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Ewe Girls with Drums and Rattles. Again
just a single track using the stereo split method. Very busy soundscape,
liked this one.
Singing Girls with Claps. Three
samples of clapping and singing using the stereo split of between 24-44
seconds, the singing sounds a little undisciplined !, though none the
worse for that.
Sad Songs with Light Percussion. Two
tracks of 9 stereo split samples, and they really do sound miserable !,
especially when compared to the generally upbeat nature of much of the
rest of the CD. Percussion just consists of clinking sound - not quite
sure what - sounds like bamboo being hit together but sure it isn't.
Male Singing. 4
tracks of 28 samples of various single and group male voices, most in
a call/response vein. I more easily see a use for these types of samples,
being able to be dropped in to many genres of music. Liked this section.
Moaning Women with Atmosphere. 5
tracks 21 samples of atmospheres, lamenting, moaning, chanting, chickens,
baby crying, coughing and so forth. Quite genuine emotion here as they
are mourning the death of a child. Some of these are rather noisy, not
in the production, but in the "atmosphere". A couple of these
samples are very usable, especially those on track 63 (if you can cut
out the coughing on a couple !).
Male Singers. 1
track of 8 samples, though the first one sounds just like rain plus distant
drums. Similar in nature to the "male singing" section above,
unsure why its not grouped there, but same comments apply.
Work Song.
3 tracks of 15 samples, with what sounds like real heavy breathing over
them - though its actually a grinding sound. There are both male and female
singing here, generally just one person. Wish the grinding sound could
have been left out, rather dominates this singing, or used the stereo
method to but the voices on one side and the grinding on the other. Although
for an idea the rhythmical grinding noise could morph into a kick drum
for the lead in to a dance track perhaps.
Distant Drumming/Singing. 2
long samples, the first over a minute, lighter percussion than before,
though the call/response nature of the singing is similar to previous
tracks.
Singing with Drumming. 4
tracks with a single sample on each, similar to the last section some
lighter percussion is apparent here.
Musical Bow with Singing. 4
tracks of 26 samples of a percussive sounding bow some samples have a
single male or children singing along, and a couple a little percussion.
A little variety is offered here, sounds like a cross between a sitar
and jewish harp sort of sound if you can imagine that.
Xylophones. 21
tracks of 147 samples. Not the little steel ones that you may have played
at school or had as a present when you were a child. There is also some
other percussion mixed in here as well from place to place, together with
a few voices on some of the samples. You get a whole range of xylophone
loops, some to my ears sounds rather chaotic, some quite simple others
more structured. Probably every xylophone loop is here that you could
ever want ! Track 98 gives just single hits.

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