Rhythm Tree - Album
Rhythm Tree (Album) by Baka Beyond
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Baka Beyond Is A World Music Group Formed In 1992 With Members From A Wide Variety Of Backgrounds And Cultures Fusing Celtic And Other Western Music Styles With Traditional Baka Music From Cameroon. It Was In 1992 That Musicians Su Hart And Martin Cradick Formerly Of The Group Outback Travelled To South-East Cameroon To Live With The Baka Tribe In Their Natural Rainforest Environment. During Their Time There They Recorded Music With The Baka People And Some Was Later Released On Their Return To The UK On Baka Beyond's First Album Spirit Of The Forest. In The Early Days Of The Band Baka Beyond Consisted Of English Musicians Trying To Re-Create The Sound Recorded With The Baka People And Integrate It Into Their Music But It Eventually Grew To Include Musicians From Senegal Brittany Sierra Leone And Ghana. Their 2009 Album "Beyond The Forest" Is Arrangements Of Traditional Baka Women's Songs Recorded In The Cameroon Rainforest And Mixed In Martin Cradick's Studio In Bath. Baka Beyond Live Are Musicians From 6 Countries On The Celtic Fringes Of Europe And Central Africa Coming Together To Play The Most Original Live World Fusion Sound Around. The Spirit Of The Music Lives In The Rhythm. All Baka Beyond's Rhythms Are Played By Human Beings Not Machines! See Also The Musicians Who Inspired Martin Cradick To Form Baka Beyond Baka Gbiné. Cradick Recorded Their Album Gati Bongo In The Rainforest On A Portable Laptop Based Studio.
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Biography - Baka Beyond
Baka Beyond Is A World Music Group Formed In 1992 With Members From A Wide Variety Of Backgrounds And Cultures Fusing Celtic And Other Western Music Styles With Traditional Baka Music From Cameroon. It Was In 1992 That Musicians Su Hart And Martin Cradick Formerly Of The Group Outback Travelled To South-East Cameroon To Live With The Baka Tribe In Their Natural Rainforest Environment. During Their Time There They Recorded Music With The Baka People And Some Was Later Released On Their Return To The UK On Baka Beyond's First Album Spirit Of The Forest. In The Early Days Of The Band Baka Beyond Consisted Of English Musicians Trying To Re-Create The Sound Recorded With The Baka People And Integrate It Into Their Music But It Eventually Grew To Include Musicians From Senegal Brittany Sierra Leone And Ghana. Their 2009 Album "Beyond The Forest" Is Arrangements Of Traditional Baka Women's Songs Recorded In The Cameroon Rainforest And Mixed In Martin Cradick's Studio In Bath. Baka Beyond Live Are Musicians From 6 Countries On The Celtic Fringes Of Europe And Central Africa Coming Together To Play The Most Original Live World Fusion Sound Around. The Spirit Of The Music Lives In The Rhythm. All Baka Beyond's Rhythms Are Played By Human Beings Not Machines! See Also The Musicians Who Inspired Martin Cradick To Form Baka Beyond Baka Gbiné. Cradick Recorded Their Album Gati Bongo In The Rainforest On A Portable Laptop Based Studio.
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Published: 07 Jul 2009, 10:52
Guitarist Martin Cradick And Singer Su Hart Began Their Collaboration With The Baka Pygmies Of Cameroon In 1992 Releasing Spirit Of The Forest The Following Year. Since Then Baka Beyond Has Grown To An Eight-Piece Touring Group And Released Five More Albums. This Is The Sixth... After So Many Years A Genuine Understanding Has Developed Between These Bath-Based Musicians And The People Of Banana Village. The Various Source Forms Are Now Interwoven And Subject To Ongoing Dialogue And Development. The Album Seems To Represent A Circular Journey During Which Cradick And Company Assimilated The Baka Music Blended It With Primarily Celtic Or Gaelic Traditions And Have Now Reached A Kind Of Perpetual Feedback Situation. Although The Band Features Players From The UK Cameroon France Sierra Leone And Senegal Each Member Shares Their Musical Foundation Open To Influence But Without Any Dilution Of Content. The End Result Is A Particular Fusion Which Is Unique To Baka Beyond. Recorded In The Field And At Home In The Baka Beyond Studio Rhythm Tree Is Blessed With A Scintillating Production Pressing The Largely Acoustic Sounds Deep Into The Ears. Su Hart Has Introduced Old Scottish Songs Which Sit Naturally On Top Of West African Guitar Cycles. The Sensitively Electrified Violin Of Paddy Le Mercier Is Often At The Forefront Sweeping And Swirling With Lubricated Grace. At The Climax Of "La Londe" He Breaks Out Into A Spirited Reel Completely Changing The Direction Of This Baka Children's Song. Ndongo Twangs A Baka Mouth-Bow On The Title Track Providing Its Rhythmic Spine. The Pygmies Are Also Refining Their Guitar Skills As Heard On "Kobo" Which They Have Dedicated To 'old Man' Cradick Himself. Music And Dance Are An Integral Part Of Daily Life For The Baka People. Cradick And Friends Have Been Committed To Ploughing Funds Back Into The Community Culminating In The Construction Of A 'music House' In 2003. Whilst Baka Beyond Do Skirt The Boundaries Of New Age Global Hippy Fusion Their Music Is Virtually Immune To Cynical Negativity So Forceful Is Its Optimistic Energy. There Is A Consistent Fruity Bounce To Their Tunes But They Never Succumb To Blandness. Reviewer Martin Longley BBC Website