Beyond The Forest

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Release Date: 04 May 2009

Label: March Hare Music

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 5060115941136

Genres: World Music

Description
If you have never heard Baka Beyond before prepare for something of unique and unusual beauty; if you know Baka Beyond you will no doubt agree that "Beyond The Forest" is their best work yet. The haunting, mystical vocals on the album were recorded on a solar-powered 8-track machine in the middle of the Cameroon rainforest which has been inhabited by the Baka Pygmies, an ethnic group of hunter-gatherers, for thousands of years. At night time the Baka Pygmy women perform powerful ritual singing ("yelli") to ensure a successful hunt. Back in the UK, Baka Beyond leader Martin Cradick deconstructed the original interwoven vocal lines and replaced some voices with bass and acoustic guitar. The result is a stunningly beautiful, other-worldly album.

Top Of The World plus Covermount CD - SONGLINES May/June 2009

Tracks: Marriage Of West With East / Nahwia's Dream / Beyond The Forest / Illa Dhuinn / Yoka / An T-Oighr'Og / Cat's Cradle / Together Again / Babako / Song Of The Hyrax
UK Tour Dates 2009
17 April Assembly RooGlastonbury / 19 April GaswStudio, Brighton / 7 May The Junction, Cambridge / 8 May Bush Hall, London (album launch p / 9 May Folk on the Pier, Cromer, Norfolk / 15 May JuJu Club, The Red Room, Shef/ 16 May Bongo Club, Edinburgh / 20 May elka, Brist/ 21 May Mind Body Sfest London / 22 May Wombwell Festival, Barnsley
23 May Princess Pavillion, Falmouth
24 May Acoustic Festival of Britain, Catton Hall Park, Derbyshire
27 May The Spiegel Tent, Bath Fringe Fel
28 May The Globe, HayWye
29 May Queen's Narbeth
Tracklisting