The meeting of an ancient and ancestral instrument like the Kora in the hands of a virtuoso like Ballaké Sissoko and electronics, expanding the possibilities of the instrument itself, as offered by Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch, is the heart of this Radicants. It is a search for new paths related to immersion, letting go, new roots. Dynamic, evolving roots capable of supporting others. Respecting the idea of rootedness and precisely knowing how to project it into a kaleidoscopic and multifaceted world. There is therefore no opposition between two worlds – acoustic and electronic, traditional and contemporary, African and Western – but rather acceptance, collaboration and risk-taking. It is therefore a question of building a real dialogue between the two musicians in which, if the Kora is the source of everything, electronics are the development, the resonance, and the form.
