Madan may refer to:

• Madan (people), an ethnic group from southern Iraq
• Medan (son of Abraham)
• Madhan a.k.a. Madan or Mathan, the pen name of a famous Indian cartoonist, journalist and writer
• Sudalai Madan, a popular non-Vedic deity in southern India

Places

• Madan, Montana Province, a village in the Boychinovtsi municipality of northwestern Bulgaria
• Madan, Smolyan Province, a town and municipality in southern Bulgaria
• Madan, Iran, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran
• Kapan, a city in Armenia, formerly Madan

People

• Martin Madan (1700–1756), groom of the bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales
• Falconer Madan (1851–1935), librarian of the Bodleian Library of Oxford University
• Jamshed Madan (1915–1986), Indian cricketer.
• José Óscar Sánchez Madan (1961–), Cuban journalist.
• Judith Madan (1702–1781), English poet
• Martin Madan (1726–1790), English barrister, clergyman and writer
• Spencer Madan (1729–1813), English churchman
• Triloki Nath Madan (1933–), Indian academic
• Moti Lal Madan (1939–), Indian biotechnology researcher, veterinarian, academic and administrator
• Madan, Telugu film writer and Director

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Salif Keita, center, in Washington, DC. June 28, 2006. Members of his band behind him.

Salif Keïta (born August 25, 1949) is an afro-pop singer-songwriter from Mali. He is unique not only because of his reputation as the "Golden Voice of Africa" but because he has albinism and is a direct descendant of the founder of the Mali Empire, Sundiata Keita. This royal heritage meant that under the Malian caste system, he should never have become a singer, which was deemed to be a griot’s role.

Biography[link]

Early life[link]

Keita was born in the village of Djoliba. He was cast out by his family and ostracized by the community because of his albinism, a sign of bad luck in Mandinka culture.^[1] He left Djoliba for Bamako in 1967, where he joined the government sponsored Super Rail Band de Bamako. In 1973 Keita joined the group, Les Ambassadeurs. Keita and Les Ambassadeurs fled political unrest in Mali during the mid-1970s for Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire and subsequently changed the group's name to "Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux". The reputation of Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux rose to the international level in the 1970s and in 1977. Keita received a National Order award from the president of Guinea, Sékou Touré.

Career[link]

Keita moved to Paris in 1984 to reach a larger audience. His music combines traditional West African music styles with influences from both Europe and the Americas, while maintaining an overall Islamic style. Musical instruments that are commonly featured in Keita's work include balafons, djembes, guitars, koras, organs, saxophones, and synthesizers. In 1990, Keita contributed "Begin the Beguine" to the Cole Porter tribute/AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Blue, produced by the Red Hot Organization.

Keita found success in Europe as one of the African stars of world music, but his work was sometimes criticised for the gloss of its production and for the occasional haphazard quality. However, shortly after the turn of the Millennium he returned to Bamako in Mali to live and record. His first work after going home, 2002's Moffou was hailed as his best album in many years, and Keita was inspired to build a recording studio in Bamako, which he used for his album M'Bemba, released in October 2005.

Keita's latest album, La Différence, was produced around the end of 2009. The work is dedicated to the struggle of the world albino community (victims of human sacrifice), for which Keita has been crusading all his life. In one of the album's tracks, the singer calls others to understand that "difference" does not mean "bad" and to show love and compassion towards albinos like everyone else:"I am black/ my skin is white/ so I am white and my blood is black [albino]/...I love that because it is a difference that's beautiful...", "some of us are beautiful some are not/some are black some are white/all that difference was on purpose...for us to complete each other/let everyone get his love and dignity/the world will be beautiful."

La Différence is unique in that for the first time Keita has clearly and boldly combined different melodic influences to produce a highly original musical feel, with a wide range of appeal. The album was recorded between Bamako, Beirut, Paris, and Los Angeles. This unique musical feel is reinforced by soulful pitches in the track "Samigna" emanating from the trumpet of the great Lebanese jazzman Ibrahim Maaluf.

La Difference won Keita one of the biggest musical awards of his career: the Best World Music 2010 at the Victoires de la musique.

Discography[link]

• Seydou Bathili - 1982
  

  

  Salif Keita at Womad 2010 - Charlton Park, England
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• Soro - 1987 - Mango
• Ko-Yan - 1989 - Mango
• Amen - 1991 - Mango
• Destiny of a Noble Outcast - 1991 - PolyGram
• 69-80 - 1994 - Sonodisc
• Folon - 1995 - Mango
• Rail Band - 1996 - Melodie
• Seydou Bathili - 1997 - Sonodisc
• Papa - 1999 - Blue Note
• Mama - 2000 - Capitol
• The Best of Salif Keita - 2001 - Wrasse Records
• Sosie - 2001 - Mellemfolkeligt
• Moffou - 2002 - Universal Jazz France
• The Best of the Early Years - 2002 - Wrasse Records
• Remixes from Moffou - 2004 - Universal Jazz France
• M'Bemba - 2005 - Universal Jazz France
• The Lost Album - 2006 - Cantos
• La Différence - 2009 - Emarcy

