Balani Fou

DJ Diaki’s unrelenting rhythms hit you like a brick wall. It might all feel a bit overwhelming, but as soon as you’ve managed to take a breath and hear the order within the chaos it’s hard to escape Balani Fou’s magnetism. DJ Diaki is an early Balani pioneer, the sound that animates Bamako’s hectic street parties since the late 90s, and with his intricate polyrhythmic percussive layers and a arpeggiated synths he conjures the same ecstatic, feverish energy of an original Balani party.