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Showing posts with label field recording. Show all posts
Showing posts with label field recording. Show all posts

Friday, June 5, 2015

v.a. - Golagul - Chants d'amour et de resistance [eritrea] [1999]

      
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                       Eritrea, ancient province Ethiopia became independent at the beginning of the 90's and has lived a painful history. But nothing has ever prevented the people of Eritrea from singing, and not even the numerous famines. 

               The People of the plain of Zula (Afar, Tigré and Saho) give rhythm to their everyday life in simple, repetitive singings. The leader, man or woman, throws a comment on rhythms (handclaps and kebero percussion), the others start again, insisting on the same rhythmic, as an obsessive loop. History the concern of protecting the culture and politics, stimulates more than a singer. " On one hand, he killed you, whereas on the other one he fed you " tells a Saho about Haile Sélassié.

            A kebero is a double-headed, conical hand drum used in the traditional music of Eritrea and Ethiopia. A piece of animal hide is stretched over each end, thus forming a membranophone. A large version of the instrument is also used in Orthodox Christian liturgical music, while smaller versions are used in secular celebrations.




01. Ana meto agébé [Tigré Tribe] 2:57
02. Ayrègèdè [Afar Tribe] 2:05
03. O'h yéharshema [Saho Tribe] 2:34
04. Haleto lale lalô [Saho Tribe] 2:19
05. Sêda [Afar Tribe] 3:05
06. Toriyota [Afar Tribe] 1:38
07. Erab Ghedam [Tigré Tribe] 3:48
08. Adate [Tigré Tribe] 2:59
09. Aran heutoukta [Saho Tribe] 6:41
10. Innyo soklié [Saho Tribe] 3:39
11. Kéké [Afar Tribe] 2:31
12. Sänädirlê [Saho Tribe] 2:24
13. Farum Ghedan [Saho Tribe] 6:46
14. Selâm [Tigré Tribe] 3:49
15. Yewêlâlè [Tigré Tribe] 2:17
16. Erytrea nèdègé [Saho Tribe] 4:24
17. Worada [Saho Tribe] 4:13
18. Lâleh [Afar Tribe] 2:47


Thursday, April 30, 2015

v.a. - [2009] - Southern Ethiopia - music of the Maale [praises and blessings] [ethiopia]










Maale are one the 40 ethnic groups of southern Ethiopia. 

The Maale music is very rich. It encompasses a cappella polyphonic singing, vocal polyphonies accompanied on the lyre, whistled polyphonies, solo flute playing, flute orchestras, horns, drums, and it displays a great originality in the vocal and instrumental techniques. 

For the Maale, music is the mean of a constant exchange between generations. The youngest ('children') praises the eldest ('fathers') and the eldest bless the youngest. Thus the music appears as a strong factor of social cohesion.




01 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Maale Zoro (2:44)
02 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Andalko (5:05)
03 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Abi (4:01)
04 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Dami (4:03)
05 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Irbe wala (2:37)
06 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Haya Haya Bolado (2:46)
07 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Nay malkiti (0:52)
08 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Gaade (4:08)
09 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Meni merti (3:30)
10 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Alo be (2:07)
11 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Shulungo (0:59)
12 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Aleko (3:34)
13 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Ank'ado (1:29)
14 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Are Indo (Pele) (3:42)
15 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Are Indo (Golo) (4:57)
16 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Salo (3:03)
17 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Durungo (1:34)
18 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Irbo Nay Koysi (3:49)
19 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Be Ta Belio & Olize (4:40)
20 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Kaye (1:16)
21 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Sorayti (1:17)
22 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Makanka dorba (2:40)
23 - Southern Ethiopia - Music of the Maale - Osta (2:59)







Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Petites Planètes - Now Ethiopia • GAMO GAMO • Tribal songs from the south [2012] [ethiopia] [FLAC}



originaly posted HERE :



GAMO GAMO • tribal voices from the south






1. Aba Chefo   07:14
2. Gamo   07:41
3. Oho Amba   05:45
4. Funeral Polyphony   02:44
5. Dita   08:30



recorded by Vincent Moon & Jacob Kirkegaard 
in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

may 2012 

mixed by Jacob Kirkegaard 



Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Petites Planètes - Now Ethiopia • Alemu Aga - Live in Addis Ababa [2012]



Alemu Aga - Live in Addis Ababa [2012]




recorded by Vincent Moon & Jacob Kirkegaard in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, june 2012 

mixed by Jacob Kirkegaard 



1. - The Harp of King David  08:19

2. - The Harp of King Jacob  04:41


Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Waaberi - [1997] - New Dawn [somalia]








