Nonesuch Explorer Series / East Africa: Witchcraft & Ritc
| Album: | East Africa: Witchcraft & Ritc | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Nonesuch Explorer Series | Added: | Sep 2003 | |
| Label: | Nonesuch Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2004-06-21 | Pull Date: | 2004-08-23 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 22 | Aug 15 | Aug 1 | Jul 25 | Jul 18 | Jul 11 | Jul 4 | Jun 27 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 08, 2015: | Clean Copper Radio COP TALK
Marimba |
4. | Aug 21, 2004: | Under the Sheltering Sky
Kayamba Dance: Giriama Weddg |
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| 2. | Oct 31, 2006: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Giriama Spirit Dancce |
5. | Aug 19, 2004: | Sun in Libra Moon in Pisces
Giriama Spirit Dancce |
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| 3. | Sep 02, 2004: | Sun in Libra Moon in Pisces
Matondoni Wedding |
6. | Aug 14, 2004: | Under the Sheltering Sky
Kayamba Dance: Giriama Weddg |
Album Review
Decca
Reviewed 2004-06-09
Reviewed 2004-06-09
Orig. released in 1975, this CD is fascinating and a little spooky. Read the notes to understand the ceremonies being performed. The tracks are dramatic, powerful, and atmospheric and a few can definitely give you chills when you listen.
1. Drums, bells, whistles, chanting, yells. It just sort of builds.
*2. Big village sound w/bells/chants/calls & a dark humming vibration.
*3. Great voices & harp in song of joy for a good harvest.
4. Female voices, clanging percussion. A big, boisterous sound.
*5. Wonderfully complex marimba/perc/vocal track. Fast
6. Spoken word, harp, vocals; two songs. Nice vocals, kinda relaxed.
7. Witch doctor shouting, fast drums, chanting. An exorcism ritual.
*8. Wild perc/horn dance w/chants/bells/whistles.
9. Like #8, only the horn is lower. A cool sound.
10. Solo fem vox & simple perc. in a relaxed and low-key track.
11. Horn/chants & a humming percussion. Fascinating ceremony.
12. Lots of bells/chanting/whistles.
13. Call/response vocals in a dark & serious call to the dawn..
*14. Mouth harp/bells/vocals. Fast but w/a sense of sadness.
*15. Fast blend of bells/harp/vocals. Catchy w/good vocals.
16. Busy funeral dance w/bells/flutes/horns/drums/chanting.
6/2004
1. Drums, bells, whistles, chanting, yells. It just sort of builds.
*2. Big village sound w/bells/chants/calls & a dark humming vibration.
*3. Great voices & harp in song of joy for a good harvest.
4. Female voices, clanging percussion. A big, boisterous sound.
*5. Wonderfully complex marimba/perc/vocal track. Fast
6. Spoken word, harp, vocals; two songs. Nice vocals, kinda relaxed.
7. Witch doctor shouting, fast drums, chanting. An exorcism ritual.
*8. Wild perc/horn dance w/chants/bells/whistles.
9. Like #8, only the horn is lower. A cool sound.
10. Solo fem vox & simple perc. in a relaxed and low-key track.
11. Horn/chants & a humming percussion. Fascinating ceremony.
12. Lots of bells/chanting/whistles.
13. Call/response vocals in a dark & serious call to the dawn..
*14. Mouth harp/bells/vocals. Fast but w/a sense of sadness.
*15. Fast blend of bells/harp/vocals. Catchy w/good vocals.
16. Busy funeral dance w/bells/flutes/horns/drums/chanting.
6/2004
Track Listing
| 1. | Ngoma Ra Mrongo | 9. | Alto Bung'o Horn | |||
| 2. | Mwari Initiation | 10. | Akamba Witch Doctor | |||
| 3. | Coconut Pickers Song | 11. | Pokot Witch Doctor | |||
| 4. | Matondoni Wedding | 12. | Pokot Dance | |||
| 5. | Marimba | 13. | Song of Dawn | |||
| 6. | Tuken Moral Songs | 14. | Lukuji | |||
| 7. | Giriama Spirit Dancce | 15. | Nyatiti | |||
| 8. | Kayamba Dance: Giriama Weddg | 16. | Funeral Dance |