A lot of compilations are available as well ^[2]

References[link]

1. ^ Artist Profile - Salif Keita
2. ^ Salif Keita Discography Compiled by Graeme Counsel , Radio Africa, retrieved 2009-04-20

External links[link]

• (French) Official site of Salif Keita
• allmusic - Salif Keita
• Wrasse Records/Biography of Salif
• Salif Keïta: Discography
• Opiyo Oloya interview with Salif Keita
• Banning Eyre interview with Salif Keita
• Salif Keita Concert Pictures

Martin Laurent Picandet (French pronunciation: [maʁtɛ̃ pikɑ̃dɛ]) (born 22 September 1976), better known under his stage name Martin Solveig, is a French electronic music DJ and producer from Paris. He also hosts a weekly radio show called "C'est La Vie" on stations worldwide including FG DJ Radio in his homeland. His label is called Mixture Stereophonic. Martin Solveig had been ranked 29^th in the 2011 DJ Mag Top 100 DJs popularity poll.^[1] He has collaborated with Dragonette, Kele of Bloc Party, and Madonna.

History[link]

As a child, Martin Solveig joined the choir of the Petits Chanteurs de Sainte-Croix de Neuilly,^[2] where he had a classical music training and became soprano soloist under the direction of François Polgár. At the age of 18, he became a DJ and then started to work in famous Parisian nightclubs : L'Enfer, Le Queen, Les Bains Douches.

Solveig chose his pseudonym as an homage to the French actress Solveig Dommartin.^[3]

In 2011, Solveig was officially named as one of the producers for Madonna's new studio album, MDNA.^[4]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Compilations[link]

Singles[link]

"Hello" became Martin Solveig's breakthrough song in the world, used in a Trident Gum commercial in 2011. The song earned popularity and eventually became his first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 43. The song also reached number one on dance charts around the world as well as on the Dutch Top 40.

Other singles[link]

Notes:

• ^A - Solveig was credited as Africanism.

References[link]

External links[link]

• TwistedHouse.com Martin Solveig Interview
• Martin Solveig Interview (Ibiza,Spain)2006
• Martin Solveig biography
• Top 40 charts record for Martin Solveig
• Martin Solveig İstanbul

Drissa Kone is a master djembe-drummer from Mali.

Biography[link]

Drissa Kone, born in the fifties in a village named Kuruba (on the border of Mali and Guinea), is a widely respected djembe player who has captured the attention of many far beyond the borders of Mali. At an early age, and against the will of his parents, he began drumming in his home village Kuruba. When he was 13 years old he moved to the capital city Bamako, where he found his long-time inspirational master in the deceased Yamadu Bani Dunbia. In the 1980s Drissa toured throughout Mali as a popular festival drummer and soloist for numerous ballets. In 1989 he met the artists Ulli Sanou and Gerhard Kero in Mali, who after intensive instruction became well-liked members of his festival music ensemble. In 1991 he came to Europe for the first time to join their music group SANZA. Drissa spent the next 7 years thrilling fans with his remarkable djembe at countless concerts throughout Europe. The recordings "SANZA live" and "in search of the one" were made during this time. Later engagements took Drissa to France, Spain, Norway, Germany and Switzerland. In the summer of 2006, he headed a two-week special seminar for professionals at the Codarts University of Professional Arts in Rotterdam. Since 2009 he is an instructor of the Dj.e.m.be- Djembe education moduls beatfactory, 2011 he was teching at the international festival Impulstanz in Vienna.

Discography[link]

1992 - SANZA live EX 141-2

1994 - SANZA in search of the 1 EX220-2

2007 - Kurubamako EX697-2 beatfactory production

2008 - The Art of Jenbe Drumming - The Mali Tradition Vol. 2 (bibiafrica records)

Appearing also on: 2007 - Argile - Filefola: The Flute Album (bibiafrica records)

External links[link]

• Drissa Kone biography (German)
• Kurubamako CD review (German)
• Kurubamako CD review (English)

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Madan Gopal Singh is an Indian composer, actor, screenwriter, film theorist, lyricist and editor.

Overview[link]

Singh's doctoral dissertation is the first known semiotic study of some of the seminal texts from Indian cinema. He has written and lectured extensively on cinema, art and cultural history. He teaches English Literature at Satyawati College (Evening Classes).^[1]

He delivered the keynote address at the Third Cinema Focus Symposium as part of the Birmingham International Film Festival in 1991. He also introduced a package of films on Ritwik Ghatak and His Tradition at ICA [1], London with a historical perspective on Indian cinema. He also conducted a five-day workshop on Tarkovsky at the World Literature Centre[2] in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

• Served as Executive Editor, Journal of Arts and Ideas[3], New Delhi for nearly a decade.

• Served as a Contributing Editor, Cinemaya – the Asian Film Quarterly, for a number of years.

