Saturday, November 27, 2010

VA - Music of Dawn and Day - (The Idege of Nigeria.)






VA - Music of Dawn and Day - (The Idege of Nigeria.)
Love Records - LXLP 513-514 - P.1975



Field recordings from 1965, 1971-72 with extensive
notes, explanations and translations of lyrics by
Björn Ranung on the Finnish label Love Records.

The musicians


Hunters

Ringdance


Side A

01 Onyantu
02 a Ikpa
02 b Ikpa
02 c Ikpa
03 Ijege
04 a Abraga
04 b AbragaBold
04 c Abraga

Sanza player


Side B

05 a Abakpa
05 b,c Abakpa
06 a Aitah
06 b Aitah
07 Ijo (Imeri)





Side C

08 Iboma
09 a,b Akatangka
09 c Akatangka
10 a Etuh
10 b Etuh




Side D

10 c Etuh
10 d Etuh
11 a,b Iged'Agba
11 c Iged'Agba







The recordings presented on these 2 LP's were made during two periods of stay in Idege in Nigeria, the first from September to December in 1965 and the second from August 1971 to March 1972. Recorded with a Nagra III and a dynamic microphone MD 21. The Igede live on the southern edge of the Benue Plateu mainly within the Oturkpo division.



The notes accompanying this release are a most valuable resource for the understanding of what social context and for what purpose this music was played and made and they make good reading while listening to the album. It is evident that a lot of research has gone into the analysiz of texts and rituals and there is much to be understood about the cosmology and traditions of the Idege by perusal of the accompanying notes.




10 comments:

bolingo69 said...

I'm trying multiupload for this one in the hope it gives some more possibilities if you have problem downloading from one or the other of the services!

arvind said...

No amount of thanks are enough for what you continue to do, bo! Your passion and meticulousness are a great inspiration. Thank you for another interesting expedition to a hardly known corner of our world...these treasures need to be preserved!

On a lighter note, you just gotta love the name of the record label. And that logo is priceless! ;)

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øשlqæda said...

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Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

nice one, i'd never heard it before

=)

Janas said...

Beautiful recording, thanks a lot for sharing!

Anonymous said...

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Sentabi said...

http://bolingo69.blogspot.com/2010/11/va-music-of-dawn-and-day-idege-of.html has the following link

https://rapidshare.com/files/2022686369/BM30L2001_Laos_320.zip

Otherwise pretty impressive the re-ups

bolingo69 said...

Sorry, about that Sentabi!

Thanks for pointing it out! Hope the link works better now! Or just holler again …