[.ca] Live At The Real World

the truth (no, really):
do yourself a favor...actually two favors. disregard the negative reviews completely - and buy this cd. i have had this in my collection for years and keep coming back to it. first, it is not monorhythmic or monotonous. there are about 40 variations in the polyrhythms - if you listen. the energy - holy moly...is like a slow, roiling tidal wave. this is where bo diddley/the meters/neville brothers got their sound - the original source - the deep africa motherlode of polyrhythmic trance music. the recording is fine - certainly much better than a typical field recording. play it LOUD. it is so mind-altering that if the government knew about it, they would have to declare it a controlled substance, available by prescription only.

Sacred Ingoma:
I have not heard the CD, but I am Burundian and I have experienced Drumming both as a player and as a spectator. The best way to appreciate them must be live and visual, or if you cannot see them in the rare concerts, buy the CD and play it at maximal volume on a good sound system. It is thunderous like a polyrithmic waterfall!!!! One important thing to remember is that Burundian drumming or INGOMA as it is known is sacred. It is played at important national events, In the pre-colonial past it was the symbol of royal authority

Sacred Ingoma:
I have not heard the CD, but I am Burundian and I have experienced Drumming both as a player and as a spectator. The best way to appreciate them must be live and visual, or if you cannot see them in the rare concerts, buy the CD and play it at maximal volume on a good sound system. It is thunderous like a polyrithmic waterfall!! One important thing to remember is that Burundian drumming or INGOMA as it is known is sacred. It is played at important national events, In the pre-colonial past it was the symbol of royal authority

Disgraceful:
One track, thirty minutes, barely any variation minute to minute save for a few yells here and there. Horrendous sound quality sounds like it was recorded with a Radio Shack tape recorder from the last row at an outdoor concert. These guys clearly have some talent, but this isn't the CD to buy in order to hear it. I am still a big fan of Peter Gabriel's Real World Records and their artists, but this is not even close to their usual high standards.

30 minutes of monotonic pounding:
30 minutes of monotonic, monorhythmic pounding... and very poor recording quality to boot. There is $10 bucks I'll never see again. Oh well, you win some you lose some.

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