Label:CMS - AFR 2003

Country:Kenya

Used EP 45RPM 1964

Disc:VG+ (good shape, only feel slight surface noise at quiet part)

Jacket:VG+ (clean)

The third in a series of field recordings left on the Kenyan CMS label. It includes four songs centered on traditional songs handed down by the Kikuyu tribe, Kenya's largest ethnic group. The best of the four are "Nylon" an exotic song played on a primitive violin "Siriri" and a local xylophone, and the untitled A2 song sung by the Kamba women with drums. Other include "Lukhani" a song that tells the story of a man who is looking to marry a woman for her looks, not her appearance, while the lyre lilas and bells resonate in a minimalism, and "Muthu Wa Njugu" sung by older Kikuyu women. Amazing contents.

ケニアCMSレーベルに残されたフィールドレコーディングシリーズ第三弾。本作ではケニア最大の民族であるキクユ族に伝わる伝統歌を中心とした4曲を収録。原始バイオリン”シリリ”とローカル木琴で演奏されるエキゾ香り立つ"Nylon"とカンバ族の女性達が太鼓と共に歌うA2の無題曲が特に白眉。他にも竪琴リラとベルがミニマルに響く中、結婚相手は外見ではなく内見を重視せよというストーリーが歌われる”Lukhani"、年配の女性たちが歌う”Muthu Wa Njugu"を収録。全曲素晴らしい内容。