Mola Sylla
Mola Sylla (born Dakar, Senegal, 1956) is a Senegalese musician. He moved to Europe in 1987 and lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is a singer and plays such traditional African instruments as the mbira, kongoma (Senegalese lamellophone), xalam, and kalimba. • Illustration — Wild blue yonder music Sylla has collaborated with a wide variety of musicians, including in jazz and cross-cultural settings.
Mola Sylla
- Born
- 1956 · Dakar.
- Nationality
- Senegal
- Occupation
- singer · musician · instrumentalist · composer
- Languages
- French
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Mola Sylla (born Dakar, Senegal, 1956) is a Senegalese musician. He moved to Europe in 1987 and lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is a singer and plays such traditional African instruments as the mbira, kongoma (Senegalese lamellophone), xalam, and kalimba. • Illustration — Wild blue yonder music Sylla has collaborated with a wide variety of musicians, including in jazz and cross-cultural settings.
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He has worked with Ernst Reijseger, with whom he composed the score to Werner Herzog's 2005 film The Wild Blue Yonder. He is a founding member of the groups Senemali (a collaboration between Senegalese and Malian musicians) and VeDaKi (formerly Vershki da Koreshki, a quartet made up of Senegalese, Russian, and Indian musicians).
With Vershki Da Koreshki • Vershki da Koreshki (Al Sur, 1996) • Real Life of Plants (Shanachie, 1997) With Vedaki • Gombi Zor (Vedaki Records, 1999) • Samm (Vedaki Records, 2008) With Volkovtrio • Much Better (Green Wave Records, 1998) With Vladimir Volkov • Seetu/Mirror/Зеркало (Long Arms Records, 2002) With Ernst Reijseger • Janna (Winter & Winter, 2003) • Requiem for a Dying Planet (Winter & Winter, 2006) With Ernst Reijseger and Harmen Fraanje • Down Deep (Winter & Winter, 2013) • Count til Zen (Winter & Winter, 2015) • We Were There (Just Listen, 2020)
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