"The band Azumah (Azumah is a Swahili word meaning love, peace and happiness) formed in 1955 and comprised of a number of Marimba players, African drummers, percussionists, vocalists and African dancers. The group has appeared in numerous films along with dozens of TV appearances and recorded many albums over the years. They were the major traditional music contribution for the African musical “Sikulu”. The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. Keys or bars (usually made of wood) are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. In Africa, most, marimbas are made by local artisans from locally available materials. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys to aid the performer both visually and physically." (Bandcamp)
"The Festival of Traditional Arts was founded in 1974 by Chérif Khaznadar, who was then director of the Maison de la Culture in Rennes. During the seventh version (1980) the recording was made for this CD. Performers are the dancers and musicians of the National Dance Company of Zambia. The songs they perform belong to the initiation rituals makishi and nyau. During these rites, both men and women sing, but only the men are allowed to wear the masks that accompany the rites. The initiation rites only concern the boys of the tribes in Zambia, with the inevitable circumcision as the (anti? -) climax. The CD booklet does not mention what the girls are about." (GO)
Dit Pan African Dance Ensemble speelt op deze CD de sterren van de hemel. Met (dans)muziek uit Donker Afrika, de traditionele ritmes komen uit Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zuid Afrika, Guinea, Tanzania en Ivoorkust. Blijf hierbij maar eens stilzitten! (WK, Muziekbank)
Interessante verzamel-cd met muziek van minder bekende Zuid-Afrikaanse artiesten, die uit verschillende bevolkingsgroepen afkomstig zijn: Zulu, Sotho, Xhosa en Swazi.
"The rumbas, beguines and other dance music variations on Roots of Rumba Rock lay out a lot of the template still being adapted and altered by current Congolese acts. The frenetic pluck and plink of thumb pianos drive De Malo's "Towuti Brazza Toye Kisasa", while the early Solovox synthesizer provides some of the winsome melody in De Wayon's "Nalekaki Na Nzela". Elsewhere, distortion artfully finds its way into the compositions. Several tracks from early pioneers like Bowane are included, while "Bana Bosenge" represents the same circle of unemployed street performers who would later give us pan-African rumba star Franco. In fact, though the recording quality dates the music, the songs themselves sound as timeless as they are joyful, underscoring this comp's place as a sort of African music Rosetta Stone. It's simultaneously an indirect reminder of the hardships imposed on so many Africans while a spirited reminder that for many of those same people, music represented the ultimate escape from weighty woes."|
" Compilatie-album met live opnames van diverse Afrikaanse artiesten. De meeste opnames zijn gemaakt op het festival Africolor, dat jaarlijks voor de kerst plaatsvindt in Saint-Denis, een voorstad van Parijs." (Muziekbank)
Compilatie-cd met Zuid-Afrikaanse popmuziek uit de jaren 80
"Of the many compilations of township jive (or mbaqanga) recordings that hit the American and European marketplace in the late '80s following Paul Simon's blockbuster Graceland, this is surely one of the best. It rides the coattails of that very successful album but also stands well on its own. The Kings and Queens of Township Jive prominently features two of South Africa's finest and most popular ensembles, the Soul Brothers and the Mahotella Queens (both with and without their male frontman, Mahlathini). Several of the other featured artists are singers in the "groaning" style that Mahlathini popularized -- Mbazo's "Okwami Okwezandla" and Abafana Baseqhudeni's gorgeous "Mubi Umakhelwane" both come clearly from that tradition, especially the latter, which features multiple voices in the basso profundo groaning range. There are also a couple of examples of instrumental "sax jive." This album is just about as good an introduction to South African pop music as you could hope for." (Allmusic)
" From the masterful student of the great Ephat Mujuru comes this album of mbira pieces, both traditional and contemporary. The performances are perfect with respect to the virtuosity of Maraire, and the compositions written by him are also worthy of being heard. The tempos range from exceptionally slow, as in "Mudendero," to exceptionally fast and bouncing, as in "Machekeche" (actually transcribed over to the marimba by Maraire from the usual mbira repertoire). For someone looking for an introductory album to the music of the Shona mbira, this wouldn't be a bad place to start. Perhaps even better would be an Ephat Mujuru album, or better still, the Shona Spirit album featuring both the master and his student. Still, listen to any and all that you can if interested in the style to any degree whatsoever. This is powerful music performed by the masters of the genre. " (Adam Greenberg)|
"Naar aanleiding van de wereldtentoonstelling, die in 1998 in Lissabon gehouden is, heeft het Portugese label Tradisom een twaalftal cd's uitgebracht met muziek uit de kolonies die Portugal tijdens haar befaamde ontdekkingsreizen (vanaf de 15e eeuw) gesticht heeft. De cd-boekjes bevatten mooie kleurenfoto's en uitgebreide historische en culturele uitleg in de Portugese en Engelse taal. De Portugese invloed reikte van het Zuid-Amerikaanse Brazili?tot de Aziatische eilanden Sri Lanka en Timor. Het is interessant te bemerken hoe de versmelting van Portugese muziek met inheemse muziek gezorgd heeft voor nieuwe klanken. Op de cd van Mozambique klinkt zuivere en harmonieuze (meerstemmige) koorzang. " (Muziekweb).|
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