Wau Wau Collectif’s second album, Mariage, is instilled with a newfound sense of purpose. Expanding upon the inspirational themes of their acclaimed 2021 debut, Yaral Sa Doom (Educate The Young), this long-distance collaboration from musicians in Senegal, led by Aurora Kane, and Sweden’s Karl Jonas Winqvist is an even more stylistically expansive affair. Joyful children’s songs collide with fuzzy guitar solos and thumping hip-hop beats. Shimmering synths lift off from the plunky percussion of the balafon and versatile sounds of the 22-string kora. Familiar voices from the first album return with more explicitly political lyrics, while the music feels both rhythmically dense and sonically weightless, flowing from one spellbinding moment to the next.
| A1 | Le Paix Du Senegal |
| A2 | Baye Kate = The Farmer |
| A3 | Mariage Forcé |
| A4 | Thiaroye 1944 |
| A5 | Xale (Toubab Dialaw Kids Rhyme) |
| A6 | Le Repaire Spirituel |
| B1 | Yay Balma |
| B2 | Pitchou Goudibi = Bird Of The Night |
| B3 | Nécessaire = Lou Menoul Gnake / Necessary |
| B4 | Yonou Natangue = The Road To Development |
| B5 | Jarabi |
| B6 | Liguey Len (Arouna Kane Solo) |
