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babanibabani
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BABANI

tradition • art • culture mauritius · indian ocean
the catalogue

restored. reissued. alive.

the catalogue → bandcamp the archives

an unexpected seduction — an instinctive call impossible to resist. babani is the state of trance reached during a ceremony invoking the ancestors' spirits: the rhythms of the indian ocean, carried by the ravann, restored and reissued — music, images, art and tales from the past, brought back into the room.

50% music · 50% visuals — from mauritius to the world
le parrain

menwar

the griot of the ravann
menwar seated in a pool of light

babani was initiated by avneesh and blessed by menwar — for the transmission of tradition, art and culture.

master of the ravann, creator of sagaï, one of the eldest living voices of sega — menwar is the godfather of babani. his blessing is the label's compass: the elders on the stage, on the record, in the room.

artists

the voices we carry

menwarravann · sega · sagaï kayathe seggae man ernest wiehejazz · the archives granmoun lélémaloya · réunion ti l'afriquesoul sock sega damien elisan'mots · the archive babani soundsystemrhythm · machines · ritual
listen — right here

the sounds of the indian ocean

sega · seggae · sagaï · maloya · moutia · salegy — ternary rhythms, 6/8 and 12/8, afro-malagasy roots. the handshake from the indian ocean.