For this album, with the straightforward title 'Toumani & Sidiki', kora grandmaster Toumani Diabate joined forces with his son Sidiki (though the two already worked together previously for 'A Curva Da Cintura', a cooperative project with Brazilian musicians Arnaldo Antunes and Edgard Scandurra). Although in his native Mali the latter is best known as half of the popular hip-hop duo he forms with rapper Iba One, he also followed the family tradition of Diabate clan and much his ancestors familiarized himself with the kora. On 'Toumani & Sidiki' father and son dialogue with their instruments, improvising on old and obscure Malian kora compositions. The album was recorded in such a way that the listener will always hear Toumani on the left and Sidiki on the right. Dreamy instant classic!