𝙋𝙀𝘼𝘾𝙀 𝙎𝙃𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝘽𝙀 𝙊𝙉 𝙀𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙃 !


The original album is currently out of print. Physical layers as compact disks can only be purchased by second hand trade. The founder and intendor of Sugé, Djembéfola Mister Alpha Oulare himself, therefor decided to provide here digital copies of this classical album's nine songs as authorized official digital release 2022ff., by help of the Bandcamp enterprise service. All tracks have been uploaded as high-resolution wave files according to the then standards of the year 2000 production.

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MASTER DRUMMER ALPHA OULARE [Liner notes, you may consult the artist's official homepage for further information on him and his musical work, or contact him by e-mail or phone to submit questions yours and more…]

Alpha Oulare was born in Faranah from an original Mandingo family in Guinea Conakry and comes from the generation of the seventies. He started playing the drum at the age of 5.
He describes: “After I had left a cultural occasion in the village where Ma Siré Camara was performing I saw the Djembe in a dream. I was only 10 years old at the time. I told him that I love his music, I was then invited to accompany him. I studied with him for 5 years and soon became a member of his ballet. Afterwards I joined the group Kounkoré Bamba. At first, I accompanied him when he appeared on stage and later became a solo Djembé player…”
“I then met Famoudou Konaté and Mamady Keita. We also played with Faduba Oulare and his Ensemble in numerous traditional festivals all over Guinea.”
“The Djembé will make you suffer, but it can show you the way to obtain knowledge of nature… To learn the Djembé I suffered a lot, but today I thank GOD, because of the Djembé Iam well known in Africa and Europe.”
“You have to always play the Djembé to get a new spirit.”
“When I am asleep, the Djembé is in my dreams, Djembé playing the is in my blood, I will keep on playing ’till the end of my life.”

MAITRE DES TAMBOURS ALPHA OULARE — GUINEE CONAKRY

Enfant de la génération des années 70, Alpha Oulare est en Faranah, d’un famille Malinke de Guinée Conakry. Dès l’age de 5 ans, il a commencé à jouer au petit tambour.
Il se raconte: «J’ai vu le Djembé dans mes rêves, après être sorti d’une salle de culture où j’avais connu Ma Siré Camara. J’avais 10 ans et je lui ai dit que j’aimait la musique, après il m’a dit, vient avec moi», «peu après je suis devenu membre de son ballet et j’ai étudié chez lui pendant 5 ans. Après je suis entré dans le Ballet Kounkouré Bamba. Au début, j’ai accompagné et après je suis devenu soliste…»
«Plus tard j’ai fait la connaissance de Famoudou Konaté et Mamady Keita, avec Faduba Oulare et son Ensemble on a joué à l’occasion de beaucoup de fêtes traditionnelles, dans toute la Guinée.»
«Le Djembé, il va te faire souffrir, mais il peut te donner la voie de mieux connaître la nature… Apprendre le Djembé m’a fait souffrir beaucoup, mais aujourd’hui je remercie Dieu, parce que c’est par le Djembé que je suis devenu connu en Afrique et en Europe.»
«Il faut jouer au Djembé tous les jours pour avoir un nouvel esprit».
«Quand je dors, le Djembé est dans mes rêves, dans mon sang, je ne peux pas y renoncer jusqu’à la fin de ma vie.»


Presenting the group SUGÉ

Berlin 2000 at the beginning of the new millenium Alpha Oulare had the idea to from the group SUGÉ, his idea was to form a group that could express the traditional music of Guinea. with songs from the mandingo and sousou traditions. Sugé is a tree which you can find all over Guinea. It is also known as the tree of life. It has a fruit which is popular in Guinea because it gives a lot of power. This is why Sugé represents the positive influenc that comes out of nature. Sugé, is also the name of an old Guinean song expressing the necessity of protection against negative things that happen in life, like today in this century: racism, violence, war, illness…! Sugé, is the new generation of Guineans who express the traditional mandingo, sousou and Griot music mixed with their own style.

Présentation du groupe SUGÉ

Au début du nouveau millénaire 2000, Alpha Oulare a eu l’idée de fonder un group à Berlin qui peut exprimer la musique traditionnelle de la Guinée, avec la percussion malinke et sousou et le chanson traditionell. Sugé, c’est un arbre qu’on trouve partout en Guinée, comme l’arbre de la vie, c’est un arbre donnant des fruit que le Guinéen aime beaucoup et il donne aussi beaucoup de force. C’est pourquoi Sugé représente l’influence positive qui vent de la nature. Sugé, c’est également une vieille chanson de la Guinée qui exprime la nécessité de se protéger contre les choses négatives qui se passent dans la vie, comme aujourd’hui, dans notre siecle: le racisme, la violence, la guerre, la maladie…! Sugé, c’est la nouvelle génération de la Guinée qui exprime la musique traditionelle malinke, sousou, et Griot melangée avec un nouveau style.

ⒶLPHA OULARE'S current official artist homepage and authorized blog (2022ff.): alphaoulare.art.blog