Kronos Quartet - Pieces of Africa

Kronos Quartet is rooted in the classical-quartet tradition, but its members look and sometimes sound more like escapees from the college-music circuit. Kronos has consistently and irreverently bridged musical styles ranging from jazz, rock and blues to folk and avant-garde music, creating, in effect, a challenging commentary on the different kinds of music available in our culture. Its efforts on earlier releases like White Man Sleeps (1987) and Black Angels (1990) have scrambled cultural codes, calling into question the ways in which musical genres are categorized.

Pieces of Africa, consisting of works written specifically for the quartet by African composers, continues Kronos's obliteration of boundaries. The album merges traditional African concepts of composition and time with the typically Western instruments found in the string quartet. The result is not merely novel or exotic but a fresh, real and unusual musical experience.

01 - DUMISANI MARAIRE- Mai Nozipo (Mother Nozipo)
02 - HASSAN HAKMOUN- Saade (I'm Happy)
03 - FODAY MUSA SUSO- Tilliboyo (Sunset)
04 - jUSTINIAN TAMUSUZA- Ekitundu Ekisooka (First Movement)
05 - HAMZA EL DIN- Escalay (Waterwheel)
06 - OBO ADDY- Wawshishijay (Our Beginning)
07 - KEVIN VOLANS- White Man sleep (I)
08 - KEVIN VOLANS- White Man sleep (II)
09 - KEVIN VOLANS- White Man sleep (III)
10 - KEVIN VOLANS- White Man sleep (IV)
11 - KEVIN VOLANS- White Man sleep (V)
12 - DUMISANI MARAIRE- Kutambarara (Spreading)


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