30-495: World Circuit can mean: World Circuit (record label) , a famous world music record label. Formula One Grand Prix (video game) , a racing simulator video game known as "World Circuit" in the US. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title World Circuit . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
60-514: A 2-disc retrospective compilation album. In 2018, World Circuit was acquired by BMG Rights Management . In 1986, the label released its first albums, María Rodríguez's La Tremenda and Abd El Gadir Salim 's Sounds of Sudan Volume One . World Circuit's first taste of major success came in 1993 with the teaming of Ali Farka Touré and American guitarist Ry Cooder on the Grammy award-winning album, Talking Timbuktu . The album went on to sell over
90-753: A 2000 interview with Juan de Marcos González. The album reached #9 in the Top World Music Albums charts ( Billboard , January 31, 1998) and was nominated for Best Tropical Latin Performance at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards in 1998, but was overshadowed by the Buena Vista Social Club album. In 2009, it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association , which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe. By December 1998,
120-545: A British world-music record label , established in London in the mid-1980s, that specializes in Cuban and West African recording artists, among other international music stars. The label's founding principle was to be an artist-led company with all aspects of each release tailored to the artist. This continues to be the label's way of working. World Circuit celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2006 by releasing World Circuit Presents... ,
150-527: A ground-breaking collaboration between Trio da Kali, comprising there young Malian musicians, and the Kronos Quartet . Produced by Nick Gold, the project was sponsored by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture . The veterans of Orchestra Baobab also released a new album in 2017, Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng , and celebrated its release with a world tour in 2018. A Toda Cuba le Gusta A Toda Cuba le Gusta
180-408: A long-awaited collaboration between some of Cuba's and Mali's most esteemed musicians, including Eliades Ochoa , Bassekou Kouyate , Toumani Diabaté, Lassana Diabaté and Kasse Mandy Diabaté. It was a collaboration which was initially intended to take place some 15 years earlier, but never arose as a result of visa complications. In December 2011 the album Afrocubism was nominated for a Grammy award in
210-474: A million copies worldwide; a remarkable total for an album of its kind. During the mid-nineties World Circuit began working with new artists, who would go on to become long-time label stalwarts. Moving away from their usual Latin and West African emphasis, World Circuit released the album Rumba Argelina by Spanish group Radio Tarifa . Rumba Argelina propelled them to cult fame, achieving great popularity across Europe. Another artist to make an immediate impact
240-537: A variation on the danzón . The flute is played by Richard Egües , ex-soloist with the Orquesta Aragón , and de Marcos González plays a tres solo. "A Toda Cuba le Gusta" is a son composed by Remberto Becquer and arranged by de Marcos González in a new version blending elements of son , mambo and mozambique . Lead vocalist is Raúl Planas, who sang in the 1950s with Sonora Matancera , Conjunto Rumbavana , Celia Cruz , and others. "Fiesta de la Rumba"
270-460: Is a collage of various traditional Cuban guaguancós with the tres taking the lead as a homage to Arsenio Rodríguez . Lead vocalist is Félix Baloy and backing vocals from all the other singers and musicians. "Los Sitio' Asere" is a guaguancó-son written by Silvio Pino in homage to Los Sitio', a barrio in Havana famous for its nightlife and fiestas in the 1940s and '50s. The orchestration follows
300-526: Is the first studio album by the Afro-Cuban All Stars , produced by Cuban bandleader and musician Juan de Marcos González and Nick Gold , and released on April 9, 1997, on World Circuit Records . This album was the first in a series of three consecutive recordings that took place in early 1996, the subsequent albums being Buena Vista Social Club and Introducing...Rubén González . In March 1996, Nick Gold and Juan de Marcos González (previously
