To Catch A Ghost: Field Recordings from Madagascar, by Various Artists

To Catch A Ghost: Field Recordings from Madagascar

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1.	Kavoria Lappella, Soa Vinelo Soando - Hiarake 03:37	buy track
2.	Vonarivo M'Bola, Soa Vinelo Soando - Jejolave Instrumental 01:30	buy track
3.	Vonarivo M'Bola - Sare Gorodogne 04:53	buy track
4.	Gilbert Peramena Dit Bera - Hala Narako Rofozina 03:24	buy track
5.	Zara Jean Paul - Akory Aby 01:57	buy track
6.	Soa Vinelo Soando, Kavoria Lappella, Vonarivo M'Bola - Banaika 05:18	buy track
7.	Randriana Solo, Mahalid Destin - Manambitamby 02:42	buy track
8.	M'Beamdala - Beriake 02:46	buy track
9.	Prosper Razafimamdimby - Na Inoa E! 03:29	buy track
10.	Soa Vinelo Soando, Vonarivo M'Bola - Tsinjake Sadra Tse 05:20	buy track
11.	Melina Soulala - Tsiky Dhona 02:17	buy track
12.	Dabaro and Ranasoa Velonjoha - Ziabe 05:10	buy track

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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)

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released November 1, 2018

Art Direction – Hisham Mayet
Liner Notes – Yasmine Lucas
Mastered By, Layout – Mark Gergis
Recorded By, Photography By, Liner Notes – Charles Brooks (3)

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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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