I'd listened to one of Maal's albums already on the list. The lovely, stripped down, mostly acoustic "Djam Leelii" that he recorded with his mentor Mansour Seck.
This album is a different kettle of fish, much livelier and drawing heavily on musical styles from Maal's Senengalese homeland. Producer Simon Booth injects elements of celtic music into some of the music, a mix of styles that he would go on to explore further with his own group Afro Celt Sound System.
There are patches of the album that have dated slightly (technology gives the game away so often), but otherwise, it's a fun enough collection of tracks.
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