{"product_id":"yanomami-hekura-yanomamo-shamanism-from-southern-venezuela-1","title":"Yanomami – Hekura - Yąnomamö Shamanism From Southern Venezuela","description":"\u003cp\u003eLabel: Quartz Publications – !QUARTZ 004\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP\u003cbr\u003eCountry: UK\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 1980\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Folk, World, \u0026amp; Country\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Folk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn the eternal quest to discover the most extreme, other, unusual, singular sound recordings, the road really ends at this Yąnomamö shamanism publication. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe story goes that David Toop travelled to Southern Venezuela down the Orinoco river to stay with the isolated indigenous Yąnomamö people, known for their unique shamanic practices.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThese involve a hallucinogenic snuff called epena that’s made from tree bark mixed with ash and saliva which is then ground down into a power and ingested within the nose through use of a 3ft blow pipe.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eVery quickly the shaman enters a trance, enabling contact with the ancestral spirit world and inducing a variety of intense chanting and gesticulating.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIntense is an understatement.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe rawness of these recordings, lacking any musical accompaniment or dilution of any form is profound.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJust the constant hum of rainforest wildlife, the occasional slapping sound on skin of the group killing mosquitoes and what sounds like a person loosing their mind.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eLuckily the accompanying notes on the reverse goes into extensive detail about the anthropological context of this practice, and as an aside there’s an amazing passage in David Toop’s Ocean Of Sound book that talks about this journey more.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eQuite simply the best cover we’ve ever seen.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  (NM)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA        Dayari-Teri - Group Healing    24:30\u003cbr\u003eB        Torokoiwa - Solo Shaman    20:17\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"All Night Flight Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56544583451006,"sku":"!QUARTZ 004","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/7755\/6791\/files\/IMG_0747_e6142c0b-3fff-4227-b0bf-826d4ed84ed0.jpg?v=1762941767","url":"https:\/\/allnightflightrecords.com\/products\/yanomami-hekura-yanomamo-shamanism-from-southern-venezuela-1","provider":"All Night Flight Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}