Cameroon



Cameroun
La Musique Des Pygmées BAKA



Cameroon
BAKA Pygmy Music


Tracks :

01. Music for the Buma Dance (4:49)
02. Hut Song (4:52)
03. "Orycterope & Pangolin" (4:04)
04. Song for Gathering Mushrooms (2:40)
05. Song to Attact Game (2:29)
06. Music for the Nganga Dance (4:45)
07. Lullaby / Berceuse (4:49)
08. The "Water Drum" (4:17)
09. The Humming of the Bees (7:47)
10. Music for the Buma Dance (6:22)

Label & No. :
UNESCO (AUVIDIS) / D-8029
1990 France

Notes:
Recorded by Simha Arom and Patrick Renaud
Date of recording - 1977.02
Place of recording - Cameroon,
at the Aba encampment near the Kongulu village

Comment :
Simha AromとPatrick RenaudによるカメルーンのBAKA族の音楽。 ガボン国境近くのKongulu村の近くのAba集落にて録音された。 <Song for Gathering Mushrooms>のポリフォニーは素晴らしい。 Simha Aromはピグミー族の音楽の貴重な録音を多く残している。




Heart of the Forest

The Music of the BAKA Forest People
of Southeast Cameroon




Tracks :
01. Yelli 1
02. Yelli 2
03. Yelli 3
04. Water Drums 1
05. Water Drums 2
06. Nursery Rhyme
07. Venolouma
08. Ieta
09. Aiya (Ngombi na peke 1)
10. Limbindi and Voices
11. An G'Bendi (Earth Bow)
12. Limbindi
13. Water Drums 3
14. Abale
15. Solo Voices
16. Ngonnalati (Ngomni na peke 2)
17. Naboma (Ngombi na peke 3)
18. A Capella
19. Toji Playing The Ngombi na peke
20. Forest Party
21.Distant Yelli

Label & No. :
Hannibal / HNCD1378 (CD)
1993 Canada

Notes:
Recorded by Martin Cradick in January-March, 1992
except (4,5,6,8,18,20) by Jeremy Avis in 1990.

Comment :
カメルーン南東に住むピグミー、バカ(BAKA)族の音楽の録音。ちなみにBAKAはAKAの複数形。




Cameroun
Pygmées BADZAN
de la plaine Tikar

Cameroon
BEDZAN Pygmies
from the Tikar Plain


Tracks :
01. Nan (4:30)
02. Lengbu (3:28)
03. Ndondon (2:55)
04. Nde yé (4:34)
05. Kpéreba (zither-harp) (5:15)
06. Melwæn (3:32)
07. Papi (3:10)
08. Nembon (3:37)
09. Nyendon (3:38)
10. Mgbégné (5:43)
11. Mbwé nan (analysis) (5:05)
12. Mbwé nan (complete version) (6:14)

Label & No. :
INEDIT / W-260095 (CD)
2000 France

Notes:

Comment :
ピグミー族の中では中央アフリカでもっとも北部に住むBEDZAN(singular Medzan)は、 カメルーンの首都ヤウンデの南250km一帯にキャンプしている。 400人ほどでそれぞれ15人前後のキャンプをなす。 音楽はイトゥリ付近に比べてやや単調な繰り返しになり儀式的。




Baka Beyond : Spirit of the Forest




Tracks :
01. Spirit of the Forest (5:30)
02. The Man Who Danced Too Slowly (6:04)
03. Ngombi (4:43)
04. Baka Play Baka (7:01)
05. Nahwia (5:12)
06. Eeya Bé (Elephant Song) (7:31)
07. Canya Jam (5:38)
08. Bounaka (6:50)

Label & No. :
Hannibal / HNCD-1377
1993 USA

Notes:
Recorded by Martin Cradick
in the forest of Southeast Cameroon, Jan-Feb, 1992,
and at March Hare Studios, Jan-Feb, 1993





Baka Beyond : The Meeting Pool




Tracks :
01. Woosi (6:40)
02. Ancestor's Voice (5:50)
03. Lupé (5:43)
04. Ohureo (6:50)
05. Meeting Of Tribes (5:56)
06. Journey (6:05)
07. Ndaweh's Dream (5:56)
08. Booma Lena (8:48)

Label & No. :
Hannibal / HNCD-1388
1995 USA

Notes:
The water drums and bwambwa drums, recorded in February 19947
in South East Cameroom.

Comment :
この2枚のCDは、上記 Martin Cradick が録音したピグミーの音源と現代の楽器演奏、 そして歌をを融合させたもの。サウンド・コラージュのような内容になっており、 ほかのCDとは内容を異にする。





Gabon



Gabon
Musique des Pygmées BIBAYAK
Chantres de L'Epopee

Gabon
Music of Pygmies BIBAYAK




Track :
01. Two sequences of the "Mebasi" vocal game (6:56)
02. "Yodel" studies (10:31)
a) one voice
b) two voices
c) three voices
d) five voices
e) eight voices
03. Polyphonic sequences (4:41)
a) five voices "yodel" b) c) Chorus and Percussions
04. Polyphonic sequences (3:30)
05. Voice and sanza (6:56)
06. Dialogues with the spirits (12:38)
07. Fragment of a "Mvet" (22:35)

Label & No. :
OCORA / C 559 053 (harmonia mundi HM 83)(CD)
1989 France

Notes:
Recorded by Pierre Sallée
The recordings were made at the Elone encampment, near Minvoul,
in February, 1966, for the tracks 3 and 8,
in March, 1973 for the tracks 4 and 6.

Comment :
ガボンのカメルーン国境付近に棲むBIBAYAK族の音楽を収録したもの。 ガボンではピグミーのことを、Babongo, Akoa, Bakola または Bibayakと呼び、 ライナーから BibayakはAKA族のひとつと思われる。




Gabon
Musique des Pygmées BIBAYAK
Chantres de L'Epopee

Gabon
Music of Pygmies BIBAYAK



Track :
Musique des Pygmées Bibayak
01. Two sequences of the "Mebasi" vocal game (6:56)
02. "Yodel" studies (10:31)
a) one voice
b) two voices
c) three voices
d) five voices
e) eight voices
03. Polyphonic sequences (4:41)
a) five voices "yodel"
b) c) Chorus and Percussions
04. Polyphonic sequences (3:30)
05. Voice and sanza (6:56)
06. Dialogues with the spirits (12:38)
Chantres de L'épopée
07. Fragment of a "Mvet" (22:35)

Label & No. :
OCORA / C 282 053 (harmonia mundi HM 83)(CD)
2001 France

Notes:
Recorded by Pierre Sallée
The recordings were made at the Elone encampment, near Minvoul,
in February, 1966, for the tracks 3 and 8,
in March, 1973 for the tracks 4 and 6.

Comment :
上記ガボンのピグミー音楽の再発CD盤。


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