Ko-Yan

Ko-Yan is an album by the Malian musician Salif Keita.

[4] The album contains more influence from Western music, while still maintaining a traditional style.

All the songs were written by Keita, including "Nou Pas Bouger", one of his first hits.

The New York Times wrote: "Synthesizers and Western horns perk along (sometimes sounding like Weather Report on Ko-Yan), but the underlying rhythms percolate in triple time, and it's hard for a Western ear to predict where Mr. Keita's vocal lines, and the responses of his female backup singers, will begin or end.

"[6] The Edmonton Journal noted that Keita's music "injects the stirring traditional rhythms of Mali with nourishing contemporary textures—funk, soca, and soul.