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Volume 1
Afro Celt Sound System
Volume 1
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, International Music, New Age
 
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Bodhran and kora? Talking drums and Uilleann pipes? Echoing ancient trade roots from a thousand years ago, Sound Magic reunites two seemingly disparate music traditions in a contemporary setting, reaching for a dance-orien...  more »

     

CD Details

All Artists: Afro Celt Sound System
Title: Volume 1
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Realw
Release Date: 7/1/1996
Album Type: Import
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, International Music, New Age
Styles: World Dance, Europe, Britain & Ireland
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 724384173623

Synopsis

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Bodhran and kora? Talking drums and Uilleann pipes? Echoing ancient trade roots from a thousand years ago, Sound Magic reunites two seemingly disparate music traditions in a contemporary setting, reaching for a dance-oriented but spiritual hybrid that takes on a life of its own. Producer Simon Emmerson assembles some noteworthy artists including Ayub Ogada, Davy Spillane, Manu Katche, Caroline Lavelle, James McNally (of the Pogues), Iarla O Lionaird, and Masamba Diop to create evocative, clubby grooves that also incorporate samples and flavors from Armenia and the East. With its multilayered rich textures, Sound Magic grafts cultural respect and urban hipness for the global village of the '90s. --Derek Rath
 

CD Reviews

Musical Erotica.....
Michelle L. Belgard | Auburn, NY | 09/28/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I happened to have the good fortune one night, of catching a few moments of these fellows on a PBS special. It left me lusting for more. I cannot recall ever having been so enthralled after such a brief encounter with a group's music.



This album is the musical equivalent of a languorous, blissfully exhausting sexual encounter. From the undeniably seductive SAOR/FREE, to the tranquil lulling afterglow of SAOR REPRISE, The Afro Celt Sound System will having you rushing through that obligatory post-coital cigarette in order to do it all over again....





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