here is a link to  the making of 'FONDO' it was recorded in mali

so all this work , going to mali, and producing this record with vieux farka toure,is getting good results, and it feels goood,ill post a clip about the making of the  album soon.

peace 

yossi

so i got to bamako -mali, 3 days ago, in the studio with vieux farka toure -great musician's here , this is were the blues comes from,its a very rich culture ,desert blues music,mali is so divers in races, they are all malians,but from diferent tribes, diferent looks,great vybes,simple and positive,i  eat more then  when i m in the staes, no knife or fork, or plate, evrybody eatss from a big bowl with hands,no hot water,and its beter to sleep with long sleeves cuz of mosquitos, yet it is all easy and effortless,staying at Ali Farka Toure's place, beutifull people everywere,,got to go back to work, so  later....

yossi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfRdYJRcraA

so after returning from spain,doing ex-centric sound system shows, i will do the bass shows for the rest of the summer
returning back to the funk/party element of the booty ,every show is going to be different,
in celebrate brooklyn on aug 3rd ill host master kora player from mali"Balla Tounkara",he is by far the most versatile kora griot iv ever heard,
then in canada{ aug 16-17} besides doing a bass party[i have lots of jamaican accapelas with me and it will turn to be drum&bass/ragga versions} , ill have 2 work shops, one is about looping and the concept of the bass show, i think everybody would be able to take something from that being that you just got to have a concept and then let your self go, i mean its mental as much as it is musical.
2nd-a reggae work shop-with brinsly ford{aswad},veux farka toure, and more, i m not sure how its going to be but i m looking forward to that, Aswad had being major influence on me, i saw them 3 times in the early eighties, it was as good as reggae ever got,
and i also rate their album "new chapter in dub"as the top 2 dub records of all times,
lee scratch perry" super ape" is also up there.
back then a dub album was special, it meant that you knew the original version real good, and because you loved it so much when the dub album would come out you could refer to the original song,
also its going to be great to finally meet vieux farka toure-from mali, i remixed his song about 2 years ago, but never met him .
looking to it all
blessings
yossi

so here is the limk to the live in jerusalem concert cd,
the bass solo show

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from the all about da bass tour ,live and interview with yossi fine

so throu out dec. i m going to do bass show in israel, what it means...
its going to get funky and deep at times, i m looping myself on stage and layering lots of sounds all coming from the bass, this will create many beats and riddims on the spot, all free style, on the spot,
now iv got some great accapellas{voice only} recordings from our 'afro riddim sessions"cd, so ill play some of those tracks and add new bass grooves under,
plus if the vibes is right ill continue to dj the album and more recordins and productions that u aint never heard b4, {what ever the party calls for}
there will probably be some guests with me on stage at some points and shows,
in all-IF U LIKE UR BASS UNCUT, THiS is DA ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bless bless yo!
yossi

sometimes it take 1 song to get a record deal, {not allways but...]
in the late 90s i had a meeting at loud records about producing a neo soul act perhaps,one of the jams i had on the side was marra, an afro/hiphop/dub thing i fooled around with,
when it was played steven rifkind{ceo of loud}said'i want that,do u have more, at the time ididntso we agreed that ill deliver a full record 'electric voodooland"of that style,{world beat}?
and at the same time would make the reggea department at loud ,thats y the afro riddims started to happen,
marra-is that song that got me the whole thing going, the deal, and later the band,but mpst of all the consept/direction.
the song never made it to any of our cds, because the band never played on it, and mainly we had so many tunes by that time,
so no national geographic music dept with calabash music .com asked me to give them an exclusive track i chose this one,so for all the people that came to our shows , we allways played this one, big favorite,hope u like ithere it is-
http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/article/content.article/geomixes_project
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yossi

so iv been touring as a bass player {after a loooong pause}with jojo mayer, the european drum god!!!!and his nerve project ,doing live drum&bass shows in germany swiss, poland, and lituania, lots of fun great audience, {wat up drezden}its great to get to know the eastern european part,the people, the music lovers{big up}and to come and play some nu shit after so long}always keepin it phonky&deep,loving the vibes,also have some roots ina easterneurope, so i cant wait to get to lituania, we played on a bout in rostok germany, d&b party, tuff{in a good way,}got to love the east yo, peace yossi