Artist: Various
Title: Funeral dances in the mountains
Format: Cassette tape C-60
Label: OMA333 / Canary records
Cat nr: 017
Genre: Rural percusion (& vocal) ethnographic recordings from southeast Asia
Oma333 Nr.017 is also put together by Ian Nagoski and its a beautiful collection of Rural Percussion & Vocal Ethnographic Recordings from Southeast Asia called “Funeral Dance in the Mountains”. Compiled from scholarly LPs – government-commissioned library releases and commercial releases for Europe – that were issued in the 1960s-70s. This collection was originally issued as a limited CDR ca. 2005. Sound restoration made in this year also by Ian. 100 plum tapes with white body printing will be available and the design has again been masterfully handled by John Hubbard.
Tracks: (there are no artist listed for these, only song titles)
Side A
1. Gong concert (Central Vietnam)
2. Xylophone Music (Central Vietnam)
3. Gong Air (Central Vietnam)
4. Sacrifice music (Central Vietnam)
5. Ritual music (Annemite mountains, Southern Laos)
6. Let´s Marry (Karen Tribe, Thailand)
7. Gangsa Topayya; Gangsa Pattung (Balbalan, Northern Philipines)
8. Patatag (Balbalan, Northern Philipines)
9. Tongatong (Balbalan, Northern Philipines)
10. Silat: Warrior dance (Brunei, Borneo)
11. Sendang-Balait (Brunei Borneo)
Side B
1. Sergasen: Ghost Dance; Gerasen: Funeral Dance (Brunei Borneo)
2. Debus (Walantaka village, Java)
