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A special hour on Editions Syliphone Conakry, the Guinean state-funded record label that ran from 1967 to 1986, across the tenure of President Sékou Touré. The purpose of the label was to support and promote Guinean traditional and national music, at home and abroad. Since its independence from France in 1958, Guinea's artists had been radicalised by an official cultural policy that sought to modernise the arts while still being faithful to the traditional roots. It was a policy called authenticité, and music was its prime focus. Under the policy each region in Guinea, some 34 in total, were represented by artistic troupes. These consisted of an orchestra, a traditional music ensemble, a choir, and a theatrical group. The government purchased new musical instruments for the orchestras, at a huge cost, and encouraged the groups to write songs about topics such as African nationalism, anti-colonialism, and anti-imperialism. The Syliphone label thus captured a moment in African history when a new nation asserted its voice and placed music at the forefront of its cultural identity. Their’s is a story that is intertwined with the political struggle for independence in Africa.
Clandestine record label, The Trilogy Tapes, tear up the NTS studios once a month, ripping through the grittiest and muddiest tracks. No words on this one, just tunes.
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Jorge Lima Barreto began his musical activity in the late 1960’s with a series of interventions in experimental and Jazz music. A graduate in Art History and a doctorate in Musicology and Social Communication Theory, he is also a music critic and theorist, writing many books about music and producing radio programs, lessons, essays, interviews, e.a. In the 1970’s he founded Anar Band, recording electroacoustic compositions with Saheb Sarbib and Carlos “Zingaro”. In 1982 he founded the duo Telectu with Vítor Rua, recording an extensive discography as well as composing music for theatre, cinema, poetry and video. As a pianist and poly instrumentist he has played and recorded with musicians like Nuno Rebelo, Evan Parker, Chris Cutler, Jac Berrocal, Louis Sclavis, Paul Lytton, Tim Hodgkinson, Eddie Prévost, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Ikue Mori, Paul Rutherford, Barry Altschul, Tom Chant, John Edwards, Sunny Murray, Sei Miguel, Elliott Sharp and Herb Robertson, performing in showrooms of cities like Moscow, New York, Paris, London and Peking.
Jorge Lima Barreto began his musical activity in the late 1960’s with a series of interventions in experimental and Jazz music. A graduate in Art History and a doctorate in Musicology and Social Communication Theory, he is also a music critic and theorist, writing many books about music and producing radio programs, lessons, essays, interviews, e.a. In the 1970’s he founded Anar Band, recording electroacoustic compositions with Saheb Sarbib and Carlos “Zingaro”. In 1982 he founded the duo Telectu with Vítor Rua, recording an extensive discography as well as composing music for theatre, cinema, poetry and video. As a pianist and poly instrumentist he has played and recorded with musicians like Nuno Rebelo, Evan Parker, Chris Cutler, Jac Berrocal, Louis Sclavis, Paul Lytton, Tim Hodgkinson, Eddie Prévost, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Ikue Mori, Paul Rutherford, Barry Altschul, Tom Chant, John Edwards, Sunny Murray, Sei Miguel, Elliott Sharp and Herb Robertson, performing in showrooms of cities like Moscow, New York, Paris, London and Peking.
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