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The 10 track Djan Djan album will be released in March by ABC/Universal accompanied by a month long national tour of Australia & NZ.

Jeff Lang (guitar, Australia), Bobby Singh (tabla, India) and Grammy Award winner (Feb 2010), Mamadou Diabate (kora, Mali) are well known and well regarded for their individual output and careers. Djan Djan is a new collaboration, which sees these musicians stretching their imagination and skills into sublime areas of new musicality. Although the players show their respects to their cultural backgrounds of Africa, India and Australia; the music of Djan Djan stands alone as a uniquely new sound. Djan Djan sees these virtuosic instrumentalists dispense and intoxicating music - steeped in tradition, yet brimming with innovation.

When the three musicians met in 2008, no one could quite predict the musical alchemy that would occur as a result. A spontaneous day of recording at Melbourne’s 30 Mill Studios lead to an astonishingly beautiful and surprisingly natural recording that displays the conversational and virtuosic style that all three are famous for.

Mamadou Diabate was destined to play the kora. Cousin of legendary kora player Toumani Diabate, who was one of his most influential teachers, Mamadou was born and raised in the griot tradition of Mali. From his Grammy-award nominated solo album, to his Grammy-award winning latest release Douga Mansa (King Vulture), Mamadou’s technical virtuosity and innovative approach have kept him in high demand internationally.

Bobby Singh spent much of his childhood in Mumbai studying tabla. Recognised with a great talent, Bobby was nurtured by Aneesh Pradhan, one of the world’s most sought after tabla players, into a mature, internationally renowned tabla virtuoso.

Jeff Lang has earned worldwide acclaim as a guitarist, dynamic songwriter and startlingly unique live performer, defying description and genres. As an instrumental storyteller, Lang gives the guitar a voice and then makes it sing.

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