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@ REVIEWS where he played with and learned M U S I C from the locals. He trained at the Reviewed by Richard Giles Berklee College of Music, Boston, and has had success with his previous THE ROUGH GUIDE TO AFRICAN _ Real Music releases, Zen Pause and Zen GUITAR LEGENDS World. This is relaxing lounge music by various artists with a touch of jazz and classical. It's Rough Guides/World Music Network, great as background sound for your UK, 2010 (2CDs, 129mins) creative and artistic work. Distributors: Australia—The Planet Company, tel (02) 9283 8250; UK— PEACE WITHIN World Music Network, tel (0)20 7498 by Samijana 5252, www.worldmusic.net Samjjana Music, Australia, 2011 Ti new release is a brilliant (2CDs, 76mins) collection of music from acclaimed Distributor: Australia—Samijjana African guitar players. The line-up Music, www.samjjana.com includes Oliver Mtukudzi, Ali Farka ere is a beautiful CD from two ouré, Tinariwen, Henry Makobi, King Australian performers, Maia and Sunny Adé, Kanté Manfilaand many —_ Sahayak, who amongst their other more. These musicians are some of skills play the hang. The hang was he best of the best from modern developed in Switzerland, the result Africa. The bonus CD is from Syran of years of research on the steel pan Mbenza & Ensemble Rumba Kongo and a diverse array of instruments and other stars paying tribute to the such as the ghatam, gongs, drums and music of the Congolese guitar legend bells. The instrument, played with Franco who died over 20 years ago. the hands, produces udu-like sounds with air resonance and looks UFO- like. The albums also feature harp, flutes and crystal bowls, and the bonus disc is a harp performance in six parts. Exquisitely quietening. TANDE-LA zg by The Creole Choir of Cuba THe Rous BAECS : Real World Records, 2010 (43mins) Distributors: Australia—The Planet African Guitar Legends RCO EZ SR yaa oe Real World Records, tel 0870 720 2127, www.realworldrecords.com he Creole Choir of Cuba has members from the region around THE VEIL OF WHISPERS he city of Camegiieay. Of Haitian by Thierry David background, they came together in Real Music Records, 2011 (66mins) 1994 to promote their own culture. rheir songs are in the Creole anguage of the slaves brought to Cuba in the 18th century and of the many Haitians who moved to Cuba in he 19th and 20th centuries. They express their strong Haitian origins hrough their songs of humour, survival, poverty and freedom, and with passionate, irresistible and excitingly rich world rhythms. "Listen o us", they say in their music. Distributors: Australia—Brumby Books & Music, tel (03) 9761 5535; Europe— MCC, tel +49 (4102) 898202; USA— Real Music, tel (415) 331 8273, www.realmusic.com hierry David is a French musician who has spent a large amount of his time in remote locations with the indigenous people and their music. For much of it, he's been in Peru aia THE av? African Guitar Legends i THE VEIL OF WHISPERS by Thierry David Real Music Records, 2011 (66mins) Distributors: Australia—Brumby Books & Music, tel (03) 9761 5535; Europe— MCC, tel +49 (4102) 898202; USA— Real Music, tel (415) 331 8273, www.realmusic.com hierry David is a French musician who has spent a large amount of his time in remote locations with the indigenous people and their music. For much of it, he's been in Peru JUNE - JULY 2011 NEXUS ¢ 79 www.nexusmagazine.com