Descrizione
Una canzone umoristica con la lira a 6 corde, il Chepkongo. Il misterioso cantante e ballerino, Chemirocha, è stato trasformato in un dio locale Pan con i piedi di un’antilope, metà bestia e metà uomo. È esortato dalle ragazze a fare la danza del salto familiare a tutti i Kipsigi così energicamente che salterà fuori dai suoi vestiti. Il nome Chemirocha è basato sul chitarrista Jimmy Rodgers.
Date:
1950/09/15
Format:
78 RPM shellac record
00:02:50
Sound Forge V. 8
Technics SP - 10 MK II direct drive turntable
Vestax BDT - 2500 belt drive turntable
Studer Revox Interface SP 10-8
Source:
Shellac
record number: TP2085
Master number: XYZ5530
Recording number: 5530
Research number: D6L 19
Sound of Africa series number: TR-164 B6
ILAM number: 9332
ILAM number: 7820
Publisher:
International Library of African Music
Rights:
International Library of African Music
Identifier (greenstone export db):
5774
Identifier (original):
TP2085-XYZ5530
Identifier (disa):
mus1950-09-15.036.018.TP2085-XYZ5530
Keywords:
ILAM
East African
Chepkongo bowl lyre
Indigenous music
Topical song
Kenya
Kipsigis
Kipsigis
Ng'asura, Charondet Arap
TP2085
Kipsigis
image Hugh Tracey
When Hugh Tracey (1903–1977) made 35,000 field recordings across Sub-Saharan Africa between the 1920s & 1970s, his intention was to reveal the beauty and complexity of this music to a world that saw little value in it. Today, almost 90 years later, Tracey’s bid to preserve the music of Africa for future generations lives on. Beating Heart has connected the International Library of African Music (ILAM) archive with contemporary producers, making fresh sounds for a modern audience. Building from Tracey’s vision, the income generated from the sale of this album will be used to assist people in the areas where the music was originally recorded.
Contributed by
Massimo Carozzi