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Tuesday, 29 August 2023
Paja Brava - 1977 - Herencia I
Sunday, 5 February 2023
Matteo Salvatore - 1973 - Le Quattro Stagioni del Gargano
Matteo Salvatore - 1973 - Le Quattro Stagioni del Gargano
Saturday, 10 September 2022
Poli Lautaka - 1981 - Folklore de Futuna
Poli Lautaka - 1981 - Folklore de Futuna
Polikalepo Likuvalu (aka Poli Lautaka) born in the town of Alo in the small Pacific island of Futuna is surely the best known artist from Walis & Futuna. Obviously in this small pacific state there were no music industry, so in order to record his music he moved at the end of 70 to New Caledonia, where a small cassettes music industry and a numerous comunity of Futunians were present. It is impossible to retrieve his discography, but surely he recorded several albums, acquiring a great popularity all over pacific islands, especially among futunians emigrates.
He is still active and loved nowadays as you can see from the views on Youtube of his songs.
I uploaded the only album i was able to retrieve and surely it is good one. From 1981 "Folklore de Futuna" it is an interesting mix of traditional futunian folk and western singer-songwriter music. The production and the recording is of course amateurish, but anyway acceptable.
TRACKLIST:
A1. Loku Alofa Ki Futuna
A2. Mataga O Futuna
A3. Alofala O Taupau
A4. Mako Faka Futuna
B1. Afiafi Manogi Le Falasola
B2. Isitolia O St Petelo Sanele
B3. Kia Malia I Loka
B4. Loku Alofa Ki Taoa
Credits:
Polikalepo Likuvalu: Voice, Composition, Guitar
Amole Lagikula: Guitar
Tuesday, 5 July 2022
Quilapayún - 1970 - Santa María de Iquique
Quilapayún - 1970 - Santa María de Iquique
Santa María de Iquique, cantata popular is a cantata composed in 1969 by the Chilean composer Luis Advis Vitaglich, combining elements of both classical and folkloric/indigenous musical traditions to produce what became known as a popular cantata and one of Quilapayún’s most acclaimed and popular music interpretation. The theme of the cantata is a historical industrial dispute that ended with the massacre of miners in the northern Chilean city of Iquique in 1907. The reading is impeccably executed by the Chilean actor Hector Duvauchelle, who captures the increasingly tense struggle between the miners and their exploiters in the narrative. Instrumental interludes and songs empower the progression of the story leading to a final song which voices the miners demand for an end to exploitation with visions of an egalitarian and free world.
The following are the statements made by Luis Advis, that appeared on the original booklet that accompanied the record release in 1970.
“This work, dedicated to Quilapayún, was composed following the general guidelines of a classical cantata. There is, albeit, a variant which refers to: literary-thematic aspects: the traditional religious motive has been replaced with one based on real events from the social order.”
“The musical stylistics: rather than avoid the European traditions, it has been amalgamated with melodic trends, harmonic modulations and rhythmic nuclei of American or Hispanic-American root. “
“Instrumental aspects: of the traditional orchestra we have only preserved the violoncello and the double bass in supporting mode, joined by two guitars, two quenas, one charango and one Bombo legüero. “
“Narrative aspects: the classical recitative chant has been replaced by spoken narration. This contains rhythmic and metrical elements with the aim of not breaking the sonorous totality.”
The Cantata Santa Maria de Iquique represented Quilapayun at the Segundo Festival de la Nueva Canción Chilena (NCCh) (Second Festival of the New Chilean Song).
Despite the success of the work, it had its share of critics within the music world at the time of its release; some critics saw this work as too pretentious, complex and classical for it to be part of a popular neo-folkloric movement. This debate over what was authentic, what served “the cause” would grow in the years following the cantata’s release – creating serious dialectical confrontations on what materials were to be included or excluded from the NCCh.
Despite this the work was the highlight of the NCCh and a masterpiece of the Nueva Canción in Latin America and many musicologists and musicians consider it one of the most important recorded musical composition in Latin American music history.
