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- Original Release Date: 1 Jan 1992
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| Song Title | Artist | Time | Price | |||
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| Play | 1. In the rainforest approaching a forest camp | Birds, crickets, and young Mbuti Pygmy boys in the Ituri Rainforest | 1:38 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 2. Elephant-hunting song | Group of Mbuti men | 3:04 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 3. Elephant Hunt song | Group of Mbuti men and boys | 5:12 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 4. Spear song | Group of Mbuti men | 3:03 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 5. Cries of beaters during net hunting: signalling and shouting | Group of Mbuti Pygmies | 0:59 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 6. Honey-gathering song | Group of Mbuti women | 2:54 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 7. Animal Dance song | Group of Mbuti Pygmies | 2:40 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 8. Flute duet | Two Mbuti Pygmies | 1:52 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 9. Flute solo | Pakasi | 2:07 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 10. Slit-gong signalling | Slit-gong signalling | 1:15 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 11. Mbuti dance in Bantu village | Group of Mbuti men and women | 2:15 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 12. Lukembi and voice | Abdul Aziz | 2:26 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 13. Lukembi (Mbuti) | Mbuti Pygmy playing lukembi | 1:38 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 14. Bachelor duet with Lukembi | Two Mbuti bachelors | 1:36 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 15. Musical bow | Ndaka man playing musical bow | 2:30 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 16. Musical sticks | Nkumbi initiation dance | 1:44 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 17. Nkumbi initiation song | Group of Mbuti boys led by Ndaka villager | 0:45 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 18. First song of the Elima, the women's society | Group of Mbuti women | 1:54 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 19. Second song of the Elima, the women's society | Group of Mbuti women | 1:11 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 20. First Molimo fire dance song | Group of Mbuti men | 2:04 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 21. Second Molimo fire dance song | Group of Mbuti men | 1:26 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 22. Molimo song with a preliminary argument | Group of Mbuti men and women | 2:36 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 23. First Molimo song sung only on occasions of great importance | Group of Mbuti men | 2:34 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 24. Second Molimo song sung only on occasions of great importance | Group of Mbuti men | 1:53 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 25. Molimo song: Darkness is good | Group of Mbuti men | 2:17 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 26. Molimo song of devotion to the forest | Group of Mbuti men | 1:30 | £0.89 |
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Genius in the forest
29 Jun 2003
Format: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.
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.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Songs of the Rainforest Pygmies
19 May 2009
Format: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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