Burkina Electric is an electronic music group from

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, the capital city of

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...

. They are one of Africa's first electronic acts. Despite the group's African origins, they are mostly based in

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. They were formed in 2007 when Maï Lingani (vocals), Wende K. Blass (guitar),

Kurt Dahlke Kurt Dahlke (born 29 April 1958) is a German musician and record producer. He is a founding member of record label/publishing company ''Ata Tak'' and has worked and still works in several bands. Dahlke is also known as Pyrolator. Several times ...

(electronics), and Lukas Ligeti (drummer) created the band for a tour of Austria. Lingani and Blass are from Burkina Faso, Dahlke (also known as Pyrolator) is from

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, Germany, and Ligeti is from Austria. They released an EP called "Reem Tekre" in 2007 on the Atatak label. The group contributed live music to the ballet "Itutu", which debuted in 2009 and was performed by

Karole Armitage Karole Armitage (born March 3, 1954) is an American dancer and choreographer currently based in New York City. She is artistic director of Armitage Gone! Dance, a contemporary dance company that performs several times annually in New York City as ...

's company Armitage Gone! Dance. Their first full-length album, ''Paspanga'', was released in early 2010. It was described as "fierce" by Richard Gehr in ''Spin'', and as "a sleek, kinetic album" by Nate Chinen.

Discography

*''Reem Tekre'' EP (2007, Atatak) *''Paspanga'' (2010, Cantaloupe)

References

Burkinabé musical groups Musical groups established in 2007 2000s establishments in Burkina Faso {{BurkinaFaso-stub