Kronos Quartet - Pieces Of Africa [FLAC] TQMP

Kronos Quartet - Pieces Of Africa

1992



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Rolling Stone review

Kronos Quartet is rooted in the classical-quartet tradition, but its members look and sometimes sound more like escapees from the college-music circuit. Kronos has consistently and irreverently bridged musical styles ranging from jazz, rock and blues to folk and avant-garde music, creating, in effect, a challenging commentary on the different kinds of music available in our culture. Its efforts on earlier releases like White Man Sleeps (1987) and Black Angels (1990) have scrambled cultural codes, calling into question the ways in which musical genres are categorized.



Pieces of Africa, consisting of works written specifically for the quartet by African composers, continues Kronos's obliteration of boundaries. The album merges traditional African concepts of composition and time with the typically Western instruments found in the string quartet. The result is not merely novel or exotic but a fresh, real and unusual musical experience.



...Pieces of Africa is at once a constructive critique and an album of quiet, deep and expansive joy.



http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/6070461/review/6210051/piecesofafrica




Tracks

1- Mai Nozipo ('Mother Nozipo') - Dumisani Maraire

2- Saade ('I'm Happy') - Hassan Hakmoun

3- Tiliboyo ('Sunset') - Foday Musa Suso

4- Ekitundu Ekisooka ('1st Movement') - Justinian Tamusuza

5- Escalay ('Waterwheel') - Hamza El Din

6- Wawshishijay ('Our Beginning') - Obo Addy

7- White Man Sleeps I - Kevin Volans

8- White Man Sleeps II - Kevin Volans

9- White Man Sleeps III - Kevin Volans

10- White Man Sleeps IV - Kevin Volans

11- White Man Sleeps V - Kevin Volans

12- Kutambarara ('Spreading') - Dumisani Maraire



Artwork (300dpi scan) included.



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