Benin, West Africa is the home to several Yoruba religious cults based on a pantheon of gods. Overlapping rhythms embedded with symbolic religious meanings are played by a variety of drum ensembles including cylindrical bata drums, hourglass-shaped dundun talking drums, and the tall gelede drums.
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Yoruba Drums from Benin, West Africa
Various Artists Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  Traditional Folk
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ASIN: B000001DLI Release Date: 1996-01-23 |
Tracks:
- Ako - Bata Repertoire For Egungun In Pobe
- Alujo - Bata Repertoire For Egungun In Pobe
- Kiriboto - Bata Repertoire For Egungun In Pobe
- Ogogo - Bata Repertoire For Egungun In Pobe
- Potpourri - Bata Repertoire For Egungun In Pobe
- Aluja - Bata Ensemble
- Oba Koso - Bata Repertoire For Shango In Sakete
- Omenega - Bata Repertoire For Shango In Sakete
- Lade Lade - Bata Repertoire For Shango In Sakete
- Oke - Bata Repertoire For Shango In Sakete
- Ajagunan - Bata Repertoire For Shango In Sakete
- Esikesi (For Wedding) - Dundun Ensemble From Adjarra
- Olomelekan (For Egungun) - Dundun Ensemble From Adjarra
- Jagun Jagun (For Egungun) - Dundun Ensemble From Adjarra
- Ale Ile (For Egungun) - Dundun Ensemble From Atchoukpa
- Okele Ladji Ladji (For Shango) - Dundun Ensemble From Atchoukpa
- Rhythm For The Afternoon - Repertoire For Gelede In Ketou
- Rhythm For The Night - Repertoire For Gelede In Ketou
- Ifa-Oro - Repertoire For Oro And Ifa In Ketou
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Benin, West Africa is the home to several Yoruba religious cults based on a pantheon of gods. Overlapping rhythms embedded with symbolic religious meanings are played by a variety of drum ensembles including cylindrical bata drums, hourglass-shaped dundun talking drums, and the tall gelede drums.Customer Reviews:
Essential. One of the must-have discs........2003-08-07
Performance-wise, this cd is a dream, and it's recorded equally well. What we have here is a great mixture of excellent bata and dundun ensembles. The one thing that saddens me about this disc is that it had to be presented like this. Just like 1-5 tracks from each different ensemble. I wish there was more mass-interest in music such as this. There is not one ensemble on this cd who isn't worthy of an entire cd (or more) all to themselves.
The liner-notes will also be of interest to anyone wanting to learn more about the cultures represented here, and Yoruba in general. The notes are quite musically detailed also, in case you are a musician. If none of that interests you though, don't worry. Even if you never even glance at the liner notes you will still have a fantastic disc of very powerful drumming. From the springy, rubbery tone of the dundun ensembles, to the taut, tighter, staccato tones of the bata's. The bata ensembles are sometimes almost like an orchestra of layered, overlapping, musical machine-gun fire.
I'd also like to recommend the Master Drummers Of Dagbon 2-disc series. Totally different drumming styles but for me, these cd's are all joined at the hip. I wouldn't even want to try living without any of them.
Great liner notes, interesting drumming.......2001-05-05
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