Guy Buttery - Sonokota (2021)
BAND/ARTIST: Guy Buttery
- Title: Sonokota
- Year Of Release: 2021
- Label: Guy Buttery Music
- Genre: african, folk, world, ambient
- Quality: FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 00:42:49
- Total Size: 242 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
A project of this nature has been looming in my mind for years and years now. I've always wanted to take a single track, offer it up to various producers and remixers and place it in different environments to see how it transforms. The track "Sonokota" seemed like the perfect vessel for this kind of experiment. Originally released on my joint record "Nāḍī" with sitar player and vocalist Kanada Narahari, "Sonokota" always felt like something of a keystone for that albums intention. A true meeting of worlds. Mbira's, Hindustani and African vocals, synthesizers, Nigerian udu, bass, washed out guitars and sitars. I did however always dream of taking it even further. This led me here.
The premise for this collection is simple. One track. Numerous interpretations. As the various versions found themselves pooling together, I quickly realised how each individuals creative perspective is entirely limitless. From the dreamy zen fest that the Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society (Björk, Sting, Sly & Robbie) brought forward, to the downtempo drones A Million Things (340ml) unearthed, to the rather uptempo fuzzed out bass line that Gourmet (MABUTA) centred his remix around. The live and demo versions once again show another side and intensity of the piece proving just how telling and transparent the music making environment is. With all of these various angles compared with the original studio version (included here as track 4), I find the experiment to be a success. Multiple perspectives of an initial musical moment offering up such varied results.
Kanada and I feel very honoured to have worked with all of these wonderful and giving humans and thank them for joining in to see the experiment play out.
Kanada Narahari – sitar & vocals
Guy Buttery – mbira
Thandi Ntuli – vocals & vocal harmonies
Shane Cooper – electric bass
Ronan Skillen – aludu & assorted percussion
Julian Redpath – backing vocals, synth & electric guitar
Tracklist:
1 01. Guy Buttery - Sonokota (Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society Remix) (09:38)
1 02. Guy Buttery - Sonokota (A Million Things Remix) (05:04)
1 03. Guy Buttery - Sonokota (Gourmet Remix) (03:40)
1 04. Guy Buttery - Sonokota (08:37)
1 05. Guy Buttery - Sonokota (Live) (09:54)
1 06. Guy Buttery - Sonokota (Demo) (05:52)
The premise for this collection is simple. One track. Numerous interpretations. As the various versions found themselves pooling together, I quickly realised how each individuals creative perspective is entirely limitless. From the dreamy zen fest that the Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society (Björk, Sting, Sly & Robbie) brought forward, to the downtempo drones A Million Things (340ml) unearthed, to the rather uptempo fuzzed out bass line that Gourmet (MABUTA) centred his remix around. The live and demo versions once again show another side and intensity of the piece proving just how telling and transparent the music making environment is. With all of these various angles compared with the original studio version (included here as track 4), I find the experiment to be a success. Multiple perspectives of an initial musical moment offering up such varied results.
Kanada and I feel very honoured to have worked with all of these wonderful and giving humans and thank them for joining in to see the experiment play out.
Kanada Narahari – sitar & vocals
Guy Buttery – mbira
Thandi Ntuli – vocals & vocal harmonies
Shane Cooper – electric bass
Ronan Skillen – aludu & assorted percussion
Julian Redpath – backing vocals, synth & electric guitar
Tracklist:
1 01. Guy Buttery - Sonokota (Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society Remix) (09:38)
1 02. Guy Buttery - Sonokota (A Million Things Remix) (05:04)
1 03. Guy Buttery - Sonokota (Gourmet Remix) (03:40)
1 04. Guy Buttery - Sonokota (08:37)
1 05. Guy Buttery - Sonokota (Live) (09:54)
1 06. Guy Buttery - Sonokota (Demo) (05:52)
Year 2021 | World | Folk | Ethnic | Ambient | FLAC / APE
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