• Member, HOD's Committee on the Inaugural Show for the Frankfurt World Book Fair, 2006

• Member, General Council of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 2006

• Visitor's nominee to Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University, 2006

Writing[link]

Singh is a scriptwriter, having written films like Rasayatra[4] on the well-known Hindustani classical vocalist Mallikarjun Mansur - a film that won the National Award for the best short film in 1995. The film was directed by Nandan Kudhyadi. He wrote the screenplay (jointly with the director of the film, Anup Singh), dialogues and lyrics for a feature-length film, Name of a River[5], [6], [7] (2002), based on the life of the late Ritwik Kumar Ghatak. The film has won the G. Arvindan Award, and the Silver Dhow at the Zanzibar International Film Festival 2002.

He also wrote the Toona adaptation from Baba Bulle Shah which was rendered by Shubha Mudgal for Mira Nair's Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love[8], and he wrote dialogues for Kaya Taran[9], [10] a film based on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The film was directed by Sashi Kumar and won the G Arvindan Award 2004.

Wrote lyrics for the Aman Ali Ayan Ali album of lounge music, Truth, produced by Times Music, 2007.

Wrote lyrics for Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's compositions sung by Pankaj Udhaas, Yaara produced by Music Today October 2007 [11] and [12]

Music[link]

He is a singer of Sufi texts and has sung for films like Kumar Shahani's Kasba and Khayalgatha and Mani Kaul's Idiot[13]. As a singer, he travelled with the legendary Kurdo-Persian singer Shahram Nazeri to ancient Sufi towns such as Isfahan, Hamadan & Kermenshah. He also performed at the 2nd Sufi Soul World Music Festival held in Lahore, Pakistan in 2001.

Singh was invited to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2002, Washington as a presenter-performer [14]. In all, he gave/made/conducted 28 concerts, presentations and workshops.

He also composed music for the documentary film on Kashmir- Paradise on a River of Hell[15] directed by Meenu Gaur and Abir Bazaz.

He also composed music for Sabiha Sumar's celebrated Khamosh Pani
[16], [17], [18] – a French-German-Pakistan coproduction. The film has been widely acclaimed and shown the world over. It won the Best Film award at the Locarno Film Festival, 2003

Partial timeline[link]

• September 2004 – invited to make a Lec-Dem presentation at the Intangible Heritage Seminar held in Barcelona as part of the Barcelona Dialog, Forum 2004

• October 2004 performed at "Another Passage to India" [19] festival held in Geneva and Zurich. Also presented Name of a River with the director Anup Singh.

• 2004-2005 – as a specialist commentator in NDTV India's Hum Log in a New Year focus on Sufi music.

• April 2005 – was invited to Lucas Artists Residency Program at the Montalvo Art Center [20], Saratoga, California. He collaborated with the sound engineer David Fulton to do design music for the Indian artist Ranbir Kaleka's [21][22] installation that was subsequently exhibited at the Venice Biennale 2005 [23].

• June 2005 – Outlook India, Opinion on Jo Bole So Nihal[24]

• June 2005 – was invited to be part of a prestigious Musician Residency Program called the SOUND RES [25] at San Ceasario, Lecce, Italy. Worked with internationally known, eminent musicians such as Theo Bleckmann, David Cossin, Gregg August, David Sheppard and Luca Tarantino. Gave highly successful concerts and conducted workshops with them.[26]

• July 2005 – was invited to an Artist Residency at Torcito [27] in Otronto, Salento, Italy. Worked on the Punjabi love-legend Heer Ranjha with his musicians from India.

• July 2005 – performed at the Town Hall Festival, Bari, Italy.

• July 2005 – performed at the Experimenta 2005 [28], Alberobello, Italy.

• December 2005 - invited to lecture at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune

• January 2006 – composed music for Beyond Partition – a film by Lalit Joshi [29], South Asian Cinema Foundation, London.

• February 2006 – composed music for Fana’a – Ranjha Revisited – a musical by Navtej Johar [30]. It was showcased at the Virasat Festival, Patiala recently.

• May 2006 – participated in the Bonn Biennale, 2006 and appeared as the main chorus in two performances of Agra Bazaar directed by Habib Tanvir

• October 2006 – Conceived and designed the inaugural show of the World Book Fair, Frankfurt [31]

• November 2006 – Presented a package of films at Rio de Janeiro and Auro Preto in an International Festival, Imagem dos Povos, Brazil [32]

• December 2006 – Performed at the Other Festival [33], Chennai

• December 2006 – Performed at Kalakshetra, Chennai

• January 2007 – Performed in the Festival of India [34], Brussels

• April 2007 - MediArtists Concert - (a lot of factually incorrect information at the following website) [35] at Ludhiana

• July 2007 - Moderated a discussion on the Cinematic Time at the Osian-Cinefan Film Festival [36], New Delhi. Participants included eminent filmmaker Mani Kaul [37], cinematographer Anil Mehta [38], KU Mohnan [39] and 'Dilip Verma

• October 2007 - 'Before the Hanging' - a lead article on Bhagat Singh for Tehelka[40], New Delhi

References[link]