VA - To Catch a Ghost: Field Recordings from Madagascar (2018)
BAND/ARTIST: Various Artists
- Title: To Catch a Ghost: Field Recordings from Madagascar
- Year Of Release: 2018
- Label: Sublime Frequencies
- Genre: World, Ethnic, Folk
- Quality: MP3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 42:28 min
- Total Size: 98 / 272 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Transfixing field recordings of folk ballads and buzzing, polyrhythmic dances from central and southern Madagascar, a unique place in the Indian ocean (the 4th largest island in the world) where myriad cultures from Arabic to East African and Indian have historically combined into an inimitable musical language and spirit...
“This is Sublime Frequencies’ second volume of transcendent musical field recordings from central and southern Madagascar, produced by Charles Brooks. Like the grand beauty and wonder of its flora and fauna, Madagascar’s music is completely unique. Whether the tempos are fast with polyrhythmic precision or slow in the form of a Kabosy ballad, once one gets familiar with its sound, it can never be mistaken again. Charles Brooks has been traveling to Madagascar and living with these spectacular artists for many years and has managed to document countless examples of their work, and regardless of how formal or informal a recording is made, the results always turn out magical. The following is an excerpt from Brooks’ liner notes:
The musicians on this album are storytellers and much of their craft is improvised and has a strong foundation of expertise in their respective cultural traditions. These field recordings have been collaborative from beginning to end and here, I’ve attempted to represent the finest of these talented artists. Their music journeys across endless landscapes with some movements having the qualities of a start and finish and yet no apparent end… Seeking, recording, and sharing the intangible experience, the best of all of this, is to catch a ghost.
Charles G Brooks (2018)”
Tracklist:
3:37 | 01. Kavoria Lappella, Soa Vinelo Soando (beko) - Hiarake
1:30 | 02. Vonarivo M'Bola, Soa Vinelo Soando (jejolave) - Jejolave Instrumental
4:54 | 03. Vonarivo M'Bola (lokanga, throat breathing) - Sare Gorodogne
3:24 | 04. Gilbert Peramena dit Bera (valiha marovany) - Hala Narako Rofozina
1:58 | 05. Zara Jean Paul (jejo voatavo) - Akory Aby
5:18 | 06. Kavoria Lappella, Soa Vinelo Soando, Vonarivo M'Bola (lokanga) - Banaika
2:42 | 07. Randriana Solo, Mahalid Destin (sody) - Manambitamby
2:47 | 08. M'Beamdala (kabosy) - Beriake
3:30 | 09. Prosper Razafimamdimby (5-stringed violin) - Na Inoa E!
5:20 | 10. Soa Vinelo Soando, Vonarivo M'Bola (lokanga) - Tsinjake Sadra Tse
2:18 | 11. Melina Soulala (beko) - Tsiky Dhona
5:10 | 12. Dabaro, Ranasoa Velonjoha (beko) - Ziabe
“This is Sublime Frequencies’ second volume of transcendent musical field recordings from central and southern Madagascar, produced by Charles Brooks. Like the grand beauty and wonder of its flora and fauna, Madagascar’s music is completely unique. Whether the tempos are fast with polyrhythmic precision or slow in the form of a Kabosy ballad, once one gets familiar with its sound, it can never be mistaken again. Charles Brooks has been traveling to Madagascar and living with these spectacular artists for many years and has managed to document countless examples of their work, and regardless of how formal or informal a recording is made, the results always turn out magical. The following is an excerpt from Brooks’ liner notes:
The musicians on this album are storytellers and much of their craft is improvised and has a strong foundation of expertise in their respective cultural traditions. These field recordings have been collaborative from beginning to end and here, I’ve attempted to represent the finest of these talented artists. Their music journeys across endless landscapes with some movements having the qualities of a start and finish and yet no apparent end… Seeking, recording, and sharing the intangible experience, the best of all of this, is to catch a ghost.
Charles G Brooks (2018)”
Tracklist:
3:37 | 01. Kavoria Lappella, Soa Vinelo Soando (beko) - Hiarake
1:30 | 02. Vonarivo M'Bola, Soa Vinelo Soando (jejolave) - Jejolave Instrumental
4:54 | 03. Vonarivo M'Bola (lokanga, throat breathing) - Sare Gorodogne
3:24 | 04. Gilbert Peramena dit Bera (valiha marovany) - Hala Narako Rofozina
1:58 | 05. Zara Jean Paul (jejo voatavo) - Akory Aby
5:18 | 06. Kavoria Lappella, Soa Vinelo Soando, Vonarivo M'Bola (lokanga) - Banaika
2:42 | 07. Randriana Solo, Mahalid Destin (sody) - Manambitamby
2:47 | 08. M'Beamdala (kabosy) - Beriake
3:30 | 09. Prosper Razafimamdimby (5-stringed violin) - Na Inoa E!
5:20 | 10. Soa Vinelo Soando, Vonarivo M'Bola (lokanga) - Tsinjake Sadra Tse
2:18 | 11. Melina Soulala (beko) - Tsiky Dhona
5:10 | 12. Dabaro, Ranasoa Velonjoha (beko) - Ziabe
Year 2018 | World | Folk | Ethnic | FLAC / APE
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