Ammasu Akapoma Group - Collection (2007)
BAND/ARTIST: Ammasu Akapoma Group
- Title: Collection
- Year Of Release: 2007
- Label: Country and Eastern
- Genre: Afro, Ethnic
- Quality: FLAC (tracks) & booklet
- Total Time: 3:51:23
- Total Size: 983 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
In the mid-70’s our family went to Ghana, my wife Prudence to do fieldwork for her doctoral thesis in social anthropology, and I to learn about west african music first hand. In Dormaa we encountered the magnificent chief of Ammasu and the regionally renowned Akapoma band. They invited us and our two small children to stay and study in their village. Our children spoke the language Twi fluently after one and a half years but then forgot it as quickly once back in Sweden.
In Ammasu I learned from Kwame Yeboah and became a member of the Ammasu Akapoma Group, the hottest music provider at funerals around Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Brong-Ahafu region of Ghana.
After 40 years the music in these recordings is as fresh as ever. This booklet mixes translations from the texts sung or spoken with my and Prudence’s comments.
Any important ritual function will open with pouring of libation, that is, drinks for the ancestors, to ensure a successful activity. Aweso music is light and mobile, including more singing and female participation compared to the official ritual music that uses the bigger Fontomfrom and Atumpan drums. Ever so often the texts are concerned with life and death. – Bengt Berger (from the booklet of ce07)
2007 Ammasu - More Drumming
01. Ammasu Akapoma Group - Akapoma (Alt. Take 1)
02. Ammasu Akapoma Group - Fontomfrom (Alt. Take)
03. Ammasu Akapoma Group - Fontomfrom 2
04. Ammasu Akapoma Group - Fontomfrom 3
05. Ammasu Akapoma Group - Fontomfrom 4
06. Ammasu Akapoma Group - Denseou (Alt. Take)
07. Ammasu Akapoma Group - Akapuma (Alt. Take 2)
2007 Ammasu: Analytical Drumming
01. Ammasu Akapoma - Proverbs
02. Ammasu Akapoma - Fontomfrom 1
03. Ammasu Akapoma - Fontomfrom 2
04. Ammasu Akapoma - Fontomfrom 3
05. Ammasu Akapoma - Fontomfrom 4
06. Ammasu Akapoma - Fontomfrom 5
07. Ammasu Akapoma - Proverbs 2
08. Ammasu Akapoma - Denseou
09. Ammasu Akapoma - Mpintim
10. Ammasu Akapoma - Untitled Drum Piece
11. Ammasu Akapoma - Akapoma
2007 Ammasu: More Singing
01. Ammasu Akapoma - Aweso II
02. Ammasu Akapoma - Recreational Singing
03. Ammasu Akapoma - Aweso III
04. Ammasu Akapoma - Funeral Dirge
05. Ammasu Akapoma - Children's Cantata
06. Ammasu Akapoma - Aweso IV
07. Ammasu Akapoma - Brass Band Medley
2007 The Music of Ammasu
01. Ammasu Akapoma - Who Is the Chief?
02. Ammasu Akapoma - When I Die There Will Be Peace in the House
03. Ammasu Akapoma - Proverbs and Greetings
04. Ammasu Akapoma - Fontomfrom
05. Ammasu Akapoma - The Royal Horn
06. Amma Kyerenmaa - You Are So Brave
07. Kwame Yeboah - My Lover Is Stranded at the Opposite Side of the River
08. Ammasu Akapoma - My Eyes Are Flooded With Tears
09. Ammasu Akapoma - Akapoma
10. Kwame Yeboah - Let Us Say Goodbye: Let Us Say Goodbye to Each Other
11. Ammasu Akapoma - Denseuo
12. Kwame Yeboah - New Love Is More than Madness
13. Kwame Yeboah - If I Don't Marry You I'll Die Out of Shame
14. Ammasu Akapoma - Nana Yago
15. Ammasu Akapoma - Tana Tinana
16. Ammasu Akapoma - The Brass Band
17. Ammasu Akapoma - Eggs Are Eggs
In Ammasu I learned from Kwame Yeboah and became a member of the Ammasu Akapoma Group, the hottest music provider at funerals around Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Brong-Ahafu region of Ghana.
After 40 years the music in these recordings is as fresh as ever. This booklet mixes translations from the texts sung or spoken with my and Prudence’s comments.
Any important ritual function will open with pouring of libation, that is, drinks for the ancestors, to ensure a successful activity. Aweso music is light and mobile, including more singing and female participation compared to the official ritual music that uses the bigger Fontomfrom and Atumpan drums. Ever so often the texts are concerned with life and death. – Bengt Berger (from the booklet of ce07)
2007 Ammasu - More Drumming
01. Ammasu Akapoma Group - Akapoma (Alt. Take 1)
02. Ammasu Akapoma Group - Fontomfrom (Alt. Take)
03. Ammasu Akapoma Group - Fontomfrom 2
04. Ammasu Akapoma Group - Fontomfrom 3
05. Ammasu Akapoma Group - Fontomfrom 4
06. Ammasu Akapoma Group - Denseou (Alt. Take)
07. Ammasu Akapoma Group - Akapuma (Alt. Take 2)
2007 Ammasu: Analytical Drumming
01. Ammasu Akapoma - Proverbs
02. Ammasu Akapoma - Fontomfrom 1
03. Ammasu Akapoma - Fontomfrom 2
04. Ammasu Akapoma - Fontomfrom 3
05. Ammasu Akapoma - Fontomfrom 4
06. Ammasu Akapoma - Fontomfrom 5
07. Ammasu Akapoma - Proverbs 2
08. Ammasu Akapoma - Denseou
09. Ammasu Akapoma - Mpintim
10. Ammasu Akapoma - Untitled Drum Piece
11. Ammasu Akapoma - Akapoma
2007 Ammasu: More Singing
01. Ammasu Akapoma - Aweso II
02. Ammasu Akapoma - Recreational Singing
03. Ammasu Akapoma - Aweso III
04. Ammasu Akapoma - Funeral Dirge
05. Ammasu Akapoma - Children's Cantata
06. Ammasu Akapoma - Aweso IV
07. Ammasu Akapoma - Brass Band Medley
2007 The Music of Ammasu
01. Ammasu Akapoma - Who Is the Chief?
02. Ammasu Akapoma - When I Die There Will Be Peace in the House
03. Ammasu Akapoma - Proverbs and Greetings
04. Ammasu Akapoma - Fontomfrom
05. Ammasu Akapoma - The Royal Horn
06. Amma Kyerenmaa - You Are So Brave
07. Kwame Yeboah - My Lover Is Stranded at the Opposite Side of the River
08. Ammasu Akapoma - My Eyes Are Flooded With Tears
09. Ammasu Akapoma - Akapoma
10. Kwame Yeboah - Let Us Say Goodbye: Let Us Say Goodbye to Each Other
11. Ammasu Akapoma - Denseuo
12. Kwame Yeboah - New Love Is More than Madness
13. Kwame Yeboah - If I Don't Marry You I'll Die Out of Shame
14. Ammasu Akapoma - Nana Yago
15. Ammasu Akapoma - Tana Tinana
16. Ammasu Akapoma - The Brass Band
17. Ammasu Akapoma - Eggs Are Eggs
Discography | World | Ethnic | FLAC / APE
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