Steve Roach, David Hudson, Sarah Hopkins – Australia: Sound Of The Earth

 

Australia: Sound of the Earth is a 1991 album from Steve Roach, documenting Roach's second trip to Australia. David Hudson's didgeridoo and cellist Sarah Hopkins were also featured.

Just as the mythology of the Australian people and their continent was personified through the complex Aboriginal creation stories called The Dreamtime, the land also gave rise to a rich musical culture unlike any other. Australia: Sounds of the Earth captures the primordial hums and rhythms that have emerged from and moved across this continent in the four directions, like the winds themselves since The Dreamtime began. 

This recording features the didgeridoo, an Aboriginal wind instrument of remarkable flexibility and power, in traditional and innovative formats. Virtuoso solos by Aboriginal artist, David Hudson, are complemented by performances of up to four didgeridoo players accompanied by drums and electronics. Tracing the development of an indigenous music firmly rooted in patterns of existence dictated by the rhythms of the land, Australia: Sounds of the Earth embraces Australia's musical past and present. 

The riveting performance of cellist Sarah Hopkins, acknowledges the debt 20th century composers owe to the influence of Aboriginal music. By utilizing a combination of bowing techniques and overtone singing, the Australian cellist emulates sounds of the didgeridoo. Producer, Steve Roach, blends the recordings from the outback with their haunting modern echoes by creating evocative soundscapes and the illusion of a journey through time and space to the origins of these primal sounds.

1 Steve Roach– Red Dust And Sweat 10:45

2 David Hudson– Call To Kuranda 3:15

3 David Hudson– The Ancient Voice 3:10

4 Steve Roach, Sarah Hopkins– Atmosphere For Dreaming 7:52

5a Steve Roach, Sarah Hopkins– Darktime 7:09

5b Steve Roach– The Initiation

6 Steve Roach– Origin 4:48

7 David Hudson– Spirits 3:19

8 David Hudson– The Hunter 3:02

9 Sarah Hopkins– Awakening The Earth 14:10

10a David Hudson– Land Sound 5:14

10b Steve Roach– The Dreaming Place

 Australia: Sound Of The Earth

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Rivertribe – Journey.... ancient sounds of the Australian bushland

 

Strongly Spiritual combinations of the ancient sounds of the Australian bushland underlined by the depth of the didgeridoo. These ancient sounds are put together with international woodwinds and percussion overlaid with a delicate fillegrie of modern keyboard.

RiverTribe were based in the hills behind Melbourne, Australia, while two of the group spent some time in the national capital of Canberra.

Journey, their first album, was released in 1999.

Band members: 

Mike Lane Didgeridoo, djembe and a variety of international flutes

Stu Fergie - a Torres Srait Islander and the indigenous heart of the group -didgeridoo and percussion plus the indigenous artwork on the covers.

David Gleeson - Violin, vocals, percussion and Native American flute

Matt Aitchison - keyboard, Latin percussion, vocals and composer

Morning Prayer 9:51

House Of Light 9:12

Potter's House 6:22

Homeland 7:56

River Mouth 8:33

Journey 6:44

House Of Light (Reprise) 9:00

Rivertribe – Journey

The Rough Guide to Rebetika...the music of the Greek underworld

Rebétika is the music of the Greek underworld, whose golden years started shortly after Greek national independence and lasted until the 1950's. A rich and heady stew, rebétika focuses on hopeless love, disease, drugs, death and imprisonment. As a musical form, it draws on numerous sources such as the formal instrumental suites of the Ottoman court, the solo vocals of Turkey and Iran, and the captivating, sophisticated instrumentation of the café aman in Istanbul and Izmir. The Rough Guide To Rebétika showcases some of the best rebétika artists from its early roots to the rising stars from the more recent revival movement.

Rebetika

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African Voices...featuring 14 of Africa's most popular artists

"The voice was undoubtedly the first instrument that early mankind had to play with"

14 track compilation, "African Voices", featuring the cream of Africa's vocalists; Miriam Makeba, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Salif Keita, Youssou N'Dour, Papa Wemba, Franco and Madilu, Symbiose, Oumou Sangare, Koffi Olimide, Mahlathini and The Mahotella Queens, Manu Dibango and Mpongo Love.

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What is World Music and How is it Defined

It's been said that ALL music is World Music, and, if taken in that context, that is correct. The term "World Music" was originally coined to distinguish various forms of music from the more traditional and popular music that most western countries and communities are used to. 

The average music listener or aficionado knows the genres of pop, rock, jazz, blues, country and their variations, but if they look a little further or broaden their musical tastes a bit more, there is a whole plethora of instruments, rhythms, vocalisations, songwriting and production techniques that are just waiting to be discovered and appreciated.

At almost every corner of our globe from the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, Pacific and all points in between, there is indigenous music that has been around for decades, if not centuries, that can open our mind and ears and take us on a musical journey that is practically endless.

World Music has now become a popular form of music within itself, and artists now tour the world to present their sounds to populations that may not have heard or seen them before, and there also many collaborations between western artists and indigenous musicians that have resulted in multi-selling albums and music awards. 

Take some time out and discover these sounds, you'll be enlightened beyond your dreams.

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