Name: Spirit Of The Forest by Baka Beyond
Brand: Baka Beyond
SKU: 031257137768
Price: 7.92 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4.5 (56 reviews)

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The Man Who Danced Too Slowly View on Youtube

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Ngombi View on Youtube

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Baka Play Baka View on Youtube

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Nahwia View on Youtube

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Eeye Bé (Elephant Song) View on Youtube

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Guitarist Martin Cradick's stay with the Baka Pygmy people resulted in songs co-written in Cameroon with the villagers. Others constructed later in London set guitar, violin, and other instruments to rhythmic ideas from the Pygmies, creating a non-derivative style that avoids trying to either duplicate or dilute the songs of the Baka, while still capturing their highly charged lightness of being. "Ngombi," for example, pipes the birdlike call of a forest flute above Cradick's compelling acoustic guitar, while fellow outback alumnus Paddy le Mercier goes for the emotional jugular with a romantic, gypsy-flavored violin. A spirited Baka rhythm ties the instruments together. ~ Bob Tarte