Orchestra Gold - "Diyanye Ko Te Sa"
Photo by Ginger Fierstein The latest from African psych-rock band Orchestra Gold sees the band diving into the psychedelic side of their sound. "Diyanye Ko Te Sa" has an amazing guitar sound that is going to win you over immediately. It takes over a minute before Mariam Diakite's vocals kick in, and you'll be fully invested in the song before. Once Diakite starts singing, you'll be completely mesmerized. Orchestra Gold have always mixed West African traditional music and psychedelic rock, but "Diyanye Ko Te Sa" steps up the mix, and grooves even harder than it rocks. By the time the song gets to the halfway point, it's like an amped up Parliament/Funkadelic. It's going to be nearly impossible to sit still while "Diyanye Ko Te Sa" plays, but why would you want to? Mariam Diakite says of her band's latest single: "In a culture that floods us with choices and rewards our base impulses, this song is a sacred pause. A moment to ask ...