Burkina Faso: Volume 1, by Lobi -Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Volume 1

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Landmark recordings made in Burkina Faso by Hisham Mayet during three expeditions from 2013-15.

Despite political upheavals and the logistical complexities of recording in the bush, Mayet was able to compile a matchless overview of Burkinabé music from the Mossi, Bissa, Fulani, Dioula, Bobo, Samo, Lobi, Senoufo, and Bwaba people.

Volume 1 highlights the sacred and secular music of the regional balafon or xylophone revered by the Lobi people of southwestern Burkina Faso. In Lobi culture, the balafon performance is not simply music; it is a form of speech that allows master musicians to converse intimately with the living and the dead.

This LP showcases two side-long performances that are as thrilling as any Burkinabé music ever recorded. These tracks not only echo but also further some of the greatest examples of Western avant-garde music: Imagine the pulsating minimalist motifs of titans like Terry Riley or La Monte Young elaborated into a dizzying maximalism. ... more

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	1.	Kabaré Balafon– Cabaret Music (Djan) (Lobi) 19:55		buy track
	2.	Lobi Balafon– Funeral Music (Lobi) 21:59		buy track

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Landmark recordings made in Burkina Faso by Hisham Mayet during three expeditions from 2013-15.

Despite political upheavals and the logistical complexities of recording in the bush, Mayet was able to compile a matchless overview of Burkinabé music from the Mossi, Bissa, Fulani, Dioula, Bobo, Samo, Lobi, Senoufo, and Bwaba people.

Volume 1 highlights the sacred and secular music of the regional balafon or xylophone revered by the Lobi people of southwestern Burkina Faso. In Lobi culture, the balafon performance is not simply music; it is a form of speech that allows master musicians to converse intimately with the living and the dead.

This LP showcases two side-long performances that are as thrilling as any Burkinabé music ever recorded. These tracks not only echo but also further some of the greatest examples of Western avant-garde music: Imagine the pulsating minimalist motifs of titans like Terry Riley or La Monte Young elaborated into a dizzying maximalism.

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released October 13, 2021

A1 Kabaré Balafon– Cabaret Music (Djan) (Lobi) 19:46

B1 Lobi Balafon– Funeral Music (Lobi) 19:20

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Photography By – Hisham Mayet
Recorded By – Hisham Mayet
Mastered By – Mark Gergis

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SUBLIME FREQUENCIES is a collective of explorers dedicated to exposing obscure sights and sounds from modern and traditional urban and rural frontiers via film and video, field recordings, radio and short wave transmissions, international folk and pop music, sound anomalies, other forms of human and natural natural expression not documented sufficiently enough by various communication channels. ... more

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