Trembling Strain ~ Four Pictures [Belle Antique, 1995]

BELLE 95171

01. 埋葬歌 - Maisōka [Music for Burial] 10:59
02. 印 I - Shirushi I [Sigil I] 1:57
03. 火葬歌 - Kasōka [Music for Cremation] 8:31
04. 印 II - Shirushi II [Sigil II] 2:28
05. 嘆きの川辺 - Nageki no Kawabe [Kokytus] 12:46
06. 印 III - Shirushi III [Sigil III] 2:20
07. 鳥葬歌 - Chōsōka [Music for Aerial Sepulcher] 7:40
08. 印 IV - Shirushi IV [Sigil IV] 2:41
09. 水葬歌 - Suisōka [Music for Burial in Water] 10:38

a special treat this moonlit eve; kindred kosmonaut of the flavourful Play It Again, Max blawg has lovingly bestowed upon our unsuspecting ears, not none, but two Trembling Strain albums! first up comes their achingly beautiful sophomore joint, featuring familiarly funereal death rattles from Pneuma, heard previously on Anthem to Raise the Dead, with additional vocal bliss from some sweet siren. once again T-Strain utilize a great many trad folk instruments from several divergent kultures in an exceptionally haunting way. i believe the theme of this album is the four elements, earthairfirewater. the pitifully pixelated cover art shamelessly scavenged from rym has since been redeemed by an anonymous sympathizer, so you may wish to save the image above fer yer own arkhives. we're still on the prowl for their fourth album Tower to boot, so kindly assist us if you can. 320 heartfelt fanx Again, Max fer the essential hookup. highest imaginable recommendation

Trance Bali 2006 ~ Field Recordings By Dave Sez

cross-stitched from --> know yer conjurer <-- go say thanks if you dig it

TRANCE BALI 2006

An unreleased stereo field recording of sacred and funereal music from Bali, 2006.
A guest post dedicated to edo, holywarbles, luckypsychichut, braingoreng and madrotter.

SACRED SLONDING

Slonding 1 15.48 and Slonding 2 05.30 : five ancient and hallowed iron-bar metallophones
[1 bass, 2 baritone, 2 tenor] whose removal from their temple home for this rare performance in Ubud required a special ceremony. Performers: unidentified

By the most amazing of coincidences [well, this is Bali ...], you can also hear the same instruments playing the same two melodies, but recorded nearly fifty years ago in 1962-63, here thanks to holywarbles and again recorded in 1988 accompanied by female vocals, thanks to braingoreng. These are the only three known recordings of the Tenganan gamelan selunding/slonding.

*****
CREMATION AT DADIA

Prayers 04.06 : inside the deceased's home temple, the pedanda (high priest) chants prayers over the body, accompanied by three bamboo xylophones and a three iron-bar metallophone. Performers: unidentified.

Waiting to leave 07.31 : outside the deceased's home, the body is placed into the bull, accompanied by a full orchestra of hanging brass gongs, brass-bar and nipple gong metallophones, cremation cymbals and a drum. Performers: Gong Taruna Mekar Tunjuk

Tossing the bull Part 1 18.55 and Part 2 10.48 : an orchestra of a drum, several cremation cymbals, a cymbal-box, half a dozen hand-held nipple gongs and one hanging gong rush alongside the mourners carrying the bull to the cremation field, tossing it violently to confuse the spirit and prevent it from returning to haunt its former home. Performers: Angklung Sinar Jaya.

BONUS

Slonding meditation remaster – listen loud! Total: 11.29: Slonding 1 06.04 Slonding 2 05.25.

Recorded with a bamboo-boom stereo mic in December 2006 and later remixed by David Sez with thanks to the families and musicians who shared their days with us. Om Swasyastu, Suksma.

TRANCE BALI 2006 here --> http://sharebee.com/ca35f758 Size: 145.89 MB mp3s @ 320

Burkina Faso ~ Lobi Country. Funeral Xylophone [Ocora]

Ocora - Burkina Faso - Lobi Country. Funeral Xylophone
(Pays Lobi. Xylophone de Funérailles)
Ocora C 560148, recorded 1991 & 1998, CD released 1999

A collection of ritual funeral songs from the repertoire of Lobi songs for the jolonbuo (similar to the balafon in many ways). The music is deceptively simple at times, and richly complex at times, sometimes occurring together. Smaller percussion items are added to the music, as is the bembe drum, which is played throughout funeral ceremonies (up to two days straight).

