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ARTIST
HAWK
TITLE
African Day
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
LION PRODUCTIONS
CATALOG #
LION 188LP
LION 188LP
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
12/15/2023
"In Johannesburg, bursting, like Durban, with musicians aeons ahead of their time,
Hawk
added the sunburnt, brown prairies of Africa to the genre of the concept album -- the heady, steady beat of drums, and enough cross-rhythms to make you dizzy. Add the mesmerizing voices -- and the telling of a story. Tuck in the ranging flute, the saxophone. The deep bass buzz. And the hypnotic talking drums. Music the African way: earthy stuff -- virile, extraordinary, substantial. Hawk were listening to a lot of
Hugh Tracey
tapes (the Afro-musicologist who travelled Africa capturing sounds and music on tape for posterity). They went to Swaziland and came back with their own sounds: drums and a burning desire to make their own brand of African music. From all of this came
African Day
. This reissue comes with an LP-sized 12-page booklet which includes a complete band history by music writer
Owen Coetzer
, packed with photos, plus the story of the re-discovery of the multi-track master tapes and the transfer of those newfound tapes that resulted in this very reissue. Lion exclusive edition -- 150x hand-numbered copies on transparent strawberry pink vinyl, taken from the multi-track master tapes."
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