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Mudanin Kata
David Darling, Wulu Bunum
Mudanin Kata
Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, Jazz, New Age, Pop
 
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Mudanin Kata unites singers from the Wulu Bunun people of Taiwan with the sumptuous sounds of cello pioneer David Darling, to create a striking reinterpretation of an ancient tradition. David Darling ? a Grammy nominated a...  more »

     
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All Artists: David Darling, Wulu Bunum
Title: Mudanin Kata
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Riverboat
Release Date: 6/21/2004
Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, Jazz, New Age, Pop
Style: World Dance
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 605633003222

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Mudanin Kata unites singers from the Wulu Bunun people of Taiwan with the sumptuous sounds of cello pioneer David Darling, to create a striking reinterpretation of an ancient tradition. David Darling ? a Grammy nominated and classical trained cellist ? creates his own place within the distinctive eight-part harmonic singing of the Wulu Bunun. Interwoven around a range of singing styles, he melds his unique style of playing to produce an album of intricate and beautiful sounds.

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CD Reviews

Stunningly Beautiful
Professor Grrrl | East Coast, U.S. | 08/20/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Heard this cd on NPR... went and bought it. Amazing. Just beautiful... Darling's cello serves, somehow, miraculously, to lift the voices of the indiginous people even higher, rather than to overpower and drown them out.



This is one of those cd's that helps illustrate the addage that music truly is the global human language.



Bravo, Mr. Darling."
Amazing
rm62 | Wichita, KS, USA | 04/13/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"David Darling has done an amazing job of enhancing the traditional songs of the Wulu Bunun with his cello accompaniment. The music of the Wulu Bunun is valuable in itself but may be less accessible to Western ears. Darling's cello, however, does nothing to detract from the singers' music, and instead only supports the inherent beauty of the songs. While the attempts to blend Western and non-Western traditional music can sometimes produce scary results, in this case, the result is sublime."