Descrição
Lançamento 18 de Agosto de 2017
Rough-hewn, tribal sonics from the Rwandan borderlands.
Haunted solo & group singing meets hand-fashioned string instruments and
battery operated loop machines. The textures are strange and abstract but at the same time
intimate and joyful. The Abatwa (“pygmy”) are one of Africa’s most endangered peoples and
this album – produced by Ian Breenan (Hanoi Masters, Zomba Prison Project, Tinariwen) – is
a stunning, spirited document of their deep and varied musical culture.
This is the 4th installment in Glitterbeat’s acclaimed Hidden Musics series. Previous titles have
included Hanoi Masters, Khmer Rouge Survivors and Every Song Has Its End: Sonic Dispatches from
Traditional Mali.
1. Sida Ni Mbi (“AIDS is Bad”)
Written & performed by Christoph Ntabanganyimana with Bihoyiki Dathive:
Improvised rap with battery operated loop machines
2. Rwanda Nziza (“Beautiful Rwanda”)
Written & performed by Emmanuel Hatungimana:
One-string Umuduli player (single string instrument featured on cover)
3. Igira Hino (“Come Closer”)
Written & performed Bihoyiki Dathive:
Improvised rap with battery operated loop machines
4. Umuyange (“Protect the Environment”)
Written & performed Teonesse Majambere
Eleven-string Icyembe vocal duet
5. Urwanikamiheto (“War Song”)
Written & performed Beatrice Mukarungi
67-year-old mother leading her sons in song
6. Umwana W’umuhanda (“The Child from the Streets”)
Written & performed Rosine Nyiranshimiyimana
Improvised rap by a 19 year-old with a battery operated loop machine
7. Nzagukorera (“I Will Serve”)
Written & performed Emmanuel Hatungimana
One-string Umuduli player with battery-operated distortion amp
8. Umutesi (“I’ll Follow You Until You Kill Me”)
Written & performed Ruth Nyiramfumukoye (mother) & Patrick Manishimine (son)
Duelling one-string Umudulis by mother and son
9. Cyabusiko (“Night Streetwalker, Who Will Care for My Children?”)
Written & performed Jean Claude Nzabonimpa
Mbira, thumb piano with found-metal, rattle distorters
10. Nyirandugu (“The Hard Worker”)
Written & performed Jean Baptiste Kanyambo
Iningidi, one-string fiddle
11. Ihorere (“Stop Crying Now”)
Written & performed Emmanuel Habumuremy (husband) & Ange Kamagaju (wife)
Eleven-string Icyembe vocal duet by husband and wife
12. Why Did We Stop Growing Tall?
Written & performed Ruth Miramfumukoye
One-string Umuduli player