This great appreciation for the work didn’t appear to be shared by some members of Quilapayun who saw in the existing work considerable room for improvement. In 1978, they assigned the Belgian/Argentine writer Julio Cortázar to restructure part of the original text and they introduced minor modifications to the original recorded arrangements for a new version and recording. This was done without consulting the composer of the work, Luis Advis, who upon hearing of the recording expressed great dismay and publicly attacked the artistic integrity of both Quilapayun and Julio Cortázar.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_de_Iquique_(cantata))
TRACKLIST
1. ”Pregón” / Announcement (Solo vocal: Eduardo Carrasco) – 2:11
2. ”Preludio instrumental” / Instrumental Prelude – 5:45
3. ”Relato I” / Narrative I (Narration: Héctor Duvauchelle) – 2:11
4. ”Canción I” / Choral Song I (“El sol en desierto grande…” / The sun in the great desert) – 2:21
5. ”Interludio instrumental I” / Instrumental Interlude I – 1:33
6. ”Relato II” / Narrative II (Narration: Héctor Duvauchelle) – 1:21
7. ”Canción II” / Solo Song II [“Vamos mujer…” / We must leave woman…] (Solo vocal: Rodolfo Parada) – 2:08
8. ”Interludio instrumental II” / Instrumental Interlude II – 1:44
9. ”Relato III” / Narrative III (Narration: Héctor Duvauchelle) – 1:35
10. ”Interludio cantado” /Sung interlude [“Se han unido con nosotros…” / They’ve joined with us] (solo vocals: Carlos Quezada) – 2:05
11. ”Relato IV” / Narrative IV (Narration: Héctor Duvauchelle) – 1:00
12. ”Canción III” / Song III [“Soy obrero pampino…” / I am a pampean worker…] (solo vocals: Willy Oddó) – 1:44
13. ”Interludio instrumental III” / Instrumental Interlude III – 1:55
14. ”Relato V” / Narrative V (Narration: Héctor Duvauchelle) – 2:14
15. ”Canción letanía” / Supplicatory song (“Murieron tres mil seisientos…” / Three thousand six hundred died…) - 1:33
16. ”Canción IV” / Song IV [“A los hombres de la Pampa…” / To the men of the Pampa...] (Solo vocals: Eduardo Carrasco) – 2:55
17. ”Pregón II” / Announcement II (Solo Vocals: Hernán Gómez) – 0:32
18. ”Canción final” / Final Song (“Ustedes que ya escucharon…” / You, who have now heard…) (Solo vocals: Patricio Castillo) – 2:50
Personnel
Eduardo Carrasco
Rodolfo Parada
Willy Oddó
Carlos Quezada
Patricio Castillo (musician)
Hernán Gomez
Additional Personnel
Héctor Duvauchelle (Narrator)
Eduardo Seinkiewicz (Violoncello)
Luis Bignon (Double bass)
CREDITS
Artwork, Photography By – Antonio Larrea, Vicente Larrea
Cello – Eduardo Sienkiewicz
Double Bass – Luis Bignon
Engineer – Angel Arados*
Lyrics By, Music By – L. Advis*
Monday, 20 June 2022
Johnny Sablan - 1969 - My Marianas
Johnny Sablan - 1969 - My Marianas
Sunday, 29 May 2022
Elias Dia Kimuezo - Elias (1974)
Elias Dia Kimuezo - Elias (1974)
Credits:
Sanguma - Papua Nuova Guinea (1984)
Sanguma - Papua Nuova Guinea (1984)
We start our trip from the second biggest island in the world: Papua New Guinea!
Papua New Guinea has more languages than any other country, with over 820 indigenous languages, representing 12% of the world's total, but most have fewer than 1,000 speakers. With an average of only 7,000 speakers per language, Papua New Guinea has a greater density of languages than any other nation on earth except Vanuatu.
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| Sanguma band |
Sanguma (ie, "black magic") is an ensemble formed at the National Art School of Port Moresby in 1977 and was among the first Papuan groups to perform abroad. Combining traditional instruments with western ones they give us a whirlwind mix between jazz-rock, local folk and progressive rock.
This album called "Papua New Guinea" is from 1984, released in New Zealand, contains reinterpretation of songs previousle released.
Interesting links about Sangums:
https://malumnalu.blogspot.com/2011/12/tony-subam-and-legend-of-sanguma-band.html
http://yumistori.blogspot.com/2013/04/subam-sanguma-and-sounds-of-80s.html
TRACKLIST
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