En tant qu’ancien gĂ©rant de CybearSonic SARL, petit label français de 2003 Ă 2016, je souhaite vous proposer de me racheter un lot de masters intĂ©ressants, Ă©tant moi-mĂȘme passĂ© Ă autre chose et pour ne pas qu’ils disparaissent.
En 2010, je rencontrais Djeli Moussa Diawara, le Korafola guinĂ©en avec sa Kora unique Ă 32 cordes et demi-frĂšre de Mory KantĂ©, lors dâun festival de musique Ă Marseille. Etant producteur et Ă©diteur de musique (illustration sonoreâŠ) depuis 2003 et passionnĂ© de musiques africaines depuis lâadolescence, nous avons commencĂ© Ă rĂ©flĂ©chir Ă des projets.
Câest ainsi que lâidĂ©e de remastĂ©riser son tout 1er album (1982, Abidjan) est apparue. Le vinyl de 4 titres, Ă lâorigine Ă©ponyme, est plus connu sous le nom de l’une des compositions « Yasimika » .
JusquâĂ sa disparition, le musicologue Charlie Gillett a regrettĂ© que cet album ne soit pas rééditĂ© et plus disponible.
AprĂšs avoir rĂ©cupĂ©rĂ© le master Ă Abidjan, fait restaurer la bande (dĂ©jĂ mixĂ©e malheureusement), remasterisĂ© les 4 titres, travaillĂ© sur de nouvelles compositions et rachetĂ© dâautres titres inĂ©dits, je suis bien entendu passĂ© Ă la distribution, digitale dâabord avec des plans pour un Vinyl et dâautres supports (coffret).
Malheureusement, jâai fait un burnout, puis une profonde dĂ©pression, qui sâest soldĂ©e par mon dĂ©part de la France pour lâAfrique en 2016. Je rĂ©side dĂ©sormais au BĂ©nin, Ă Cotonou. Tout le projet a Ă©tĂ© bien Ă©videmment arrĂȘtĂ©, hors distribution numĂ©rique que jâai stoppĂ©e aussi il y a quelques semaines, ce qui mâa dĂ©jĂ valu des « rĂ©clamations » sur les rĂ©seaux sociaux.
Yasimika aura 40 ans en 2022, et ce serait probablement une bonne idée, pour un label qui fait des rééditions de proposer de nouveau cet album au public, sous toutes formes possibles.
Jâai totalement arrĂȘtĂ© ces activitĂ©s de production/Ă©dition.
Pour aller au plus concret, je vous propose un package comprenant :
- La bande originale de Yasimika (master) + la version restaurée et remasterisée par un studio parisien spécialisé et reconnu.
- Les 2 drives contenant les masters et stems des titres rachetĂ©s (dont certains 100% inĂ©dits hors GuinĂ©e) et de ceux enregistrĂ©s par CybearSonic (4 solos, 4 covers de lâalbum Yasimika), avec les CDs de mastĂ©risation.
- Un vinyl original AS Production de 1982.
- Tous supports intermĂ©diaires que jâai conservĂ©s.
- Tous documents administratifs utiles.
- Tous droits liés et dérivés.
- Au besoin, les créations graphiques réalisées.
- Lâautorisation pour la distribution de la reprise de Caravan (mail de lâĂ©diteur en France).
- Les pages Facebook, YouTube, Soundcloud et Twitter. Les pages Wikipedia sont bien sûr éditables. Il y a aussi une page Bundle BitTorrent pour le second album (avec gateway mail).
Pour discuter de cette offre, contactez-moi.
Selling Djeli Moussa Diawara’s masters
As the former manager of CybearSonic SARL, a small French label from 2003 to 2016, I would like to offer you to buy some interesting music masters from me, as I moved to other activities and it would be a pity if this music disappears.
In 2010, I met Djeli Moussa Diawara, the Guinean Korafola, with his unique 32-string Kora & half-brother of Mory Kanté, at a music festival in Marseilles.
Being a music producer and publisher (sound design…) since 2003 and passionate about African music since my teenage years, we started to think about projects. This is how the idea of âremasteringâ his very first album (1982, Abidjan) appeared.
The originally eponymous 4-track vinyl is known as « Yasimika« .
Until his death, musicologist Charlie Gillett regretted that this album was not re-released yet and no longer available.
After recovering the master in Abidjan, having the tape restored (unfortunately already mixed), the 4 tracks were remastered, DMD worked on new compositions and I bought other unreleased tracks. Then, I started distribution, digital first with plans for a Vinyl and other boxes.
But, I had a burnout, followed by a deep depression, which ended in me leaving France for Africa. Since 2016, Iâve been living in Benin, in Cotonou.
The whole project has obviously been stopped, excluding digital distribution which I also stopped a few weeks ago. This has already earned me a few « complaints » on social networks.
Yasimika will be 40 years old in 2022, and it would probably be a good idea for a label that is working on reissues to offer this album to the public again, in all possible forms.
I personally stopped these production & publishing activities entirely.
To be very direct, I offer a package containing:
- Yasimika’s soundtrack (master) with the restored version, remastered by a well known Parisian studio.
- The 2 drives that contain the masters and stems of the purchased titles (some of which are 100% unreleased outside Guinea) and those recorded by CybearSonic (4 solos, 4 covers of the Yasimika album), with the mastering CDs.
- An original AS Production Vinyl from 1982.
- Any intermediate media that I kept.
- All useful administrative documents.
- All related and derived rights.
- If necessary, the graphic creations produced.
- Authorization for the distribution of the Caravanâs cover (publisher’s email in France).
- The Facebook and YouTube pages, Soundcloud and Twitter. Wikipedia pages are of course editable. There is also a BitTorrent Bundle page (with mail gateway) for the second album « Yékéké Paris 2010 ».
For more information,
contact me here.