Hugh Tracey had a deep passion and fascination for Chopi music and in 1948 he published his book "Chopi Musicians, Their Music, Instruments And Poetry" in Portuguese And English.
MOA31 features pentatonic xylophone music of the Tonga (Zambezi Valley), the Nyoro, Dhola & Ganda(Uganda), Zande/Bandiya (D.R. Congo) & Nyanja (Malawi); hexatonic of the Kanyoka & Luba (D.R. Congo), Lozi (Zambia); heptatonic of the Chopi & Tswa (Mozambique), and Lunda (D.R. Congo).
The fifth installment in the 10-album series The Music of Africa, a collection of field recordings of African folk music released in 1972 by the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization The International Library of African Music. Recorded by British ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey, the organization's founder who conducted field recordings since the 1920s, this album features performances of the xylophone—a keyboard percussion instrument prevalent across Central and Southern Africa, including Uganda, Kampala, Congo, Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique. It offers a remarkable experience of the intricate interplay of monotonous rhythms that profoundly influenced the birth of minimal music in Western contemporary music. Highly recommended.
The Music of Africa Series – Musical Instruments 5. Xylophones
Label: Kaleidophone RI3284
Series: Music of Africa Series – No. 31, Musical Instruments – 5
1. Timoti Sadimbi (Valley Tonga) - Ulumbundubundu 1:03
2. Misaka Muswankuli (Nyoro) - Musicgasinga Yakora Egali 1:19
3. Madinda gaKabaka (Ganda) - Nandikulamude 1:18
4. Odongo (Dhola) - Okachi 1:32
5. Nakule (Zande, Bandiya) - Kondo Natipala Baka 2:04
6. Joni Hetara and Lonesi Chewane (Nyanja, Mang'anja) - Mkazi wa mulomo ("The talkative woman") 2:52
7. Kasadi Celestin (Kanyoka) - Kalumbambu Tambo Abibongo 2:28
8. Five Lozi Men (Lozi) - Mulala karimukwa panga ("Mulala stole money") 2:40
9. Six Luba Men (Luba) - Mutomboko & Luwendo 2:43
10. Komukomu weSimbi (Chopi) - Lawanani michanga sika timbila tamakono ("Come together and make music for the new year") 3:50
11. Komukomu weSimbi (Chopi) - Demonstration of the left and right-hand melodies of the ground or subject upon which the previous item was based 0:54
12. Komukomu weSimbi (Chopi) - Msitso we Mbidi (Second orchestral introduction) 3:04
13. Komukomu weSimbi (Chopi) - Chibudu (an Intermezzo) 2:21
14. Katini weNyamombe (Chopi) - Msitso wokhata (First Orchestral Introduction) 1:09
15. Katini weNyamombe (Chopi) - Hinganyengisa masingita ("Listen to the mysteries!") 3:33
16. Sandela Vilankulu (Tswa) - Nzashaniseka ("I am suffering") 1:05
17. Five Lunda Men (Lunda) - Kachancha 1:58
Notes
Recorded By – Hugh Tracey
The fifth installment in the 10-album series The Music of Africa, a collection of field recordings of African folk music released in 1972 by the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization The International Library of African Music. Recorded by British ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey, the organization's founder who conducted field recordings since the 1920s, this album features performances of the xylophone—a keyboard percussion instrument prevalent across Central and Southern Africa, including Uganda, Kampala, Congo, Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique. It offers a remarkable experience of the intricate interplay of monotonous rhythms that profoundly influenced the birth of minimal music in Western contemporary music. Highly recommended.
The Music of Africa Series – Musical Instruments 5. Xylophones
Label: Kaleidophone RI3284
Series: Music of Africa Series – No. 31, Musical Instruments – 5
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – International Library Of African Music
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: South Africa
Released: 1972
Style: African, Folk, Field Recordings
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: South Africa
Released: 1972
Style: African, Folk, Field Recordings
Recorded by: Hugh Tracey
Source: Digital
Source: Digital
1. Timoti Sadimbi (Valley Tonga) - Ulumbundubundu 1:03
2. Misaka Muswankuli (Nyoro) - Musicgasinga Yakora Egali 1:19
3. Madinda gaKabaka (Ganda) - Nandikulamude 1:18
4. Odongo (Dhola) - Okachi 1:32
5. Nakule (Zande, Bandiya) - Kondo Natipala Baka 2:04
6. Joni Hetara and Lonesi Chewane (Nyanja, Mang'anja) - Mkazi wa mulomo ("The talkative woman") 2:52
7. Kasadi Celestin (Kanyoka) - Kalumbambu Tambo Abibongo 2:28
8. Five Lozi Men (Lozi) - Mulala karimukwa panga ("Mulala stole money") 2:40
9. Six Luba Men (Luba) - Mutomboko & Luwendo 2:43
10. Komukomu weSimbi (Chopi) - Lawanani michanga sika timbila tamakono ("Come together and make music for the new year") 3:50
11. Komukomu weSimbi (Chopi) - Demonstration of the left and right-hand melodies of the ground or subject upon which the previous item was based 0:54
12. Komukomu weSimbi (Chopi) - Msitso we Mbidi (Second orchestral introduction) 3:04
13. Komukomu weSimbi (Chopi) - Chibudu (an Intermezzo) 2:21
14. Katini weNyamombe (Chopi) - Msitso wokhata (First Orchestral Introduction) 1:09
15. Katini weNyamombe (Chopi) - Hinganyengisa masingita ("Listen to the mysteries!") 3:33
16. Sandela Vilankulu (Tswa) - Nzashaniseka ("I am suffering") 1:05
17. Five Lunda Men (Lunda) - Kachancha 1:58
Notes
Recorded By – Hugh Tracey
Cover Illustration Part of a Tswa Muhambi Treble Xylophone (See Side 2 - Item 7) from the Hugh Tracey Collection.
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