Thione Seck

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Thione Ballago Seck (born March 12, 1955) is a Senegalese singer and performer who performs in the mbalakh style.

Seck comes from a family of "griot" singers from Senegal's Wolof people.

His first job was with Orchestre Baobab, but Raam Daan, his own band, was formed later, which he still leads. In 2006, Seck's album Orientation was one of four people nominated for BBC Radio 3's World Music Album of the Year.

Seck experimentes with the use of Indian and Arabic scales in much of his music, as well as on this album.

This enhances the band's more traditional guitars, horns, and synthesizers, as well as his laid back vocals and the band's blazing rhythms.

This album was produced in collaboration with a group of more than 40 North African, Arab, and Indian musicians, who performed various instruments and created a fusion of styles.

Seck has said that Bollywood films had a long-standing musical influence on him, and that the experiment in a fusion style reflects this. XV Anniversary Live! (his second international release) and Daaly.

To The Music In My Head soundtrack, he contributed "Laye M'Boup," a salute to Orchestre Baobab's late Orchestre Baobab leader.

Seck also wrote "Entends-tu le monde?"

which was the lead single from Tina Arena's seventh studio album 7 vies. He was arrested by the Senegalese courts in May 2015, at the age of 60.

According to various local media, Thione Seck was arrested in the evening, at his home in Dakar by the gendarmerie and placed in jail as a result of an inquiry into significant foreign currency transactions involving his entourage and relatives.

He was arrested under a detention warrant and transferred to the Rebeuss Central Prison in downtown Dakar on June 2, 2015.

He was given provisional permission to return to his house on February 12, 2016.

Seydina Alioune Seck, a son of his father, was sentenced to prison for being complicit in the same affair as his father in March 2016.

Early life

Seck was born in Dakar on March 12, 1955. He was of Wolof descent and was raised Muslim. In the 1970s, he first joined Orchestra Baobab. Raam Daan was established after a decade of performing with the company.

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Career

In 2006, Seck's album Orientation was one of four finalists for BBC Radio 3's World Music Album of the Year. Seck experiments with the use of Indian and Arabic scales in a large portion of his recordings, as well as on this album. This supplements his laid back vocals and the band's tense sabar beat rhythms, and it takes the band's more conventional guitars, horns, and synthesizers from his album. This collection was produced in collaboration with a group of more than 40 North African, Arab, and Indian musicians, who were active on several instruments and creating a fusion of styles. Seck has said that Bollywood films had a long-serving musical presence, and the attempt in a fusion style reflects this.

XV Anniversary Live! (his second international release) and Daaly. To the Music in My Head soundtrack, Seck contributed "Laye M'Boup," a salute to late Orchestre Baobab leader Jean Coobe.

He also wrote "Entends-tu le monde?"

Which was the lead single from Australian singer Tina Arena's seventh studio album 7 vies.

After finding €50 million in counterfeit money in his house, Seck was arrested in May 2015. He claimed he was the "victim of a plot" by Gambians living in Sweden, who had offered him a €100 million contract for a string of 105 concerts around Europe. On June 22, 2020, Seck was found guilty of "attempted scam," "money laundering," "crime association," and "attempted circulation, possession, and presentation of falsified financial statements." He was sentenced to three years in prison, including eight months in jail, after his initial detention in 2015.

Seck died in Dakar on March 14, 2021, just two days after his 66th birthday. Before his death, he suffered from an illness.

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