techno-Issa In His Home Country Of Mali And As His Fame Spreads In Other Parts Of The World Too. Techno Music Is In Stark Contrast To Issa's Rural Background 30 Miles From The Nearest Town In Southern Mali. While Working On The Family Farm He Started Singing And Played Traditional Instruments A Bell Called The Daro And Also A Six-Stringed Harp Called Kamele N'goni The Three-Stringed N'goni Is More Of A Spiritual Instrument So Issa Plays The Six-Stringed One That Is Better For Secular Music . After Becoming Well Known Locally Issa Decided To Go To The Capital Bamako In 1991. There He Got The Chance To Use His Skills At Playing Kamele N'goni In A Studio Belonging To Two Frenchmen And The Result Was A Cassette. Bagayogo Went Back To His Family Home After Only Three Months. Two Years Later He Returned To Bamako Recorded Another Cassette And Became An Apprentice Bus Driver. The Cassettes Brought In No Money And Issa Became Depressed Turned To Drink And His Wife Left Him. After A While Issa Returned To His Music And At A Studio He Met Yves Wernert A French Engineer And Guitarist Moussa Kone. They Began Mixing Traditional Music With Techno Drum Programming Something Quite New To Issa. The Result Became Known As Afro-Techno And It Certainly Did The Trick Because Their First CD Sya Released In 1998 Was A Huge Success In Mali. As A Consequence In 1999 Bagayogo Won An Award As Brightest New Hope And The Trio And Their Accompanying Band With Backing Vocalists Went On To Record Their Second CD The International Hit Timbuktu. Issa's New CD Released In 2004 Is Tassoumakan 'Voice Of Fire' . All Three CDs Are On Six Degrees Records. Topics Covered By The Lyrics Include Unity Going Abroad Drugs And Death. Listen To Issa's Music And You'll Feel Transported By The Medium Of Rootsy Blues. Now Issa Has A Well Established Style In Which Ancient Malian Rhythms Meet Modern Dance Music. His Gritty Voice Leads His Backing Vocalists In Hypnotic Call-And-Response. Techno Issa Has Toured Internationally - He And His Band Appeared At WOMAD Reading In 2002 And Went On To Enchant Audiences As Support For Femi Kuti's UK Tour In November The Same Year.
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