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Artist:	GAMA, VICTOR
Title:	Pangeia Instruments
Label:	REPHLEX (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	REPH 135CD

"Victor Gama was born in Angola of Portuguese origin. In 1993 he started to create his Pangeia Instrumentos, inspired by the notion that because of migration and nomadisim, traditional African instruments have had to adapt throughout history, whilst keeping their traditional identity and sound. This suggests that, traditional acoustic instruments from ancient times could still evolve into contemporary musical instruments. This is exactly what the Pangeia Instrumentos are. What is also unusual about the instruments is that two people can play them at the same time. The music has beauty and ragged harmony, transcending the ancient and modern, African and Occidental. At times it echoes the American minimalist composers. This is the second release on Rephlex to explore the craft of instrument building; Pierre Bastien's 2001 release Mecanoid, being the first."

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