Label: Musicaphon – BM 30 SL 2700 Series: Music of Oceania Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Mono Country: Germany Released: 1983 Genre: Folk, World, & Country Style: Field Recording, Pacific
Totally enchanting recordings from Northern Papua New Guinea from the Middle Sepik tribes. Quite sparse, mostly recordings of an academic / anthropological nature undertaken by the University Of Basel. The flute pieces are beautiful, as are the mouth harp recordings. The first instalment to the massively sought-after gold-standard ethnographic series Music Of Oceania. (NM/VG+)
Tracklist A1 Chambri– Two Transverse Flutes (Chambri Lake) A2 Chambri– Two Transverse Flutes (Chambri Lake) A3 Manumbu– Mouth-Bow A4 Chambri– Six Transverse Flutes And Hour-Glass Drum (Chambri Lake) A5 Iatmul– Man Calling Through Pipe A6 Iatmul– Single Transverse Flute And Coconut Shells A7 Sawos– Panpipes A8 Sawos– Panpipes A9 Iatmul– Two Slit-Drums A10 Iatmul– Two Transverse Flutes B1 Iatmul– Seven Transverse Flutes And Hour-Glass Drum B2 Iatmul– Seven Transverse Flutes And Hour-Glass Drum B3 Sawos– Jew's Harp B4 Iatmul– Men Singing Through Mai Pipes B5 Iatmul– Two Transverse Flutes B6 Sawos– Musical Bow B7 Iatmul– Two Transverse Flutes B8 Sawos– Two Transverse Flutes B9 Iatmul– Two Wooden Trumpets B10 Sawos– Single Transverse Flute B11 Iatmul– Two Slit-Drums B12 Iatmul– Two Transverse Flutes