330-668: The Senegalese band Orchestra Baobab to world fame after its 2001 re-release of the 1982 record Pirates Choice in Europe (originally compiled and released by World Circuit in 1987). In the summer of 2004 the World Circuit team of Nick Gold and Jerry Boys travelled with a mobile studio to Mali to record a trilogy of albums at the Hotel Mandé, Bamako. The first album in the series, In the Heart of
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#1732849025924360-482: The kora , djembe , balafon and bolombatto , as well as guitar and electronic keyboard . The third and final part of the Mandé Sessions trilogy, Savane (released July 2006), was also the first posthumous Ali Farka Touré release. It was received with wide acclaim by professionals and fans alike and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category "Best Contemporary World Music Album". The panel of experts from
390-502: The son montuno and cha-cha-cha . Four generations of singers are represented in Raúl Planas, Pío Leyva, Manuel "Puntillita" Licea and José Antonio "Maceo" Rodriguez. Rubén González delivers a piano solo and Cooder plays slide guitar. "Habana del Este" is a danzonete-chá written by de Marcos González in homage to Havana's region along the east coast from Matanzas . The danzonete form was created by Matancero composer Aniceto Díaz as
420-712: The tres player of Sierra Maestra ) produced A Toda Cuba le Gusta , the first album by the Afro-Cuban All Stars, recorded at the EGREM Studios in Havana and featuring Rubén González (piano), Orlando "Cachaíto" López (bass), along with a big band of veteran Cuban musicians and singers, most of whom had careers that went back to the 1950s Havana scene: Ibrahim Ferrer , Pío Leyva , Manuel "Puntillita" Licea , Raúl Planas , Félix Baloy , and José Antonio "Maceo" Rodríguez. Ry Cooder played slide guitar on "Alto Songo". In
450-521: The Moon , released in June 2005, is a collaboration between Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté that went on to win a Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album . Second in the series is Boulevard de l’Indépendance by Toumani Diabaté's pan-African Symmetric Orchestra, composed of musicians (mostly griots ) from across the old Mali Empire of west Africa, who play a mix of traditional instruments including
480-632: The World Circuit label in 1997. In 2008 World Circuit released a 2-CD set of the Buena Vista Social Club live performance at Carnegie Hall recorded in 1998. Nick Gold had met Jerry Boys after working together on an album with Oumou Sangaré during 1993 and they subsequently began their close collaboration on Cuban music projects in 1996. In 2001 Gold bought the Livingston Recording Studios from Boys, which enabled most of World Circuit's artists to record and mix music at that site. Nick Gold and World Circuit are also responsible for bringing
510-554: The World Music Chart Europe (WMCE), a chart voted by the leading World Music specialists around Europe, chose Savane as their Album of the Year 2006, with the album topping the chart for three consecutive months (September to November 2006). The album has also been listed as No. 1 in the influential Metacritic 's "Best Albums of 2006" poll, and No. 5 in its all-time best reviewed albums. In February 2010, World Circuit released
540-494: The album has sold 250,000 copies worldwide. "Amor Verdadero" is a guajira-son written by José "Cheo" Marquetti and arranged following the classical style of the Afro-Cuban Jazz bands from the 1950s such as Riverside and Casino de la Playa . Manuel "Puntillita" Licea is lead vocalist. "Alto Songo" is a son montuno composed by Luis "Lilí" Martínez and arranged by de Marcos González, bringing together elements of
570-454: The category of Best Traditional World Music Album. Following Ali Farka Toure's death from cancer in 2006, Toumani Diabaté continued to record for World Circuit as a solo artist, releasing The Mandé Variations , a classical-sounding album of solo kora in 2008, and duetting with his kora playing son Sidiki Diabate on 2014's Toumani & Sidike . As time ran out for many of the veteran musicians World Circuit had recorded in its early years,
600-496: The form of two montunos and two mambos , written for three trumpets. Pío Leyva is lead vocalist and Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal plays a trumpet solo. "Maria Caracoles" is a new version of the well-known 1950s mozambique , written by Pío Leyva & Pedro "Pello El Afrokán" Izquierdo, and arranged by José Manuel Ceruto. Lead vocals are by Ibrahim Ferrer. "Clasiqueando con Rubén" was composed by de Marcos González as an experiment mixing baroque with tropical dance music, following
