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v/a - folk and pop sounds from sumatra vol. 2 - sublime frequencies - cd

Genre: World - Misc

1. Sigumendar
2. (Unknown Title)
3. Nelayan
4. Ayam Den Lapeh
5. Senjah Indah
6. Talang Denti
7. Pariaman
8. Mali Ila Ahadin
9. Tanjuang Sani
10. Taubat
11. Kijom Kijom
12. Bunga Rampai
13. Salam Pembukaan
14. (Unknown Title)
15. Bayang Terbyang
16. Usah Dikenang
17. (Unknown Title)

The selections on this CD are a combination of droning beat pop, pseudo-gypsy songs, jungle folk trance, and other improbable traditional and hybrid styles heard by only a handful of outsiders. These recordings are from old cassette tapes received as gifts, in trade, or purchased from sources in Sumatra in 1989. Some of the tapes are unmarked with the artists unknown, yet all of them are decaying documents of various sound quality containing some of the most eccentric artifacts ever uncovered from this fascinating island. Check!