diyanye ko te sa means insatiable desires in bambara. it's the other side of the coin from diyanye ko, the first track on the album. where that one is about passion and love and community, this one is a gentle reminder: not all of your desires come from your higher self ☀

this episode opens with a personal reflection on supremacy, who benefits from whose music, and what it means to actually live your values rather than just claim them. it's the kind of thing that doesn't always make it into a song but lives underneath all of them.

the song itself has roots in a standard from the music of segu, mali. mariama built her own version from the ground up. the bass line and drum groove came fully formed from her head, sparked by a moment she heard erich playing guitar from across the house while she was watching a nigerian movie. the second half draws from a deep cut from the new york salsa scene of the 60s and 70s: anabacoa by grupo folklorico y experimental nuevayorquino. there's also a hard rock dimension, a real guitar solo, and a shout out to luke bacé who engineered the sessions.


mariama explains the song's message in her own words. including one of the best analogies we've heard involving ice cream. this is the gold transmission. we go behind the curtain so you can hear how the music actually gets made.

1. anabacoa — grupo folklorico y experimental nuevayorquino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhbtvm72d04
(from the 1975 album concepts in unity on salsoul records) 

2. luke bacé — instagram
https://www.instagram.com/lakecube 

3. a history of music in 500 songs
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-history-of-music-in-500-songs/id1437402802 



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