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Baka Beyond Audio Cassette
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Founded by Martin Cradick after a 3 month visit to Cameroon with singer wife, Su Hart. There they lived and played music with a tribe of Baka Pygmy hunter-gatherers deep in the rainforest.

This trip inspired the award winning debut album, "Spirit of the Forest" in 1993 which led to the formation of the live band.

The rhythms of the Baka from the Cameroon rainforest somehow resonate in many culture's… Read more in Amazon's Baka Beyond Store

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Product details

  • Audio Cassette (7 Sep 1995)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Hannibal
  • ASIN: B00000062R
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I'm listening to it right now. Whilst musically not as good as the second album its still worth a look. Doctor Didg is perhaps more evident here and the fusion of music from Europe, Africa and Australia is more pronounced than "Spirit" I saw them in concert back in December 1995 and they blew my mind, although they played a set from the "spirit" album. If you have the second album, then this is a good accompanyment so is Dr Didg's album, but if you have none of their music then here is a good starting point. You will benefit from a decent sound system too.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
It grows on you. 1 Aug 2000
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Format:Audio CD
Having recently seen Baka Beyond in concert I expected something more rhythmic than this. However it does grow on you.

Woosi, the first track, is good, dancy stuff, although it takes a while to really take off. The second track consists of little more than the sound of the Baka washing clothes and is somewhat odd. However track 5 is superb.

I found that the car hi fi did not do it justice. It requires a good system to hear it properly.

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This wonderfully atmospheric album simply drips with water; from the lush green packaging to the ambient rainforest noises, the distant voices and laughter, the shakers and rain sticks, and the clatter of wooden percussion that permeates throughout each track. The upbeat opening Woosi hypnotises with an African guitar loop and Baka chanting. The gentle Ancestor's Voice ebbs and flows before merging seamlessly into a tribute to the River Lupé via wonderfully evocative water slapping. Ohureo is a beautiful Gaelic lullaby with Paddy Le Mercier's violin soaring to the heights. Despite the Irish influences his rootsy fiddle playing is far more Scarlet Rivera (as most celebrated on Bob Dylan's classic Desire album) than Riverdance. On Journey the Frenchman also plays flute over another infectious groove laid down by Senegalese percussionist Sagar N'Gom. The quiet Ndaweh's Dream highlights yet another exotic instrument, this time a ngombi (forest harp), before the rousing finale Booma Lena.
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