Mudanin Kata

David Darling & the Wulu Bunun - Mudanin Kata

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Artist: David Darling & the Wulu Bunun
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-06-21
Music Label: Riverboat
Soundtracks:
  1. Ku-Isa Tama Laug (Weaving Song)
  2. Lugu Lugu Kan-Ibi (Diligent Child)
  3. Mudanin Kata (The Journey Home)
  4. Manas Kala Muampuk (Joy Tonight)
  5. Malas Tapag (Celebration)
  6. Wulu Dream
  7. Macilumah (Song for Concluding Work)
  8. Pasibutbut (Prayer for a Rich Millet Harvest)
  9. Mataisah-Hik Sagan (My Dream Last Night)
  10. Wulu Mist
  11. Bunun Tuza (The Bunun People)
  12. Sima Cisbug Bav (Who Is Shooting on the Mountaintop?)
  13. Malkakiv Malvanis (Song of the Trap)
  14. Wulu Sky
  15. Pis Lai (Song of Prayer for Rifles)

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Free Music Review: East meets west
Hit: 4 Stars

An interesting combination of voices and the cello. I'm not quite sure if the cello enhances the singing, but it does break the singing, which is attractive, but could get a bit monotonous.

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Mudanin Kata unites singers from the Wulu Bunun people of Taiwan with the sumptuous sounds of cello pioneer David Darling, to create a striking reinterpretation of an ancient tradition. David Darling - a Grammy nominated and classical trained cellist - creates his own place within the distinctive eight-part harmonic singing of the Wulu Bunun. Interwoven around a range of singing styles, he melds his unique style of playing to produce an album of intricate and beautiful sounds.
This one-of-a-kind collaboration matches field recordings of the Wulu Bunun's ancient a capella songs with the modern ambient leaning music of cellist David Darling, who took the present-day field recordings and added musical accompaniment to the songs for the first time. Darling does a masterful job merging his moody studio-recorded string arrangements into the polyphonic singing of this indigenous Taiwanese tribe. Of particular note is the song "Pasibutbut," which is reputed to be inspired by the sound of humming bees. While most of the songs are a simple folk tunes about everyday life, this one starts out with a singer hitting a low sustained note with others coming in at intervals to create eight-part harmony that goes on for several minutes. Sometimes Darling structuring the songs, which may only have a single verse, adding instrumental breaks, but on the above song he comes in at the top, finishing off the song in the same circular polyphony with which it was started. --Tad Hendrickson

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