Bleep Bleep

Close
Close View Full Product

Item added to your cart.

Checkout
Previous
Next
Close
Burkina Faso : Volume 1 LP
Artist
Various Artists
ReleaseProduct
Burkina Faso : Volume 1 LP
Label
Sublime Frequencies
Catalogue Number
SF103LP
Release Date
October 14, 2016

Amazing first entry in the Burkina Faso typtch from Sublime Frequencies.

Sublime Frequencies presents the inaugural volume in a three volume set of contemporary field recordings by Hisham Mayet, recorded in Burkina Faso during three expeditions from 2013-2015.

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.

Volume 1 showcases two side-long tracks 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.

Read More
  1. 1 Kabare Balafon - Cabaret Music (Djan) (Lobi) Do Not Use
  2. 2 Lobi Balafon - Funeral Music (Lobi) Do Not Use
  3. 3 Burkina Faso Vol 1 - Album Sampler Do Not Use 0:33

Sublime Frequencies

View More
Close
Previous Play Pause Next
features.playlist.label Close
Loading:
--:-- --:--

Privacy Settings

This site uses cookies. For information, please read our cookies policy. Cookies Policy

Allow All
Manage Consent Preferences