Tsukuba and chomping at the bit to do some recording and
gigging. He was in Okinawa and then The Philippines as part of his
continuing exploration of the world of rice and its cultivation.
Hopefully he will post some pictures of his journeys on these blog
pages along with some stories of adventure.
Michael returned a few days too late to catch Sabar and
djambe legend Doudou N`diaye and his percussion orchestra.
Since long before joining the TenGooz, our saxist has been
deeply involved with African music, having actually lived
and played in west Africa himself and then being part of the
Bang Boys of Germany whose music is highly influenced by
sub-saharan rhythm and harmonies.
It had been a long time since I had shouted out so spontaneously and
with such excitement as I did at the end of Doudou N`diaye Rose
Percussion Orchestra`s first offering last wednesday night.
If the concert had ended right there after just 15 or 20 minutes,
I would have cosidered it one of the greatest musical experiences I had ever had.
Starting out with nine drummers beating out an intro,
the number of percussionists gradually grew as they came out onto the stage
addinng new layers of rythm and exploding with the energy of life.
It just kept building and bulding going beyond 10 in terms of
intensity.
Unfortunately, it was a bit of a let down after that
with the rest of the show never living up to the first 20
minutes.One problem was that it was too loud,numbing really.
Also there was not enough variety of tone color.
Seeing this ensemble doing one or two pieces as part of a festival would be perfect
but 2 hours of them was like an overly long folk-lore show
for tourists with the volume turned up too loud.
Still the first moments were well,well worth being there for,and
I imagined they will remain seered on my soul(and my eardrums!)
for the rest of my life.
Avi Landau
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