episode 1: dakan — the song about destiny
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episode 1: dakan — the song about destiny
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About this listen
dakan means destiny in bambara, the language of mali. it's also the title of one of our favorite tracks on the new record.
in this episode we go inside the song. you'll hear the guitar lick that started it all, the drum groove we borrowed from rail band's classic track nanthan, and the full demo version before it became what you hear on the album.
mariama also sits down with us to talk about what dakan means to her. how destiny shows up in the big things and the small ones. singing, dancing, sewing clothes, braiding hair, coming to america. all of it woven together.
we also give a shout out to sergio rios, who mixed the record and brought something really special to mariama's vocals.
this is the gold transmission. we go behind the curtain so you can hear how the music actually gets made.