Release Date: 27 April 2015
Label: JSP
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0788065310226
Genres: World Music  
Release Date: 27 April 2015
Label: JSP
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0788065310226
Genres: World Music  
Description
Takimi means a bunch of friends and these four musicians relish the Zagorian sound because, among other qualities, it exploits their familiarity in providing space for improvisation and embellishment.
The tracks here are arranged as in a village feast and several contain notoriously difficult instrumentals.
The material dates from several eras - among laments and reminders of home are songs celebrating bandits and the War of Independence.
Takimi's home base, Samarina is probably the highest village in the country, at an elevation of 4800ft - a remoteness that may explain the purity of the music.
In these last decades where culture is becoming ever more homogenous it is good to have access to potent musical traditions such as this.
Tracklisting
Otis Grand
Various
Judy Garland
James Harman
The Butler Twins
Various Artists
Various
Louisiana Red & Carey Bell
Satyajit Ray
Novalima
Lula Cortes
20th Century Steel Band
20th Century Steel Band
Aratanha Azul
Toumani Diabate
Guts