Here is my collection of ethnic music bringing all the lost voices and melodies from across the planet. I am planning to expand this collection as the albums get uploaded and I find new content.
I try to get the most wide variety of songs from any and all cultures.
I would also appreciate if people will submit or refer me to similar music that could expand this collection.
African Original Ethno -VA
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African Tribal Music And Dances
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http://rapidshare.com/files/174680534/African_Tribal_Music_And_Dances.rar
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Baka Forest People - Heart Of The Forest
The album �Heart of the Forest� was recorded in 1992 by Martin cradick of Baka Beyond deep in the Cameroonian rainforest. Martin Cradick left guitars with the Baka group he stayed with and after 10 years these same Baka Pygmies formed their own group Baka Gbin�. On subsequent visits Martin encouraged and recorded their songs, eventually setting up a temporary multi-track studio in the forest where he recorded the
album �Gati Bongo�.
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http://rapidshare.com/files/174689849/Baka_Forest_People_-_Heart_Of_The_Forest.rar
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Bushfire-Traditional Australian Aboriginal Music
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http://rapidshare.com/files/174692836/Bushfire_-_Traditional_Australian_Aboriginal_Music.rar
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Ethiopia
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http://rapidshare.com/files/174693367/Ethiopie_-_Ethiopia.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/174700515/Ethiopie_-_Ethiopia.part2.rar
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Mali
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http://rapidshare.com/files/174710504/Mali._C_r_monies_rituelles_des_Dogon.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/174711434/Mali._C_r_monies_rituelles_des_Dogon.part2.rar
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The Very Best of Africa
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http://rapidshare.com/files/174711785/The_Very_Best_of_Africa.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/174712027/The_Very_Best_of_Africa.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/174722593/The_Very_Best_of_Africa.part3.rar |
VA-Primitive Music Of The World
Not so long ago scholars used the word "primitive" to describe all music from the non-Western world. They viewed it as rudimentary, simple, and backward. From their ivory tower perspectives, it was Western classical music that represented the apex of musical evolution.
When composer Henry Cowell compiled Primitive Music of the World for Folkways in 1962, he was operating under this kind of musical prejudice. Despite his anachronistic slant, Henry Cowell's stellar selections for the album betray his great appreciation for non-Western music. Primitive Music of the World starts off with "Murut Music of North Borneo." Sounding somewhat similar to Native North American music, it consists of an all-male chorus chanting in unison around a single tone. Percussive sounds are produced as the chorus dances on a flexing floor. Other extraordinary tracks on the album include Pygmies singing a complex contrapuntal elephant-hunting song, Australian Aborigines singing with didgeridoo and clapstick accompaniment, Navajo Night Chanters alternating between relaxed and falsetto vocal tones, and East Indian Trinidadians playing music that draws upon both Hindustani and West African traditions. The only thing primitive about this album is Cowell's use of the word. It's an outdated term that now refers to a long forgotten worldview. Though put together by Cowell long ago, the album is hardly antiquated or dull: it is vibrant, creative, and sophisticated. And it's still available from Folkways, as is everything in their vast catalog.
- John Vallier, All Music Guide
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Voices of Forgotten Worlds
**ASTOUNDING**
Concentrating on vocal traditions, the two-disc set Voices of Forgotten Worlds delivers cut after cut of wonderful music, frequently in stunning high-fidelity recordings.
Producer Brook Wentz' sensitive sequencing minimizes the inevitable is continuity from one cut to the next. The only flaws would seem to be unavoidable with such a diverse and wide-ranging collection: Individual pieces are too short, and they bear no real relation to one another. Things get off to a rousing start with a Tuvan (south Siberian) song in which the singers form a melody of whistling overtones that careens above their voices. From there the set skips through Japanese, South American, Northern European, Chinese, South Seas, and Australian examples before settling into an insistent Afghan ghazal and a glorious instrumental Newar celebration from Nepal. Performances from Greenland, Mexico, and Azerbaijan give way to the surprising choral singing of the. Maori of New Zealand, which seems to bend local tradition with harmonies learned from church hymns. Among the more familiar patterned bells of the Balinese gameland and otherworldly chanting of Tibetan monks, unique highlights include a hypnotic pan pipe ensemble from the Solomon Islands; a surprisingly gentle chant from the ayapo (notoriously warlike denizens of the Amazon jungle); a compelling rapid-fire pulse of drums, bells, and a double reed from the Batak people of Sumatra; and a Wodaabe chorus from Niger, whose sinuous, irregular vocal phrases suddenly take form with the addition of hand claps. Rather than displaying various traditions as artifacts to be studied, Ellipsis Arts presents them as music to be enjoyed, an approach that has borne fruit in several of the label's top-notch collections. ~ Ted Greenwald, All Music Guide
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Voodoo Drums In Hi-Fi 1958
"Haiti may be a dark enigma to most of its visitors, but if one learns the language of the drums, the life and mind of its people open to you like a flower. The drums are never silent; day and night they sound from some vague distant place, muffled but distinctly articulated like a heart-beat. The drum rhythms as well as the art of making drums came from Africa. From Africa also came voudoun, which is a religious ceremonial and also a deeply ingrained attitude to life and the nature of things. Through the houngan (the voudoun priest), man converses with nature. Through him, man supplicates for protection against impending dangers, and through him, sometimes, man strikes at an enemy."
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