Mbuti Pygmies of Ituri Rainforest
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Brand: Smithsonian Folkways RecordingsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1992-07-13
Model: SFW40401
Music Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Soundtracks:
- In The Rainforest Approaching A Forest Camp
- Elephant Hunting Song
- Elephant-Hunt Song
- Spear Song
- Cries Of Beaters, Signalling And Shouting
- Honey-Gathering Song
- Animal Dance Song
- Flute Duet
- Flute Solo
- Slit-Gong Signalling
- Mbuti Dance In Bantu Village
- Lukembi And Voice
- Lukembi (Mbuti)
- Bachelor Duet With Lukembi
- Musical Bow
- Musical Sticks
- Nkumbi Initiation Song
- First Song Of The Elima
- Second Song Of The Elima
- First Molimo Fire Dance Song
- Second Molimo Fire Dance Song
- Molimo Song With Argument
- First Molimo Song For Great Occasion
- Second Molimo Song For Great Occasion
- Molimo Song 'Darkness Is Good'
- Molimo Song Of Devotion To The Forest
Free Music Notes for Mbuti Pygmies of Ituri Rainforest
Free Music Review: Genius in the forest
Hit: 5 Stars
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.
Mbuti Pygmies of Ituri Rainforest Poster
Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest captures the variety and tonal quality of the solo and choral traditions present in Mbuti vocal music. Songs are primarily concerned with Mbuti's nomadic life and the forest, from which their lives and those of the animal kingdom are sustained. These prized recordings have been remastered and resequenced to reflect Dr. Turnbull's original mode: the recording begins in the forest with music associated with hunting and gathering, moves to the village for a Bantu initiation ritual, and finally returns to the forest for the Mbuti rituals. This record documents the music discussed in the book The Forest People, read by many anthropology classes. A superbly annotated favorite among world music enthusiasts. "...[F]rom the moment Colin Turnbull lets the chatter and work rhythms of the encampment he's approaching engulf the jungle's ambient insect and bird music, I'm hooked." ? The Village VoiceRELATED LESSON PLAN
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