Various Artists - The Lost Maestros Collection Volume 1

The Project

To reveal to the world all the musical riches of Mali, and more particularly the music of the Mande region, cradle of the great griot families, is the highly laudable purpose of The Lost Maestros Collection. To perpetuate and transmit this ancestral musical history, The Lost Maestros Collection brings together 8 wonders of Mali who have each in their own way managed to develop this tradition towards more modern and electrified countries and associates pioneers of Mandingo music and actors of the young post-independence of Mali generation.

Mieruba Initiative

The Lost Maestros Collection is the result of the collaboration between Deviation Records, newly created by Phil Margueron and the independent Malian label Mieruba, which has been working since 2010 to ensure that this golden age of Mande music does not fall into oblivion. Aware that these nuggets are not eternal, Mieruba, based in Segou on the banks of the Niger river and capital of the former Bambara kingdom, undertook for eight years the preservation of this musical heritage by putting these 16 pieces on tapes at the Kore studio de Segou as well as at the famous Bogolan studio in Bamako.

The Artists

Zoumana Tereta, Askia Modibo, Labouzou Percussion, Thiowa Dembele, Trico Boy, Tambaoura Jazz, Adama Namakoro Fomba, Mangala Camara are the Malian gems who are featured on this release.