Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara - Kele Kele

Justin Adams is a guitarist and composer who works in blues and African styles. Adams co-wrote the 2005 Robert Plant album "Mighty Rearranger", and is a renowned producer. He has worked with Saharan desert blues group Tinariwen, whose first and third albums he produced, Robert Plant's Strange Sensations band, and has collaborated with Brian Eno, Juldeh Camara, Jah Wobble, Lo'Jo and musicians from African, Arabic and Irish traditions. Justin began his career in the 1980s with the band The Impossible Dreamers. Two days ago he did open up for Robert Plant. Where Justin Adams played together with Juldeh Camara.

Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara cooking up a crude and transnational Afro-Blues, who spiced up the cooperation with Robert Plant and Tinariwen. Justin Adams driving guitar match the West African Juldeh Camara's hypnotic ritti (African violin) and powerful voice perfectly.

The duo's first album, Soul Science, took quickly to the top of the charts and was nominated in the same time to not less than three World Music Awards. After that, another successful album, Tell No Lies, reached the audience. When we see them live it as a trio, percussionist Salah Dawson Miller ("a shaman at the court of Genghis Khan", Evening Standard) makes Adams and Camara joined on stage together and bring the old spirit of African juju-rock.

"I like to keep things raw and swinging so it never gets too pristine or too sweet...I like trancey, circular rhythms and voices that are in between pleasure and pain, where it's bittersweet." Says Justin Adams

Justin and Juldeh have been playing together for two years "At certain soundchecks I'd start playing something and Juldeh would rush over and say 'keep playing that! We've got to play that tonight' Juldeh would record things on his mobile phone , so that's they way we came up with a lot of material" explains Justin. Over time the two musicians have naturally fused their styles and begun to create a musical language of their own, where it becomes difficult to see if Justin is becoming more African or Juldeh more Western.

The reference points for this release are recordings from the 1950s by the likes of Bo Diddley and Muddy Waters.



Here is a bonus clip with Robert Plant in Abu Dhabi "Whole Lotta Love"



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