Debademba, a collaboration between Burkinabe guitarist Abdoulaye Traoré guitarist and the Ivorian singer Mohamed Diaby, first appeared on our radar in 2011, when they impressed with their eponymous debut album. Successor 'Souleymane' (Abdoulaye's son) sounds a lot more intimate and above all more eclectic: from a jazzy piano solo in opener 'Nusso Dia' over a flamenco guitar riff in 'Saiwa' to the afrobeat of 'Touma' and the fado rhythm of 'Dianamo', Debademba does it all. The Spanish influences in Traoré's guitar playing of are no coincidence as the guy is a big fan of the recently departed Spanish grand master Paco de Lucia. Lyrically the duo keeps things rather personal on 'Souleymane'; 'Touma' ("the moment") talks about the period when the duo had to make ends meet with what they earned by playing in the cafes of Paris, as mentioned earlier, 'Souleymane' is dedicated Abdoulaye Traoré's son and 'Gnouma' is a tribute to another family member, this time Abdoulaye's mother. The album concludes with 'Pleine Lune', an instrumental that needs little explanation and for which you only have to imagine a clear African night sky under a full moon.