VIEUX FARKA TOURÈ ET KHRUANGBIN - Ali LP

Limited edition indie exclusive jade colour vinyl.

While Vieux Farka Toure certainly wishes to step out from his father’s shadow, it’s the fact that his playing, his vocals and presentation, are akin to the facial features of one’s parents, impossible to step away from when all is said and done. Yet as good as Vieux is, and for all the spaces he’s moved through (consider his work with composer and pianist Ian Raichel, experimental artist Julia Easterlin or even jazz guitarist John Scofield), it’s not until he returned to his father’s door, his father’s legend with Houston based Khruangbin (meaning engine flying or airplane in Thai), where some of his father’s best and most beloved material is re-imagined and reinterpreted more than successfully; as Vieux has managed to make these numbers his own.