01. Waaberi - Rog Rogosho (5:34)
02. Waaberi - Cidlaan Dareemaya (4:00)
03. Waaberi - Heei Yaa Alahobalin Hoobalowa (4:31)
04. Waaberi - Hafun (5:05)
05. Waaberi - Shubahada (4:50)
06. Waaberi - Ada Bere Chaelka (4:25)
07. Waaberi - Indo Ashak (3:59)
08. Waaberi - Nin Hun Heloha Modina (4:52)
09. Waaberi - Ulimada (6:20)
10. Waaberi - Kafiyo Kaladeri (7:10)


  FULL BOOKLET INCLUDED  



Thursday, February 20, 2014

v.a. - Ari - Ethiopie Polyphonies [2002]

   
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  The Ari are highland farmers from the northwest corner of Ethiopia, and their community songs are simply remarkable. Making use of the full range of possibilities in the human voice by varying registers, timbres, and vowel resonance, they weave two or more countermelodies into grand polyphonies that are startling in their intricate, endlessly unfolding patterns. Occasionally accompanied by handclaps, tambourines, zithers, or flutes, it is difficult to not think of tape loops or synthesizers while listening to these 20 tracks, but it is human voices making this joyous, eerie music. The use of flutes here is also interesting, since generally there are two flutes moving in staggered melodies against and across each other, at times managing to sound somewhat like a wheezing calliope. Scholars and ethnomusicologists will undoubtedly get the greatest use from this disc, but it is stirring and strange enough to intrigue the casual listener as well. ~ Steve Leggett






full booklet included

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

v.a. - Ritual Music of Ethiopia [Folkaway editions 4353] [1973]


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" Possibly the weirdest sounding tunes on eMusic "

1973 | Label: Folkways Records / Smithsonian Folkways


       As Editor-in-Chief of eMusic, I listen to a fair amount of music that's available on the site, and I think this might be the weirdest thing I have ever heard. 

       It's by the Gidole people, subsistence farmers in a mountainous, remote area of southwestern Ethiopia. It's a tough life. So it's no wonder that, as the album's liner notes state, "When the people of these tribes sing, play or dance, they give themselves totally to the music. The frenzy of the ritualistic performances is attested to by the trance state which many of the people will enter during festivals." The album highlight, “Giddle Instrumental (Giddle tribe),” is played on bamboo filla flutes and it sounds like one of those trippy buried backwards tracks on a Beatles song like "I Am the Walrus." If you don't start hallucinating wildly about 60 seconds in, you might want to check if you have a pulse."




Friday, October 11, 2013

v.a. - Hamar [South Ethiopia] - Nyabole - Singing on the Way to the Dancing Ground [1978]



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The Hammere (also spelled Hamar) are a tribal people in southwestern Ethiopia. They live in Hamer Bena woreda (or district), a fertile part of the Omo River valley, in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region. They are largely pastoralists, so their culture places a high value on cattle. According to the CSA census of 1994, there were 42,838 Hammer language speakers, and 42,448 self-identified Hammer people of a total population of about 53 million, representing approximately 0.1% of the population.

The Assistant Administrator of Hammer Bena Ato Imnet Gashab has commented that only six tribal members have ever completed secondary education!!!!





v.a. - Ethiopia - Polyphony of the Dorze [1977]


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Collected in the field in Ethiopia in 1974-1975 by Bernard Lortat-Jacob
Performed by native villagers.





01. Polyphonies of the Dorze - Song of a Halak'a Festival (3:17)
02. Polyphonies of the Dorze - Song of a Halak'a Festival (5:28)
03. Polyphonies of the Dorze - Song of a Halak'a Festival (5:11)
04. Polyphonies of the Dorze - Maskal Song (3:13)
05. Polyphonies of the Dorze - Work Song (3:23)
06. Polyphonies of the Dorze - Song of a Mahaber Festival (4:51)
07. Polyphonies of the Dorze - Song of a Halak'a Festival (4:46)
08. Polyphonies of the Dorze - Maskal Ritual Song (1:27)
09. Polyphonies of the Dorze - Maskal Ritual Song (1:37)
10. Polyphonies of the Dorze - Spinning Songs (12:43)
11. Polyphonies of the Dorze - Maskal Song (7:05)
12. Polyphonies of the Dorze - Epic Song (4:58)

Monday, September 23, 2013

v.a. - Ethiopia - High Plateaux Music [1999]


