Rokia Traoré - Tchamantché

'Tchamantch�', meaning 'point of equilibrium' in Bambara, is the fourth album of Mali singer Rokia Traor�. Released in 2008, and dedicated to her fellow countryman Ali Farka Tour�, one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians, the album is a turning point in the singer's career after she has spent a large part of it revisiting the Malian musical tradition. 'Tchamantch�' reveals a unique sound in which electric Gretsch guitar riffs come to mingle with the ancestral sounds of Malian instruments, offering a new setting to her crystalline voice. If Traor� favors minimalist and emotional acoustic ballads, she clearly assumes her blues and even rock influences, signing an intimate and voluptuous album of artistic maturity.

Disc 1:
1) Dounia (6.20)
2) Dianfa (4.32)
3) Zen (4.34)
4) Aimer (4.12)
5) Kounandi (5.23)
6) Koronoko (4.33)

Disc 2:
1) Tounka (3.09)
2) Tchamantche (4.16)
3) The Man I Love (4.44)
4) A Ou Ni Sou (3.54)