Rwanda I - Musique Instrumentale - P.1977

Rwanda I - Musique Instrumentale - Instrumentale Muziek
Recordings and documentation by Jos Gansemans
Alpha - 5023 - P.1977



Side A

A1a Cordophones - Inanga - Ibilunga 5'26
A1b Cordophones - Inanga - Impunga 4'49
A1c Cordophones - Iningiti - Urwagwa 3'36
A1d Cordophones - Umuduli -Segitonganya 2'25
A2 Idiophones - Ikembe - Ye baba 5'00


Side B


B1a Aërophones - umwirongi 3'00
B1b Aërophones - insengo 3'15
B1c Aërophones - amakondera 2'32
B1d Aërophones - ihembe 1'58
B2a Membranophones - ingoma (Rubungo) rythme iguhubu 3'04
B2b Membranophones - ingoma (Rubavu) rythmes imilindi, ikilushya, agasiga 6'52
B2c Membranophones - ingoma (Mibilizi) rythme ikimanuka 3'06


There is so little music available from Ruanda that I feel it is my duty to share these with you! I think this series is, if not a very well kept secret, so at least a very precious and rather hidden gem. The recordings that are very well documented (in both French and Flemish) were made in the seventies and are of very good quality both for musical and audio quality. I am going to post the other two volumes the following days and they make very good listening. Personally I think they make more sense if you listen to them in random order but with the accompanying notes nearby in case you get curious and wonder what is going on. I am very happy to share this with you and if you have any more information about the Tervuren catalogue other than in my previous discographic note I hope you will share it with me. Oh, and don't worry, I won't forget about the South East Asia series, there are many more coming soon...

J. Sebatunzi playing the Inanga Zither.

Ikembe Lamellophon

Audience In Rwandan Hills

Amakondera Horn Orchestra

Umuduli Musicbow

Straight Shepherd Flute

Ingoma Drummers

Iningidi Fiddler

Insengo Ensemble From Nkumba

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Music from Burundi - P. 1971

Original Ethnic Music of the Peoples of the World

documenti originali della musica etnica del mondo

Musica del Burundi - Music from Burundi

Albatros Dischi - VPA 8137 - P. 1971

A cura di Guiseppe Coter e in collaborazione con Editrice Nigrizia

Flute

Side A

A1 Quartetto (per flauto, ikembe, umuduli e tamburo) e Canto 4'05

A2 Orchestra (per tamburi, flauti, ikembe, inyagara, umuduli) e canto 5'05

A3 Inanga e canto 2'25

A4 a) Flauto 1'35

A4 b) Flauto 2'35

A5 Idingiti 2'35

A6 Umuduli e canto 3'30

Side B

B1 Orchestra (per tamburi, flauti, ikembe, inyagara, umuduli) e canto 5'05

B2 Inanga e canto 3'45

B3 Orchestre per 17 tamburi 4'12

B4 Ikembe e tamburo 1'52

B5 Idingiti e canto 2'55

B6 Orchestra per flauti e tamburi 3'05

Umuduli

Ikembe

This record is no doubt, at least in parts, an attempt to try to reproduce something of the magic from the fantastic Burundi recordings by Michel Vuylsteke from 1967 published by Ocora. In the Inanga e canto it is not up to its predecessor "Chant avec inanga" from the Ocora OCR 40. I will post that record a little bit later. The 17 drummers on this recording are good but the drums are more powerful and the atmosphere is more dense in the tight performance of the group of drummers on the Ocora.

Inanga

Idingiti

Drum

Map of Burundi

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