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01. Khadija (3:33)                                     10. Fikrie yenie neh (2:40)               
02. Hagerie (1:44)                                     11. Kebeoda (3:16)
03. Dinkara (3:49)                                     12. Piece pour masengo (2:22)
04. Foodhir (2:59)                                      13. Barri (2:46)
05. Liif (3:04)                                              14. Syematibela (3:14)
06. Neger (2:58)                                        15. Sokota (2:54)
07. Didhig (4:22)                                        16. Piece pour washint (1:06) 
08. Piece Pour Krar (2:19)                       17. Gocasho (3:17)
09. Rixa (3:55)                                           18. Fikir (2:47)



Sleeping In The Market [Ethiopian Music & Sounds From Amhara] [2005]


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         Basically an audio travel scrapbook, Sleeping in the Market takes listeners on a tour of the Ethiopian region of Amhara. 

       Our guides are Mehari Smon and his son Yayehe. The former is making a pilgrimage back to his roots; the latter is pointing a microphone at local musicians, whether they are professionals performing in an Adiss-Abbaba teahouse or children singing and dancing in the streets of poor neighborhoods. 

           The Smons are quiet guides, letting the people and places speak for themselves. Their document presents music caught in the social act, music embedded in everyday life. 


        A young girl greets us first on the street, singing to support her family. Her "Laluyeah" is quite moving. She belongs to a small group of children coming back regularly throughout this short album -- their songs offer a counterpoint to their elders' music, of which "Endaw Mela Mela" is the most significant. Captured in a teahouse and 13 minutes in duration, it features a male/female duo of singers. The man also plays the accordion in a style very typical of that part of Africa, while the vocals hint at Muslim cultures, especially the art of qawwali (both in the vocal inflections and the call-and-response system). 

       The album is slightly short at 39 minutes, but it offers a pleasant listening curve. 




1. Laluyeah (Yearning Song)      (3:38)
2. Bale-Whashinto      (3:20)
3. Berewoo Taha Taha (The Bull, Taha, Taha)      (8:03)
4. Demam Era Dema      (1:36)
5. Aderch Arada (Sleeping In The Market)      (1:47)
6. Bale Ageru      (2:29)
7. Ney, Ney, Ney (Come, Come, Come)      (5:08)
8. Endiaw Mela Mela (Compassion)      (13:03)


     The production/compilation approach is somewhat similar to Sublime Frequencies' line of field recordings (Streets of Lhasa, for instance). ~ François Couture

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

v.a. - Music from Ethiopia - The Central Highlands, the Desert Nomads and Eritrea [1994] [ethiopia,eritra]


                  

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Music from Ethiopia - The Central Highlands, the Desert Nomads and Eritrea















































01. Music of the Central Highlands - Music of the Ethiopian Church (3:21)
02. Music of the Central Highlands - Ethiopian Funerals (2:29)
03. Music of the Central Highlands - Judiac Falasha (2:38)
04. Music of the Central Highlands - Biblical Harp of David (2:41)
05. Music of the Central Highlands - Wax and Gold (2:37)
06. Music of the Central Highlands - Simple Notched Flutes (2:01)
07. Music of the Central Highlands - Skista (2:06)
08. Music of the Central Highlands - Kerar (2:04)
09. Music of the Central Highlands - The Gurage (2:23)
10. Music of the Central Highlands - Incitement-Into-Battle (0:55)
11. Music of the Central Highlands - A Great Gathering (1:28)
12. Music of the Desert Nomads - The Gadabursi (1:10)
13. Music of the Desert Nomads - The Afar (1:43)
14. Music of the Desert Nomads - The Rashaida (1:57)
15. Music of the Desert Nomads - Afar Territory (2:23)
16. Music of the Desert Nomads - The Borana (1:38)
17. Music of the Desert Nomads - The Borana Wells (2:40)
18. Music of the Desert Nomads - The Gerre (9:10)
19. Music of Eritrea - The Rashaida (2:06)
20. Music of Eritrea - The Rashaida (1:35)
21. Music of Eritrea - The Beni Amer (1:57)
22. Music of Eritrea - The Baria (1:51)
23. Music of Eritrea - The Afar (2:16)
24. Music of Eritrea - Music of Serae (2:17)
25. Music of Eritrea - The Assaorta (2:18)
26. Music of Eritrea - The Kunama (2:02)
27. Music of Eritrea - The Zar (2:40)
28. Music of Eritrea - The Bilen (2:24)
29. Music of Eritrea - Ballad of Neguesse (3:24)
30. Music of Eritrea - The Kunama (2:11)
31. Music of Eritrea - Milking Songs (2:31)