The Tribal Sound of Baka Beyond & Outback 1991-2014 / Hot Mule

Time Capsule / Brilliant Corners / Beauty & The Beat family member, Pol Valls, has put together this brilliant compilation for Hot Mule. The album selects 8 tracks from the 20+ year career of British musician Martin Cradick, and cherry-picking music inspired by his time spent with Baka people of the Cameroon rainforest. It collects tracks from releases by the 5-piece, Outback, and also the expanded, international collective, Baka Beyond. The latter, live festival favourites, at times contained up to 8 members, from Cameroon, Congo, France, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Senegal. The music mixes ancient instruments with the odd modern production technique, but largely stays true to its traditional African roots. It’s a joyful blend of woodwinds, chiming, expertly plucked strings and celebratory chants, all set to percolating organic and programmed percussion. Cool cultural collisions, global folk music fusions of complex countering rhythms, of mandolin, kora, and often Spanish leaning…

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