Toumani Diabaté

I’ve been listening to Toumani Diabaté for years, especially to "New Ancient Strings",a spooky mix between strings, tribal rhythms, brass, kora...It had already influenced me for Vespertine, where I soiled the sound of the too angelical instruments, like the harp or the glockenspiel...

Les Inrockuptibles, March 2007