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REVIEWS © nine other world musicians on zurna, pan A U D | oO flute, guitars, keyboards and pipe organ. . f . This is vibrant, amazingly ambient music, Reviewed by Richard Giles mixed with the contemplative sound of cel- GYPSY CARAVAN los and pipes. Certainly among the albums by various artists of the year. Putumayo, USA, 2001 (48 mins) GAGAKU AND BEYOND Distributors: Australia— MAA by Tokyo Gakuso & Tadaaki Ohno Entertainment, tel (07) 3849 6020; Celestial Harmonies, 2000 (68 mins) USA— Putumayo World Music, tel (212) Distributors: Aust—Arts Distribution, tel 626 1400, www. putumayo.com (02) 9905 9435; USA—Celestial ypsies began entering Europe in the Harmonies, tel (520) 326 4400, website 15th century, originally from India. www.harmonies.com Their music is known around the world for its magical and fun-inspired celebration of life, despite the centuries of injustice done to these people. Gypsy Caravan contains some of the musical legends—Saban Bajramovic, Coco Briaval, Thierry Robin—and features most of his life studying the Japanese imper- the groups Andro Dromo and Amaro Suno ial musical heritage and has a long family and others from Hungary, Spain, France and jing in the arts. The first half of the CD Serbia. A wonderfully romantic, nostalgic comprises set pieces; the second, perfor- and exciting sound of Gypsy culture. mance pieces with new compositions. This he oldest of the Japanese performing arts is gagaku, its history going back over a thousand years. Tokyo Gakuso was founded in 1978 with a group of expert gagaku musi- cians. Its leader, Tadaaki Ohno, has spent TARANTATA: traditional court music is very gentle yet Dance of the Ancient Spider power'w! we its strong connection to the by Alessandra Belloni spiritual traditions of Japan. founds True, Visa, 2000 (68 mins) | WINGMAKERS: Chambers 11-17 Istridutors:. Aust—Dbanyan Iree, te Soulfood Media, USA, 2000 (52 mins) (08) 8363 4244; USA—Sounds True, tel Distributor: USA—Soulfood Media, tel 800 333 9185 (toll free in North +1 (877) 209 3415, America), website www.soundstrue.com website www.soulfoodmedia.com lessandra Belloni is a percussionist, his is the music found in seven of the dancer and actress whose cause is to "Ancient Arrow" underground chambers promote traditional southern Italian music. in New Mexico in mysterious and still sup- This CD arose from her performances at the pressed circumstances (see 6/03, 7/05 and Lincoln Center, New York, where she this issue). Soulfood Media has the rights to staged the ancient Greek myth which 1s the reproduce the music from the digital infor- origin of the famous tar antella dance, "the mation the WingMakers time-travellers left, dance of the ancient spider". Today it is and has given it a contemporary treatment known as a wedding dance, but Alessandra with samples of chant, ambient, electronica, discovered its origins as a wild, erotic, pop and sounds from nature, with drums, trance dance of purification, called the didgeridoo and flute. An amazing experi- tarantata, performed by women to cure "the ence, listening to what could be music from bite of love". Extensive sleeve notes give the future! The CD has an enhanced portion the story. Extraordinarily powerful music. for video, MP3 files and web links. JOURNEY WITH THE SUN LER by Paul Winter and The Earth Band Living Music, USA, 2000 (62 mins) Distributors: Aust—BMG, tel (07) 3236 0022; USA—Living Music, tel (860) 567 8796, website www.livingmusic.com Hz is the recording of last year's sol- stice celebration concert held in New York's St John the Divine cathedral. Saxophonist Paul Winter, three times Grammy winner, joins up with Uilleann piper Davy Spillane, RAMU (Random Access Music Universe) exponent Mickey Hart, keyboardist Paul Halley, cellist Eugene Friesen, vocalist Arto Tuncboyaciyan and nine other world musicians on zurna, pan A U D | oO flute, guitars, keyboards and pipe organ. . f . This is vibrant, amazingly ambient music, Reviewed by Richard Giles mixed with the contemplative sound of cel- GYPSY CARAVAN los and pipes. Certainly among the albums by various artists of the year. Putumayo, USA, 2001 (48 mins) GAGAKU AND BEYOND Distributors: Australia— MAA by Tokyo Gakuso & Tadaaki Ohno Entertainment, tel (07) 3849 6020; Celestial Harmonies, 2000 (68 mins) USA— Putumayo World Music, tel (212) Distributors: Aust—Arts Distribution, tel 626 1400, www. putumayo.com (02) 9905 9435; USA—Celestial ypsies began entering Europe in the Harmonies, tel (520) 326 4400, website 15th century, originally from India. www.harmonies.com Their music is known around the world for its magical and fun-inspired celebration of life, despite the centuries of injustice done to these people. Gypsy Caravan contains some of the musical legends—Saban Bajramovic, Coco Briaval, Thierry Robin—and features most of his life studying the Japanese imper- the groups Andro Dromo and Amaro Suno ial musical heritage and has a long family and others from Hungary, Spain, France and jing in the arts. The first half of the CD Serbia. A wonderfully romantic, nostalgic comprises set pieces; the second, perfor- and exciting sound of Gypsy culture. mance pieces with new compositions. This he oldest of the Japanese performing arts is gagaku, its history going back over a thousand years. Tokyo Gakuso was founded in 1978 with a group of expert gagaku musi- cians. Its leader, Tadaaki Ohno, has spent TARANTATA: Dance of the Ancient Spider by Alessandra Belloni Sounds True, USA, 2000 (68 mins) Distributors: Aust—Banyan Tree, tel (08) 8363 4244; USA—Sounds True, tel 800 333 9185 (toll free in North America), website www.soundstrue.com lessandra Belloni is a percussionist, dancer and actress whose cause is to promote traditional southern Italian music. This CD arose from her performances at the Lincoln Center, New York, where she staged the ancient Greek myth which is the origin of the famous tarantella dance, "the dance of the ancient spider". Today it is known as a wedding dance, but Alessandra discovered its origins as a wild, erotic, trance dance of purification, called the tarantata, performed by women to cure "the bite of love". Extensive sleeve notes give the story. Extraordinarily powerful music. APRIL — MAY 2001 NEXUS +79 www.nexusmagazine.com