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Pangeia Instrumentos

~ Victor Gama
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  • Audio CD (6 Oct 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Rephlex
  • ASIN: B0000AN1BE
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 242,299 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. A Guerra Dos Homens Repteis
2. O Olho no Anzol
3. Homem Vermelho/Homem Verde
4. A Espiral Do Som
5. Huyra
6. Caminhar A Pe Descalco
7. O Pescador De Sonhos
8. Meninos Anjos Desceram A Rua
9. Viagem Sem Retorno
10. A Mesa Das Negociacoes
11. Mibanga
12. O Dialogo Dos Pernetas

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Album Description
Victor Gama was born in Angola of Portuguese origin, he developed a fascination with traditional Angolan instruments and learned the kissange (thumb piano), the hungo (musical bow) and also studied the 12-string guitar from an early age.

In 1993 Victor Gama started to create his "Pangeia Instrumentos". They were inspired by the notion that because of migration and nomadisim, traditional African instruments have had to adapt throughout history, whilst keeping their traditional identity and sound.

This suggests that, traditional acoustic instruments from ancient times could still evolve into contemporary musical instruments. This is exactly what the "Pangeia Instrumentos" are.

The Pangeia instruments are also sculptural, beautiful and strange, both ancient and modern in design. They are made from natural materials, wood, metal and even found objects and unusually can be played by two people at the same time, like a game.

One good example is an instrument based on a Kalimba, set inside a discarded Angolan soldier’s helmet. It suggests a positive and more meaningful transformation can be achieved, turning the instrument into a symbol of hope in post civil war Angola. It also reminds us of the links that can exist between "real life" and music.

The music has beauty and ragged harmony, transcending the ancient and modern, African and Occidental. At times it echoes the American minimalist composers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the albums of the year, 27 Nov 2003
By B. Lasnier "themilkfactory" (London/UK) - See all my reviews
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African music exists in a number of forms, yet, musicians reaching the Western world appear often corrupted by European and American cultures. It is rare these days to find African musicians who insist on using almost exclusively traditional instruments, preferring instead to include electric guitars, bass and even electronics. This has led to new genres being developed, yet one could argue that African music has lost part of its identity in the process. Victor Gama takes a complete different angle to bring modernity to established sounds.
Victor Gama was born in Angola of Portuguese origin. He soon developed a healthy interest for traditional Angolan musical instruments leading him to learn the Kissange, a thumb piano, the Hungo, a musical bow, and a primitive twelve string guitar. In the early nineties, he started developing his Pangeia Instrumentos, a range of contemporary instruments designed and built from traditional materials including wood, metal and found objects, inspired by the notion that, through migration and nomadic traditions, African instruments have had to adapt to new contexts. With Pangeia Instrumentos, a project that constitutes of exhibitions, concerts and workshops, Victor Gama has performed in a variety of African and European countries.
The beautiful collection of compositions presented on this album reflects the atmospheric nature of African music and part of its journey through time. Entirely instrumental and devoid of any electronic input, a first for Rephlex, Pangeia Insturmentos is above all a magnificent and fascinating piece of recording. The sonic landscape can appear quite uniform at first, yet sounds used soon reveal an incredible variety of textures and tone colours. If a violin is sometimes added to emphasise on the dramatic nature of the music (Huyra, Viagem Sem Retorno), this album remains entirely focused around the unusual sounds produced by Gama’s instruments. Creating delicate structure, often based on one or two instruments, Gama presents here some incredibly dense and atmospheric structures, evocative not only of the cultures and traditions they are based on, but also of a more modern Africa, willing to adapt to new challenges. Tracks such as A Guerra Dos Homens Répteis, which opens the album, O Olh No Anzol, O Pescador De Sonhos, or Viagem Sem Retorno depict perfectly the connections between tradition and modernity.
The second in a series which explores the craft of instrument building, the first being Pierre Bastien’s Mechanoid, Pangeia Instrumentos is a fascinating piece of recording, in which Victor Gama confronts the essence of African music and provides the foundations for contemporary African artists to develop their own musical environment while remaining firmly in touch with the legacy of centuries of tradition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Curiously listenable..., 12 Oct 2003
Not sure what's going on here apart from a kind of repetitive bonging of curious percussive instruments - that said, it's curiously listenable, hypnotic even... and I find it's been on my stereo for a few evenings now. Well worth a bash for any fans of the more organic end of the whole post-rock/electronica thing (Godspeed, Boards of Canada, Pan-American... you know who you are...!)
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