a&r Jacques Sanjuan
engineer, mixed by Al Stone
engineer, mixed by Alain Ganne
engineer, mixed by Bertrand Châtenet
engineer, mixed by Christophe Marais
engineer, mixed by Hervé Le Coz
engineer, mixed by Stéphane Caisson
liner notes Christian Larrède
musician Alejandro Barcelona
musician Christian Séguret
musician Christophe Henry
musician Eric Travaillé
musician Giovanni Pietro Cremonini
musician Idrissa Diop
musician Jean Paul Korea
musician Leïty M'Baye
musician Lionel Wending
musician Lokua Kanza
musician Loy Ehrlich
musician Loïc Taillebrest
musician Marc Marder
musician Matthew Vaughan
musician Olivier Delevingne
musician Olivier Mellano
musician Patrick Goraguer
musician Philippe Osman
musician Pierre Jaconelli
musician Steve Shehan
musician Stéfano Genovese
musician Wally Badarou
musician Wasis Diop
musician Xavier Derouin
musician Yasuaki Shimizu
musician Yoro Gueye
producer Bertrand Mougin
producer Caroline Molko
producer Nicole Savourat
translated by Marc Albert
written by, composed by Wasis Diop
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Manufactured By Artemis Records
Marketed By Artemis Records
Published By Universal Music Publishing
Licensed Through Universal Music Division Mercury Records
Release issued in standard jewel case with clear tray, and front and rear inserts.

Liner notes:

I am Senegalese, but I don't play the djembé. - Wasis Diop

This puzzling preliminary statement leaves you either suspicious or amazed by the synthetic quality of the formulation. In 1988, it admirably sums up Wasis Diop's approach. Toxu (Renaissance), the record which brings success, is a brilliant combination of African rhythms, soul and reggae and also a painful exorcism of his brother's passing.

Dedicated to Léopold Sedar Senghor and Nelson Mandela, the record [Everything is Never Quite Enough] unites great names from the upper crust of World Music, including David Bryne and Amadou and Mariam the emblematic blind couple from Mali who accompany Diop in a strange and telluric visit of the Talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime. Wally Badarou, undisputed star of a whole continent, co-produces the silk and velvet-like draperies. Beth Hirsch participates in Everything (profitably used in the original soundtrack of The Thomas Crown Affair). Wasis Diop offers us the music of a world as we would like it to be - wide open and free. The African artist is systematically classified somewhere between the Brazilian Ceanto Veloso and The Talking Heads. He is also compared to the nomadic spirit of the jazzman Don Cherry, sometimes rightfully so, but an artist's creation can never be reduced to a list of influences or analogies.

The compelling force in Wasis Diop's approach is his love of travel. He takes us to the very heart of the place where all people meet, through the crucial crossing of his guitar's strings. He makes us follow the sound of a saxophone at a street corner and guides us through the thunder of ceremonial drums. His relentless curiosity leads him into small forgotten lanes, and drives both him and us to undertake unheard of voyages. The sweet and subtle poetry of his [musical] itineraries makes them all the more touching.
Barcode: 801298203520
Matrix / Runout: Z21441 A2 TRI 82035-2 02 M1S3
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L909
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2U8F