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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Oryema is from Uganda on the Real World label (a Peter Gabriel baby) If you like Womad and Gabriel music, this cd will not be a disappointment. Very lush lyrics and the music is like a lullabye at times, but definately excellent. Soothing. I bought it on chance and will try another of his cds when it is produced.
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This lovely music is unlike much that comes out of the African continent, in that it is often restrained, gentle, mellow. This is perhaps Geoffrey Oryema`s finest record, if only due to the opening song, The River - like a musical evocation of a river, all rippling guitars & swirling, ceaseless rhythm, with Oryema`s softly rich voice anchoring it all - and the wonderful closing track, Nomad, a heartrendingly sad plea, as the singer asks `Do not hide your face from me...` then turns, perhaps, his face back to the world where `I feel like a nomad`. There are several uptempo tracks too, but it is these, and other, ballads which make Beat The Border so hauntingly unforgettable.
Geoffrey Oryema, melancholy Ugandan exile, making beautiful music from the tragedy and heartbreak of a troubled land.
Geoffrey Oryema, melancholy Ugandan exile, making beautiful music from the tragedy and heartbreak of a troubled land.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
One of my very favorite albums
19 Aug 1999
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This, Geoffrey Oryema's second album, remains his finest to date, and among the most powerful and compelling "world" music I've ever heard.
From the incredible opening track, "The River," to the closing lullaby, "Nomad", Beat the Border hooks the listener and never lets go. Borrowing certain structures from Western music, Oryema remains firmly African. He manages somehow to be stirring, thought-provoking, and stay-in-your-head catchy, but never ever slides into pop-music cliche.
It's a style that few can pull off, but Geoffrey Oryema has mastered it. Highly recommended.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Brillient
3 May 2000
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Beat The Border" is another unusual album of nature and traditional songs from the Ugandan singer Geoffrey Oreyma. All the songs are sung in his native Acholi and translated into English on the sleeve. For purists who love "Real World Music" artists. This music's resonance and intensity as well the spiritual power and diversity of Geoffrey Oreyma voice in his native tongue. Make's this album one that will NOT disappoint. The music as with the majority of Uganda musicians is mellow and soothing. Some songs such as "Nomad" have a melancholy feel capturing well the wandering uncertainty of the herdsmen of the African Savannah. This album is another great album and is highly recommended for long journeys in a convertible on the open road for all those people with the gypsies spirit still in their soul.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Very strong CD
4 Jun 2003
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This is a very good example of world music; Oryema has integrity and his music is both fraught with feeling and charged with the masculine strength of African beats and rhythms. Perhaps no better example of this exists anywhere than in the opening track "The River," which offers gripping backup vocals and a powerful sense of place. The entire CD follows up well, particularly with the moving "Hard Labor" that touches effectively on the various walks of life in a damaged African society. An exile from Uganda, Oryema displays a greater sense of time and place than most Western musicians. this one is a hands-down winner, and I will be buying more of Oryema's work.
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