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N’famady Kouyaté

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N’famady Kouyaté is a young energetic master musician from Guinea (Conakry), who relocated to Cardiff (Wales) in 2019. A talented multi-instrumentalist who wowed audiences across the UK and Ireland during autumn/winter 2019/20 with his modern interpretations of traditional West African Mandingue songs and rhythms supporting Gruff Rhys on the Pang! album tour. N’famady’s primary instrument is the balafon – the traditional wooden xylophone, sacred to West African culture and his family heritage of the griot/djeli. In Guinea he founded ‘Les Héritiers du Mandingue’ a tradi-modern group that toured extensively in West Africa.

In the UK N’famady has played both as a solo artist and with a full band line up – where his arrangements are a fusion of Mandingue African with western jazz, pop, indie, and funk influences provided by an ever-evolving collective of musicians. Instrumentation includes balafon, keyboards, drumkit, djembe, guitar, bass, kora, doundoun, congas, saxophone, trumpet, & callabash. N’famady’s performances create amazing atmospheres and vibrations wherever he goes, and audiences are charmed by his infectious enthusiasm and joy.

2022 was a huge year for N’famady. He had a busy summer of festivals (including Cambridge Folk, The Great Estate, Underneath the Stars, Rhythmtree, Sidmouth Folk, Purbeck Folk & Belfast Mela) ahead of a debut 20 date UK tour in the autumn. 2023 is set to be busier still, with a trip to the US planned in March (including an appearance at South by Southwest) as well as main stage slots at several major UK summer festivals, such as Latitude and Shrewsbury Folk.

N’famady released his first EP in July 2021, recorded in the legendary Rockfield Studios, with a full band line up, including guest appearances from Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals), Lisa Jên Brown (9Bach), and Kliph Scurlock (The Flaming Lips). The EP features mash-ups of traditional Guinean songs with new Welsh lyrics, modern & traditional instrumentation, played by a ten-piece band. N’famady has a steadily growing fanbase both in the UK and West Africa.

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Always Available

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ABOUT THE SHOW

Own PA Supplied

Own Lighting Supplied

Promotional Materials available

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Technical Rider

N’famady Kouyaté solo set performance:

1.
Voice
-
vocal mic x 1 (e.g. Neumann KMS 105 Bundle or
Shure SM58)
–
tall boom
stand x 1

2.
Balafon
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instrument mic
(e.g. Superlux
E524/D, or AKG SE 300 B x2, or Shure SM57
x2)
–
tall boom stands x 2
& keyboard stand

3.
Guitar
–
direct input

4.
Apple Mac
–
direct input for backing track

SUITABLE FOR...

Christmas show

PERFORMANCE LANGUAGE

English
Welsh

MAIN GENRE

Music- World Music

OTHER GENRES

Music- World Music

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