01. Pale Tioionte, Kambire Tiaporte, Da Gboro Ale - Gopir
02. Pale Tioionte - Deje (1st Version)
03. Pale Tioionte - Ler
04. Pale Tioionte - Deje (2nd Version)
05. Hien Bihoulete, Kambire Tiaporte, Da Gboro Ale - Binkontina
06. Hien Bihoulete - L'adresse Au Mort
07. Pale Tioionte - Deje (3rd Version)
08. Pale Tioionte, Kambire Tiaporte, Da Gboro Ale - Bamba

VA ☆ Hò! #1 ~ Roady Music from Vietnam [Trikont]

01. Dan Bau Vietnam: Rider In The Sky 3:40
02. Ly Ngua O: Saigon Oi 7:26
03. Dead Men's Orchestra: Totencombo 4:16
04. Tanh Nam "Teu" 11: Bonanza (Bat Ghen) 0:51
05. Eo Sinh & Namh Hao: Vc Love Song 4:01
06. Thu Hien: Hoa Cau 4:03
07. Tanh Nam "Teu" 11: Lucky Luke (Bat Ghen) 0:55
08. Santana V: Totensamba 1:28
09. VC Hooker: Vc's Blues 3:38
10. SRV Opera Singers: Barbecue-Songs 2:45
11. Janiv: Totblues 1:08
12. Anh Sang: Totensong 3:23
13. Anh Sang: One Ship Will Come 3:49
14. Dan Bau Vietnam: Chinese Song 2:48
15. Ferry Duo: Fnl's Blues 2:52
16. Dylan Tanh: Balanced Voice Songs 3:30
17. Ly Ngua O: Vo Chong Lam Bieng 3:07
18. Clint Viet: Mot Nam Do/Dollar-Hand 3:05
19. Thanh Tam: Cung Dan Dat Nuoc 3:32
20. Thu Hien: Rang Tram Bau 5:20
21. Dan Bau Vietnam: Rider In The Sky - Live 5:25



'Hó! Roady Music From Vietnam is a stunning document, celebration even, of Saigon´s resilient street life 20 years after the US´s defeat. The appeal of American pop, most likely heard leaking out of squalid girlie bars, is evident in its impact on these electric guitar wielding grannie buskers with backpack amps, bar singers, Vietblues players, hustlers, funeral drum´n´bass combos and bizarre US folk-ethnic fusioneers, taped amid screeching traffic noise, cop whistles, barking hawkers and insect-buzzing heat. Just as the jungle reclaimed detritus left behind by G.I.s, so these musicians have remolded fading American melodies around Vietnamese templates, transforming them into vivid, shocking pink Vietpop and street music. And these slithering brass tunings and clattering percussion of Saigon´s funeral combos are truly worth dying for.' - midheaven

that pirty much sums it. a thoroughly encroyable correction of street musique from vietnam. after awhile every single song is good. 320 hugs to hans

VA ~ Vietnam - Laos ☆ Gongs [Playasound, 2002]

PS 65256

01 johai hrap ~ announcement that buffalo are about to be sacrificed
02 mnong rlam ~ inauguration of a new house
03 gie trieng ~celebration
04 bahnar ~ sacrifice to the spirit of the communal house
05 lawae ~ celebration
06 jorai hrap ~ summoning the spirits
07 thai ~ celebration
08 bahnar ~ sacrifice to the spirit of the communal house
09 talieng ~ celebration
10 jorai hrap ~ sacrificing the buffalo
11 ede ~ inauguration of a new house
12 muong ~ celebration
13 banhar ~ sacrifice to the spirit of the communal house
14 thai ~ funeral
15 jorai hrap ~ funeral
16 nghe ~ sacrifice to the spirit of the communal house
17 lawae ~ celebration
18 banhar ~ sacrifice to the spirit of the communal house
19 talieng ~ celebration
20 jorai hrap ~ ceremony of leaving the grave
21 thai ~ funeral
22 banhar ~ funeral
23 mnong rlam ~ funeral
24 oy ~ celebration
25 bahnar ~ funeral

Recorded By, Liner Notes, Photography - Patrick Kersalé, 2001, Syrinx Academy



Flat gongs & bossed gongs played by ethnique minorities of Laos & Vietnam, where gong ensembles take part in various rites relating to the spirits [yang] & to the dead, but also in simple celebrations. The gongs have various functions. They may be used to summon, invite & satisfy beneficent spirits, serving as a means of communicating with them & as a musical offering, & they may be used to exorcise evil spirits. They are also used to create a mood of conviviality, providing a lively accompaniment for the ritual dances [themselves offerings to the spirits] & bringing people closer together. The inauguration of a new house, a funeral, the 'ceremony of the dead leaving of the grave' [a rite accompanying the departure of the deceased person's soul to the dead], the welcoming of a guest, family reunions & so on all provide opportunities to bring out the gongs. With the changing of beliefs over the years & the assimilation of imported religions, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the function of communicating with the beyond & that of pure festivity. The various ceremonies are generally accompanied by the drinking of copious amounts of rice beer, a slightly alcoholique drink kept in traditional jars.

Each ethnique group has its own orchestral arrangement & its own style of playing. Some ensembles possess only flat gongs, others only bossed gongs & some use both types. The number of gongs in each ensemble varies from two to more than 20. It may therefore be said that the villagers in these regions of south-east asia have a veritable 'gong culture' & the reverberations punctuate their lives from the cradle to da grave.



get it ong. banga gong. just spent a good minute tagging & typing for my own arkhives so aye hope you appreciate this one as much as eye dew. desperately needed to banish some bickering bats from me belfry recently & this was a most efficacious soundtraq. equally great for sacrifice, funerals, celebrations & exhumations of every variety eyed imagine. masterfully ripped by brother Janas at a resonant 320k including the indispensible booklet