Jean C. Roché ~ Le Monde des Singes 1: Afrique, Asie, Amérique & Madagascar [Sittelle/Frémeaux & Associés , 1994]

Primate World vol 1, FA630

Asie / Asia

01 Une Famille De Siamangs / Family Of Siamangs 12:37
02 Un Couple De Gibbons / Pair Of Lar Gibbons 3:34
03 Un Couple De Gibbons / Pair Of Lar Gibbons 4:04
04 Un Couple De Gibbons / Pair Of Lar Gibbons 3:19
05 Un Orang-Outan Mâle / Male Orang-Utan 2:11
06 Un Orang-Outan Femelle / Female Orang-Utan 2:38
07 Un Harem De Nasiques / Harem Of Proboscis Monkeys 2:05

Afrique / Africa

08 Une Bande De Chimpanzés / Group Of Chimpanzees 2:10
09 Une Famille De Gorilles De Montagne / Family Of Mountain Gorillas 2:15
10 Un Babouin Chacma / Chacma Baboon 1:01
11 Une Troupe De Babouins Cynocéphales / Group Of Yellow Baboons 3:37
12 Une Troupe De Singes Verts / Group Of Vervet Baboons 2:16
13 Une Bande De Colobes Satan / Group Of Black Colobus 6:15

Amérique Du Sud Et Centrale / South And Central America

14 Deux Hurleurs À Manteau / Two Mantled Howlers 4:00
15 Un Groupe De Hurleurs Roux / Group Of Red Howlers 1:51
16 Un Groupe De Hurleurs Noirs / Group Of Black Howlers 2:01
17 Un Couple De Hurleurs Noirs / Pair Of Black Howlers 1:20

Madagascar

18 Un Groupe De Lémurs Catta / Group Of Ring-Tailed Lemurs 1:08
19 Une Famille D'Indris / Family Of Indris 1:50
20 Un Indri / An Indri 0:44
21 Des Familles D'Indris / Families Of Indris 2:43



Rec By - A. De Maximy [tr: 8] , Bill Gunn [trx: 20-21] , Bruno Tarière [tr: 9], Catherine Bouchain [tr: 13], D. Tombs [trx: 18-19], Eloisa Matheu [tr: 14], Jean C. Roché [trx: 1-4, 10-12, 15, 17] , M. Todisco [trx: 5-7)], Michel Rodolfi [tr: 16], N. Tucker [trx: 18-19], P. Barbeau [trx: 5-7]

'This is the first time ever CD featuring the voices of apes, monkeys & lemurs. These mammals, at the pinnacle of evolution, are closely related to man. The listener of this CD will discover the songs of pairs of Gibbons and of families of Siamangs: certain zoologists see in them a primitive form of “music” in the human sense of the term. This volume includes examples of the calls of monkeys and apes from Asia, Africa, Madagascar, and south and central America, as well as that of Lemurs, put together here for their aesthetic, even “musical” quality.' ~ Jean C. Roché & Patrick Frémeaux

way out 'ambiances' from our primate relatives as lovingly captured by Jean-Claude Roché & his capable crew. 320 rips

VA ~ Chine ☆ Xinjiang La Rout De La Soie [Playasound]

01 - Dulan Muqam
02 - Nawa Muqam
03 - Bayat-Nawa Muqam [Muqaddima]
04 - Mushawarik Muqam [Dastan Marghul]
05 - Sharh Aman
06 - Khushtarman
07 - Qambarkhan
08 - Nazirkhom
09 - Damulla
10 - Dart Alam
11 - Worksong
12 - Tagh Suleri

Recordings by Anderson Bakewell, 1986-87



'Musique is tremendously important to the inhabitants of the former 'silk road'. not only are their lives accompanied throughout by musique of professional musicans [sazanda], hired to play at births, circumcisions, weddings & innumerable religious festivals, but musique as an amateur pursuit is, unlike many Islamic countries, actively encouraged. Instruments are found in every home & often played from a very young age. Singers are hired to accompany farmers in the fields, wandering mendicants [habdal] chant religious hymns in the bazaars & virtually any social gathering can be transformed, at the slightest provocation, into a mashrap [celebration], a cultural institution in which song & dance is the central focus.

There are large number of Uyghur folksongs, many universally known in the tarim basin. they are, like much turkic musique, linked to poetic forms marked by strong rhythms & tinged with melancholy. The subject is almost invariably love: meditations on the beauty of the beloved & the anguish of seperation or unrequited affections. The intersection of the musical genres of the amateur & professional musician makes categorization of Uyghur musique difficult, but the muqum fits the description in the popular mind of a classical musique. The muqum is of great significance to the Uyghurs, not only as a repository of musical inheritance, but also as the symbol of their cultural heritage.' ~ liners

the last recordings we have from the venerable Anderson Bakewell & among his most interesting work. something for everybody eyed think, whether you dig the spike fiddle dronage or entrancing chants. full booklet skans with notes by bakewell in french & english thoughtfully included. 320 thanks to toro y loco for the hook-up