Welcome To Mali, the second Nonesuch effort from Malian duo Amadou & Mariam garnered rapturous reviews from critics in Europe, where it was released in late 2008. The album, recorded in Bamako, Dakar, Paris and London and produced with longtime manager Marc-Antoine Moreau, is less high-concept travelogue than straightforward set, yet it proves to be eve nmore adventurous and exuberantly rocking. Albarn briefly joins the pair, co-producing and co-writing opening track "Sabali," as ingeniously arranged as the best of his work with the Gorillaz and featuring Mariam's almost otherworldly vocals over swirls of disco-style keyboards.