Balla et ses Balladins

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Paulette 07:42 Tools
Bambo 07:36 Tools
Diaraby 06:11 Tools
Assa 06:23 Tools
Sakhodougou 05:06 Tools
Fadakudu 05:45 Tools
Sara 70 09:55 Tools
Nyo 04:33 Tools
Soufougne 05:27 Tools
Lumumba 05:54 Tools
Keme Bourema 13:16 Tools
Sara 06:18 Tools
N'na Soba 04:21 Tools
Moi, je suis découragé 05:38 Tools
Manta Lokoka 05:27 Tools
Moi Je Suis Décourage 05:41 Tools
Bedianamo 03:47 Tools
Bandian 03:38 Tools
Kaïra 04:50 Tools
Limania 04:45 Tools
Sara '70 09:59 Tools
Moi ça ma fout 03:59 Tools
J.R.D.A 03:32 Tools
Yo Te Contres Maria 04:23 Tools
Tara 04:39 Tools
Soumbouyaya 04:56 Tools
Reminiscin' With Balla and Pivi 03:05 Tools
Bi Diamana Möo 04:22 Tools
Ancien Combattant 06:49 Tools
Samba 05:41 Tools
Reminiscin' With Slp 23 00:29 Tools
Wilikabo 05:25 Tools
Sankaran Ka 04:23 Tools
Ka Noutea 05:08 Tools
Toure 03:02 Tools
Keba Mirima 04:19 Tools
Ancien combatant 06:49 Tools
Touré 03:02 Tools
Bélébélé 03:37 Tools
Belebele 03:37 Tools
Yahadi gere 04:31 Tools
Kogno Koura 05:16 Tools
Mana Mana 04:13 Tools
Yahadi Géré 04:31 Tools
Moi Je Suis Découragé 04:48 Tools
P.D.G. 04:37 Tools
Moi Je Suis Décourage (Guinea) 00:00 Tools
Fada kudu 04:32 Tools
Nyo (Ben Gomori's Nyo-Pop Edit) 04:32 Tools
Sakhodou 04:56 Tools
Kognö Koura 05:16 Tools
Nyo (Guinea) 04:32 Tools
Fissiri Wali 05:08 Tools
J.R.D.A. 03:32 Tools
Mariama 04:48 Tools
Sankaran 04:54 Tools
Leydi Mendin 05:59 Tools
Assa - Balla Et Ses Balladins 03:32 Tools
Kognô Koura 05:16 Tools
N'Na 05:16 Tools
Moi Je Suis Decourage (Guinea) 05:41 Tools
P.D.G 04:46 Tools
Biarab Diaraby 04:56 Tools
Wilikabo (Ben Gomori's Kaboom Edit) 04:32 Tools
Keme Bourema (Bonus Track) 04:48 Tools
Sakhodougou 1970 04:48 Tools
Sara 70' 07:39 Tools
Conakry 04:32 Tools
Salimou 04:32 Tools
Balla et ses Balladins - Moi je suis decourage 03:32 Tools
Sara "70" 07:39 Tools
Paulette [J. Cole - 'Can't Get Enough'] 07:39 Tools
01 J.R.D.A. (JdG) 03:32 Tools
Fruitaguinée 03:32 Tools
Diaraby - Arr. Balla 03:32 Tools
Paulette [Guinea] 07:39 Tools
Keme Boumera 04:32 Tools
Teningbe 04:23 Tools
Kèmè Boureima 04:23 Tools
Sama 04:56 Tools
Kelemagnin 04:56 Tools
Balla et Ses Balladins - Nyo 04:32 Tools
J.R.D.A. (JdG) 04:32 Tools
Moi je suis découragé (Guinea) 04:32 Tools
Moi Ça Ma Fout 04:32 Tools
Bi Diamana Möo 04:32 Tools
Paulette (Guinea) 07:42 Tools
07 Soumbouyaya 04:56 Tools
02 Diaraby (JdG) 03:24 Tools
04 Yo Te Contres Maria 04:23 Tools
Reminscin with balla and pivi 04:46 Tools
Kognö Koura 04:56 Tools
La Guineé Moussolou 04:46 Tools
03 Diaraby 06:11 Tools
06 P.D.G. 04:46 Tools
Hafia 04:46 Tools
Diaraby (JdG) 04:23 Tools
Como Cocina Et La Corda 04:23 Tools
Moi Je Suis Décourage (Guinea) 04:46 Tools
Sakhofougou 04:23 Tools
Balla Et Ses Balladins - Paulette 04:23 Tools
Moi, Je Suis Dйcouragй 04:46 Tools
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Originally known as the ‘Orchestre du Jardin de Guinée’, their regular venue and one of Guinea's best for “bar dancing”. Gradually during their 20 year residency this changed to ‘Balla’ - after their leader Balla Onivogui. Balla himself was born in 1938 in Macenta, a small town in Guinea's south-east region near the border with Liberia. Balla Onivogui was one of the founding members of the "Syli Orchestre National" created by the Guinean government in 1959. Under President Sékou Touré, Guinea was a socialist state and its musicians, like its police, postal workers, and teachers, were public servants. By 1968, the country's Syliphone recording label was launched to document the country's cultural treasures. Over the years Balla had to battle governement imposed creative meddling & Lineup changes. Balla himself was kicked out of the group at times, but eventually returned. In 1980 Balla et ses Balladins recorded "Objectif perfection”, their last LP for Syliphone. When the dictator died in 1984, the band essentially broke up, and the Sylliphone label dissolved, ending not only a long period of despotic political rule, but also what some consider a golden age of music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.