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Tribe Vibe

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Ganga is a friend, so this will be slightly prejudiced as a review. I will say that, though this is an EXCELLENT cd, I prefer his earlier work as in "Termite Grooves." In "Tribe Vibe", Ganga moves away from the more traditional sounding didgeridoo music and frankly into trance-dance. BUT....if you want to rock to the sound of the didge, this is absolutely a marvelous CD, especially for a party. We heard these cuts live at "Swizzeridoo" in Bern a few years ago when the CD launched, and the room was packed with people who waited all day and half the night to get up and dance.

The didgeridoo is a long, hollow wood tube. Traditionally, it was a naturally-made instrument, a tree branch hollowed out by ants and cut by the Australian Aborigines to make their sacred music. In Europe, the didgeridoo is big with New-Age and World Music aficionados, and there are many festivals and workshops to advance this hypnotic-sounding monotone instrument. It's half wind instrument (aerophone, played by buzzing one's lips inside the mouthpiece) and half percussion, relying on rhythm as much as the tones and overtones. Ganga Giri, who has recorded with Peter Gabriel, explores all facets of the didgeridoo and has an almost cult following. If you are a fan of trance style dance music, you should give this a listen. I only wish you could hear Ganga perform live--he may come to Canada later in 2004 for a rare concert on this side of the Atlantic.

Ganga Giri is described by Peter Gabriel as an awesome musician and he is totally right as Ganga brings you into this Mixed Rave, Ethnical and Tribal Deep OUTBACK.
From pure didgiridoo sounds to up beat rave instruments it will fill your all day mood.
People that Love Deep Forest,Enigma or the FEARSOME BRAVE CD's
will definitely enjoy this album.
A 5 STAR

This album just plain FREAKIN ROCKS! Dance-Didj!! TIME FOR GOOD OL PAGAN MERRYMAKING!! (and a bit of introspection).. ;)

~OakRaven~