Mola Sylla

Mola Sylla (born Dakar, Senegal, 1956) is a Senegalese musician. He moved to Europe in 1987 and lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is a singer and plays such traditional African instruments as the mbira, kongoma (Senegalese lamellophone), xalam, and kalimba.

Sylla has collaborated with a wide variety of musicians, including in jazz and cross-cultural settings. He has worked with Ernst Reijseger, with whom he composed the score to Werner Herzog's 2005 film The Wild Blue Yonder.

He is a founding member of the groups Senemali (a collaboration between Senegalese and Malian musicians) and VeDaKi (formerly Vershki da Koreshki, a quartet made up of Senegalese, Russian, and Indian musicians).

Discography

With Vershki Da Koreshki Vershki da Koreshki (Al Sur, 1996) Real Life of Plants (Shanachie, 1997)

With Vedaki Gombi Zor (Vedaki Records, 1999) Samm (Vedaki Records, 2008)

With Volkovtrio Much Better (Green Wave Records, 1998)

With Vladimir Volkov Seetu/Mirror/Зеркало (Long Arms Records, 2002)

With Ernst Reijseger Janna (Winter & Winter, 2003) Requiem for a Dying Planet (Winter & Winter, 2006)

With Ernst Reijseger and Harmen Fraanje

Down Deep (Winter & Winter, 2013) Count til Zen (Winter & Winter, 2015) We Were There (Just Listen, 2020)