Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, Nick Zinner in Africa Express Film About Recording of Terry Riley’s In C Mali

 Africa Express is an organization that brings together musicians from multiple cultures, continents, and genres. They’ve put on concerts in Europe and Africa, and have released a series of albums. The latest album is Africa Express Presents… Terry Riley’s In C Mali, which gets its physical release this week via Transgressive. It’s a new interpretation of Terry Riley‘s iconic minimalist composition “In C” (which just turned 50 years old). The 41-minute piece was recorded in 2013 at the Maison des Jeunes youth club in Bamako, Mali, conducted by André de Ridder. The musicians included Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner, alongside artists from Bamako including Adama Koita, Bijou, Cheick Diallo and Modibo Diawara. It was co-produced and mixed by Mouse on Mars’ Andi Toma. 

Today, Pitchfork.tv is hosting a 41-minute film that accompanies the music. It was filmed in Bamako during the recording of the album. Watch it below.

In addition, Tate and the Space have also produced an interactive video filmed during Africa Express’ live performance of the piece that took place last November at the Turbine Gallery at the Tate Modern. Watch that here.

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