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Artist:	CONGA DE LOS HOYOS
Title:	Carnival Music Of Eastern Cuba
Label:	WORLD AUDIO FOUNDATION (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	WAF 001CD

"World Audio Foundation is the new mid-priced label from Soul Jazz Records releasing creative, roots-based music from the four corners of the world. The first release on this new label features the music of Conga de Los Hoyos -- an amazing Afro-Cuban musical institution from the Los Hoyos district of Santiago, in Eastern Cuba. The music here features a riotous mix of over 50 drummers, singers and the distinctive Chinese cornet (a bit like a Cuban bagpipe!), all brought together to make a noise that Sun Ra would be proud of. The drummers play everything from car brakes and hubcaps to frying pans! This is the music of the yearly Carnival in the eastern part of Cuba performed by competing groups featuring hundreds of musicians parading through the streets through 100-degree plus heat and crowds of up to 100,000 people -- Afro-Centric rhythms, majestic songs. Recorded in Santiago at EGREM studios, the legendary Cuban state studios, this is a unique record of a fascinating part of Afro-Cuban heritage. The CD comes with accompanying text, booklet and exclusive photography in a distinctive WAF CD casing. Wild -- play loud!"

Artist:	ANCHISKATI CHOIR, THE
Title:	Polyphonic Voices Of Georgia
Label:	WORLD AUDIO FOUNDATION (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	WAF 002CD

"The second release on World Audio Foundation features the deep sacred and spiritual vocal music from the Georgian Republic in Eastern Europe -- at the border between Europe and Asia. Dating back to pre-Christian times, Georgian polyphonic chants are uniquely complex polyphonic melodies and comprise music sung for the Georgian Orthodox liturgical services. In 2001, Georgian polyphonic singing was proclaimed by Unesco as one of the Oral and Intangible Masterpieces of Humanity. The aim of this proclamation is to help sustain cultural diversity and human creativity in the face of the perceived effects of globalization. The Anchiskati Choir is the world's leading exponent of Georgian polyphonic music. Recorded in Tbilisi, the members of the choir are both celebrated musicians and ethno-musicologists performing the task of documenting the history of this unique music. The CD comes with accompanying text, postcards and poster as well as coming in a distinctive WAF CD casing!"

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