East Africa: Ceremonial & Folc
Reviews
Decca
Reviewed 2004-05-13
Reviewed 2004-05-13
From 1975 this release includes drum, instrumental, and vocal music from Uganda, Zaire, Kenya, and Tanzania. Recorded live in the field, these tracks exude raw energy and spiritual power. Read the notes and open your mind. Amazing stuff that is nearly impossible to describe as it’s not just music, it’s life.
*1. Powerful mix of voices, drums, whistles, & cries. Wow.
*2. Spoken word into amazing maze of horns & chants. Haunting.
*3. Strings/vocals/whistles. Captivating & unpredictable.
4. A family group in a relaxed kind of drone about giraffes.
5. Downtempo call-response series w/fascinating vocals.
6. Wailing voices w/long droning passages. About hippo hunting.
7. Initiation ceremony w/village sounds, chanting, horns.
8. Masai women call-response in praise of their men.
9. Warriors returning from a raid. Quiet spots, cries, rhythmic calls.
*10. Droning chorus, wailing calls.
11. Strings, big chorus, great growling vocals. A busy thing.
*12. A wedding song w/bells/horns/claps/vocals/stomps.
12. Mbiras/chanting/buzzing. A uptempo and intricate sound.
5/2004
*1. Powerful mix of voices, drums, whistles, & cries. Wow.
*2. Spoken word into amazing maze of horns & chants. Haunting.
*3. Strings/vocals/whistles. Captivating & unpredictable.
4. A family group in a relaxed kind of drone about giraffes.
5. Downtempo call-response series w/fascinating vocals.
6. Wailing voices w/long droning passages. About hippo hunting.
7. Initiation ceremony w/village sounds, chanting, horns.
8. Masai women call-response in praise of their men.
9. Warriors returning from a raid. Quiet spots, cries, rhythmic calls.
*10. Droning chorus, wailing calls.
11. Strings, big chorus, great growling vocals. A busy thing.
*12. A wedding song w/bells/horns/claps/vocals/stomps.
12. Mbiras/chanting/buzzing. A uptempo and intricate sound.
5/2004
Recent airplay
Enanga
Music Casserole — Nov 08, 2014
Giraffe Song
Into the Nada — Mar 20, 2007
Aluar Horns
At the Cafe Bohemian — Oct 31, 2006
Enanga
Juan 2-3-Show — Jul 21, 2004
Masai Women
At the Cafe Bohemian — Jul 20, 2004
Giraffe Song
sun in libra moon in pisces — Jun 08, 2004
Charting
2004-05-24 — 2004-07-26
Reggae/World
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jul 25 | 2 |
| Jun 13 | 1 |
| May 30 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Acholi Bwala Dance | ||
| 2. | Aluar Horns | ||
| 3. | Enanga | ||
| 4. | Giraffe Song | ||
| 5. | Turkana Songs | ||
| 6. | El Molo Hippo Song | ||
| 7. | Samburu Warriors' Initiation | ||
| 8. | Masai Women | ||
| 9. | Masai Raiding Songs | ||
| 10. | Emosiroi | ||
| 11. | Wagogo Soothing Song | ||
| 12. | Wagogo Marriage Ritual | ||
| 13. | Wagogo Marimba |