FLAC tracks | World Blues | World Circuit | 54:18 |  310 MbToure recorded Savane in the Malian capital of Bamako, as part of a three-disc project dubbed the Hotel Mande Sessions, after the studio in which the albums were cut.

Savane is the last, perhaps most eloquent, installment.

In concept and execution, the sessions recall the magical combination of spontaneity and virtuosity that marked the debut releases from the Buena Vista Social Club.

Toure offers reverberating, incantatory vocals to accompany his lean, hypnotically repetitive guitar lines.

The album was the third and final part of the Hôtel Mandé Sessions, alongside ‘In the Heart of the Moon’ and Toumani Diabaté’s widely acclaimed ‘Boulevard de l’Indépendance’.

Featuring Touré and Toumani Diabaté, Savane was recorded by World Circuit head Nick Gold using a mobile studio that was set up in the “Toit de Bamako” conference room on the top floor of the Hotel Mandé overlooking the Niger River in Bamako, Mali.

It was Nick Gold who had previously introduced Touré to Ry Cooder leading to the Grammy award-winning Talking Timbuktu, released in ’94 which sold 238,000 copies in the US and at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe.

Tracklist:1. Erdi (2019 – Remaster)2. Yer Bounda Fara (2019 – Remaster)3. Beto (2019 – Remaster)4. Savane (2019 – Remaster)5. Soya (2019 – Remaster)6. Penda Yoro (2019 – Remaster)7. Machengoidi (2019 – Remaster)8. Ledi Coumbe (2019 – Remaster)9. Hanana (2019 – Remaster)10. Soko Yhinka (2019 – Remaster)11. Gambari Didi (2019 – Remaster)12. Banga (2019 – Remaster)13. N’jarou (2019 – Remaster)