630-473: The label brought young and previously unknown talent to the fore. Fatoumata Diawara's 2011 debut Fatou introduced a new female voice to rival her fellow Malian singer Oumou Sangare, whom she had once backed. Mbongwana Star , a new seven piece band from the Democratic Republic of Congo released their debut album, From Kinshasa on World Circuit in 2015 and in 2017 the label released Ladilikan ,
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690-430: The multi-million selling Buena Vista Social Club album, produced by Cooder. The third album, Introducing...Rubén González , was recorded in just two days, produced by Nick Gold and arranged once again by Juan de Marcos González. All three albums were recorded at Egrem studios , Havana during March and April 1996 and mixed by Jerry Boys and Nick Gold at Livingston Studios , London, prior to their release on
720-501: The ongoing United States trade and travel embargo against Cuba ), the musicians from Africa had not turned up and it transpired later that they had been unable to secure their visas to travel to Cuba. As a result, Gold and Cooder changed their plans and recorded three consecutive albums with Cuban musicians instead. First, they recorded A Toda Cuba le Gusta by the Afro-Cuban All Stars , an album of big band Son Cubano music produced by Juan de Marcos González . They then recorded
750-632: The principles of Haydn and Bach and arranged to the canons of son . Rubén González leads on piano, with participation from the brass and rhythm section, and a Cuban crescendo with contributions from trombone and congas. "Elube Changó" is a son-afro composed by Alberto Rivero as a praise song to the Santería gods. It is sung in the Yoruba language by de Marcos González, who also plays tres solos. Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal (trumpet), Demetrio Muñiz (trombone) and Miguel "Angá" Díaz (congas) also deliver solos. The tempo
780-636: The same time, A Toda Cuba Le Gusta shows off the talents of many of Cuba's elder statesmen of Afro-Cuban jazz. Over gently pulsating conga grooves and low-register ostinatos, such luminaries as pianist Rubén González and singer Manuel "Puntillita" Licea float dramatic melodies, as their solo contributions are answered by brass section chords as thick and sweet as cane syrup." The album was mentioned by Jim Macnie in Artists & Music - Jazz Blue Notes , in Billboard (December 27, 1997 - January 3, 1998), and also during
810-492: The school of Luis "Lilí" Martínez and Arsenio Rodríguez. Lead vocalist is Félix Baloy, who sang with Cuban son bands such as Conjunto Chappottín , Orquesta Revé , Adalberto Álvarez and Miguelito Cuní. Sharing the lead is José Antonio "Maceo" Rodriguez, lead singer in Sierra Maestra since the 1980s. "Pío Mentiroso" is a guaracha composed by Miguel Ojeda and re-arranged by de Marcos González, who added new material in
840-533: The sleeve notes, Juan de Marcos González, who directed the project and played tres, wrote: "This album is dedicated to Rubén González, genius of Cuban piano". The album was reviewed in Folk Roots magazine, issue 169, in July 1997, and by Gary S. Mattingly at amelor.com on August 24, 1998. In his review at AllMusic , Daniel Gioffre stated: "A lively, spontaneous record that manages to sound both relaxed and forceful at
870-399: The successor to Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté's, In The Heart of the Moon (2005), Ali and Toumani . Recorded over three afternoons at Livington Studios, London, in 2005, with contributions from Orlando "Cachaíto" López on bass, and produced by Nick Gold, it was Touré's final studio album, and lasting legacy. In October 2010, World Circuit released Afrocubism 's self-titled debut,
900-497: Was Senegalese multi-instrumentalist and singer Cheikh Lô . The dreadlocked maverick's debut album Ne La Thiass was produced by Youssou N’Dour , and is underpinned by indigenous Mbalax and Flamenco rhythms. In 1996, Cooder was invited to Havana, Cuba by British world-music producer Nick Gold of the World Circuit record label to record a session with two African High-life musicians from Mali in collaboration with Cuban musicians. On Cooder's arrival (via Mexico to avoid
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