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Voices of Forgotten Worlds: Traditional Music of Indigenous Peoples



Concentrating on vocal traditions, the two-disc set Voices of

Forgotten Worlds delivers cut after cut of wonderful music,

frequently in stunning high-fidelity recordings. Producer

Brook Wentz' sensitive sequencing minimizes the inevitable

discontinuity from one cut to the next. The only flaws would

seem to be unavoidable with such a diverse and wide-ranging

collection: Individual pieces are too short, and they bear no real

relation to one another. Things get off to a rousing start with

a Tuvan (south Siberian) song in which the singers form a melody

of whistling overtones that careens above their voices. From

there the set skips through Japanese, South American, Northern

European, Chinese, South Seas, and Australian examples before

settling into an insistent Afghan ghazal and a glorious

instrumental Newar celebration from Nepal. Performances from

Greenland, Mexico, and Azerbaijan give way to the surprising choral

singing of the Maori of New Zealand, which seems to bend local

tradition with harmonies learned from church hymns. Among the

more familiar patterned bells of the Balinese gamelan and

otherworldly chanting of Tibetan monks, unique highlights include

a hypnotic pan pipe ensemble from the Solomon Islands; a

surprisingly gentle chant from the Kayapo (notoriously warlike

denizens of the Amazon jungle); a compelling rapid-fire pulse

of drums, bells, and a double reed from the Batak people of

Sumatra; and a Wodaabe chorus from Niger, whose sinuous, irregular

vocal phrases suddenly take form with the addition of hand claps.

Rather than displaying various traditions as artifacts to be studied,

Ellipsis Arts presents them as music to be enjoyed, an approach that

has borne fruit in several of the label's top-notch collections.

~ Ted Greenwald, All Music Guide