Music of the Nile: The Original African Sanctus J is the set of companion recordings to the classic African Sanctus album. In large part, these are the tracks that went into the making of African Sanctus, mostly short bits of various ceremonial dances and the like, along with the stray environmental recording. A few of the recordings weren't used on African Sanctus itself, but were recorded on the same journeys through Africa, up and down the Nile through Egypt, Uganda, Sudan, and Kenya, in 1969 and 1975. The pieces here are all performed by the various native musicians, and were recorded by David Fanshawe as he traveled from village to village. With the inclusion of the environmental tracks and the exclusion of studio recordings, this becomes an ethnomusicologist's delight, as it paints Steven Feld's concept of a 'sound environment' quite well. The ceremonial music is present, as is the everyday music, as is the non-musical sound of everyday life. The recording quality is outstanding, especially considering it was done with what was essentially a lump of electronics carried around the continent in backpacks and on steamboats. For an armchair ethnomusicologist, this album would be highly worthwhile. For the average listener looking for some dance music, it wouldn't be bad, but there are certainly albums more focused on that aspect. Regardless of your status as an ethnic music listener, this album goes well with the African Sanctus album, and anyone listening to one should most likely give the other a listen as well.
1. Welcome Bwala Dance 2. Muezzin Call To Prayer 3. River Of The Pharaohs 4. Egyptian Wedding Luxor 5. Water Well Song 6. Abu Simbel Temple Dance 7. Prophets Song 8. Islamic Prayer School 9. Camel Drivers Songs 10. Reed Pipe & Grass Cutting Song 11. Darfur Courtship Dances 12. Four Men On A Prayer Mat 13. Zebaidir Song 14. Hadandua Love Song & Bells 15. War Drums Al Mahdi 16. Shilluk Coronation Fashoda 17. Paddle Steamer Of The Sudd 18. Frogs & Zande Song Of Flight 19. Tamboura Song Liri 20. Edongo Dance Arua 21. Kabalega Falls 22. Busoga Fisherman 23. Teso Fishermen 24. Bowed Harp 25. Acholi Enanga 26. Dingi Dingi Dance 27. Rain Song Of Latigo Oteng 28. Bunyoro Xylophone Madinda 29. Royal Acholi Bwala Dance 30. Samia Rowing Chant 31. Song Of Lamentation 32. Song Of The River 33. Karamoja Childrens Song 34. Turkana Cattle Song 35. Masailand Milking Song 36. Luo Ritual Burial Dance 37. Aluar Horns
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