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Genius in the forest, 29 Jun 2003
By Pharoah S. Wail - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest (Audio CD)
I've had this cd for 4 or 5 years and have always loved it, but just now as I was browsing this site I realized I never wrote a review for it.
This disc is fantastic. It collects the recordings from 2 previous LPs and is a collection of 1950s field-recordings from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire at the time these recordings were made).
This is largely vocal music. A feast of layered, rhythmic, cyclical vocal repetition. When trying to describe this music to a Westerner, I usually say that this must be the music that inspired Philip Glass' overall concept, except that Mbuti music is so much better, deeper, transportational and more emotional. He fails at what they have mastered. I lose myself in the rhythmic repetition of these voices. There are times when I listen to this cd where I feel like I have been zapped 10,000 years back in time. This is just purely spiritual music, and one of the most technically advanced ancient rainforest musics I've ever heard (at least so far). There's no Western influence to water it down or take away from its traditional power.
I rarely use the word "genius" to describe people, because I feel that word is thrown around like nothing, quite often. In the case of the Mbuti's though, I feel that genius fits perfectly. Probably 98% of their musical tradition is ensemble vocal music, yet in the couple instances where they do use instruments (often borrowed or stolen from outsiders, the liner-notes say), they are just as incredible. There are a few mbira (thumb piano) tracks on here that are beautiful. Some of the best mbira music I've ever heard. They also seem to be just as adept with musical sticks and musical bows. For a people who seem to not care about instruments one way or the other, they seem to master everything they touch, no matter how briefly.
This is an excellent cd. One of my favorites.
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Songs of the Rainforest Pygmies, 19 May 2009
A Kid's Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest (Audio CD)
I bought this record in the 60's and someone in my family absconded with it. So I was thrilled to find it on CD. It brings one immediately to the environment of the Ituri rainforest. I used to listen to it overlooking a lake during summer rain storms in Minnesota. There is one cut missing. It's the tribal members using rhythm sticks and singing what is the melody for "O My Darling Clementine" in their own language with all sorts of call and response and harmonies. I would have liked that included. Otherwise, it is soothing and transports you to another world.
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