of professional musical development. His journey to this release included opening for reggae icon Tiken Jah Fakoly in 2012 and extensive touring through Mali and Ivory Coast. The project was recorded across three major locations: Humble Ark Records (Bamako, Mali) with arrangements by Lion and Fox Studio , featuring arrangements by Georges Kouakou Additional inputs from Moses Doumbia in Abidjan. Musical Style & Tracks The album is rooted in classic

One of the charms of the recording is its resistance to over-polishing. In 2016, much of mainstream reggae had moved toward compressed, synthetic sounds. Malayky went the opposite direction.

is not a commercial album. It is a document. It captures a moment in time when a group of musicians in Eastern Europe decided to stop imitating Jamaica and start translating the feeling of Roots into their own mother tongue.

, where it was mixed and mastered by Georges Kouakou. Tracklist