COLOMBIA – Music of the Tukano and Cuna Peoples of Colombia – Rogue Records - FMS/NSA 002

COLOMBIA – COLOMBIE 
Music of the Tukano and Cuna Peoples of Colombia – Rogue Records - FMS/NSA 002, Recorded by Brian Moser and Donald Tayler in 1960-1961, released in 1987 (LP)

These unique, great sounding field recordings offer an in-depth glimpse into the sonic universe of the Colombian Cuna (Kuna or Guna) and Tucano (or Tukano) indigenous peoples, going back to time immemorial. 

 

This album features abstract and otherworldly flutes – including end-blown flutes, a deer-bone flute, a snail-shell flute, a wing-bone duct flute, a tortoise-shell and pan pipes – a conch-shell trumpet, whistling, male and female voices, rattles, and gourd maracas. These inspired performances set in a variety of contexts, from dances (A7, A8, B5, B6) to curing songs (B8), and elders chanting origin myths (A6), are accompanied by the constant ambient sounds of nature, including insects, birds, frogs, and splashing water. 

Ces enregistrements uniques et de grande qualité offrent un aperçu approfondi de l'univers sonore des peuples indigènes colombiens Cuna (Kuna ou Guna) et Tucano (ou Tukano), qui remonte à la nuit des temps.

Cet album présente des musiques abstraites et éthérées, avec notamment des flûtes à embouchure, une flûte en os de cerf, une flûte en coquille d'escargot, une flûte en carapace de tortue, des flûtes de Pan, une conque, des sifflements, des voix masculines et féminines, ainsi que des hochets et des maracas. Ces musiques inspirées s'inscrivent dans des contextes culturels et magico-religieux variés : danses (A7, A8, B5, B6), chants de guérison (B8) ou anciens du village chantant des mythes fondateurs (A6). Elles sont accompagnées de sonorités constantes de la nature en forme de bourdons émis par des insectes, des oiseaux ou des grenouilles, ou encore des clapotis d'eau.

TUKANO PEOPLE

A1 – Early morning birdsong and deer-bone flute

A2 – Snail-shell flute

A3 – Paired tortoise-shell (goo) and pan-pipes

A4 – Yuca-plant sieving and washing

A5 – Pan-pipes and coca pounding (two excerpts)

A6 – Elders chanting origin myths

A7 – Eagle dance

A8 – Pan-pipe dance (chiruru) (two excerpts)

A9 – Distant snail-shell flute

 

CUNA PEOPLE       

B1 – Conch-shell trumpet, greeting chant and paired flutes

B2 – Two sets of paired pan-pipes (two excerpts)

B3 – Wing-bone duct flute (karlbeebil) and song with end-blown flute (kammu)

B4 – Yayganagadi song

B5 – Dog dance with kuli pipes

B6 – Chicken dance and pan-pipe dance (two excerpts)

B7 – Kammu flute and nasis gourd maraca         

B8 – Two curing songs and lullaby (three excerpts)

B9 – Pan-pipe tunes (three excerpts)

B10 – Paired pan-pipes with maracas (two excerpts)

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My other South American indigenous music posts:

The Indians of Colombia – Lyrichord - LLST 7365 here
Indiens et Animaux Sauvages d’Amérique du Sud – UNIDISC here

Brésil Musique Indienne – Contrepoint MC 20-137 here

Wayapi Guyane – SELAF-ORSTOM CETO 792 here

The Music of Primitive Man – Horizon – P 11857 here

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