Product Name:
Achats Volontany by Rajery NEUFEAN:0794881745920 UPC:0794881745920 ISBN:N/A MPN:N/A achats
Genre:World Music Track #1:Mangina Zaza Track #2:Tsikirilem Track #3:Toroy Lalana Track #4:Mifankatiava Track #5:Mahafinaritra Track #6:Tsy Menatra Track #7:Marodona Track #8:Zavavy Track #9:Viavy Track #10:Veloma Track #11:Mihodina Ny Tany Track #12:Hafatra Tracks:
Mangina Zaza
Tsikirilem
Toroy Lalana
Mifankatiava
Mahafinaritra
Tsy Menatra
Marodona
Zavavy
Viavy
Veloma
Mihodina Ny Tany
Hafatra
Performer Notes:
- Personnel: Rajery (vocals); Germain Randrianarisoa (chant); R‚gis Gizavo (accordion); Radanz (bass instrument, background vocals); Nini (drums, background vocals).
- Audio Mixer: Fabien Girard.
- Recording information: Studio Gil Evan, Amien, France (07/2003).
- Photographer: Franck Socha.
- Malagasy musician Rajery has an extraordinary story involving witchcraft, tainted meat, and a withered hand, none of which has stopped him from becoming one of the islands most respected players of the valiha, a kind of tubular harp. On this, his third release, he plows pretty much the same wonderfully melodic furrow as on his first two albums. Backed by a quartet (plus a couple of guests), he delves into the music of the highlands of Madagascar, with some deft nudges toward jazz. Volontany, or "the color of the ground" -- a reference to the red earth of Big Red, as the island is known -- uses the voices just as skillfully as the instruments, with inventive harmonies that range from the rough to the polished. The themes -- of not losing touch with tradition, of love, and of raising children properly -- are supremely Malagasy, and the deliveries marvelously infectious. The music, progressive and inventive, bursts out of the islands bounds and takes on a more international flavor in its fusion of styles. It can only be hoped that more people get to hear him. ~ Chris Nickson
Producer: Thomas Weill
Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo
Country: USA
Studio/Live: Studio
Release Date: 7 June, 2004
Label: Indigo
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