Vula Viel: Do Not Be Afraid on CD
Do Not Be Afraid
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
- Label:
- Cadiz
- Year of recording ca.:
- 2019
- Item number:
- 8924152
- UPC/EAN:
- 0799418641188
- Release date:
- 25.1.2019
Product Information
Forward-thinking UK trio Vula Viel present their sophomore album, ›Do Not Be Afraid‹, continuing their unique musical journey centred around the Gyil (Ghanaian xylophone).
Vula Viel was formed in 2013 by Bex Burch. After studying at Guildhall and training as a classical percussionist, she embarked on a life-changing three-year period living, farming and studying with xylophone master Thomas Segura in Upper West Ghana; the band's name means ›Good is Good‹ in the Dagaare language.
After being mentored in the deep traditions around the Gyil, a large African xylophone made of sacred lliga wood, Burch began the journey to bring the instrument into her own music. The acclaimed debut Vula Viel album in 2015, ›Good is Good‹, was the first realisation of her vision and ›Do Not Be Afraid‹ is the first set of Burch originals.
Described as ›Ghanaian minimalism‹, with the unassuming ability to blur the lines between atmospheres – Vula Viel's sound may nod to Steve Reichian jazz, but influences don't stop there: one can hear echoes of Bill Laswell and the irresistible energy of Arthur Russel.
Tracklisting
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 Well come
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2 Do not be afraid
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3 I learn
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4 Inside mirror
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5 Fire
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6 I love you
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7 Breathe the air
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8 We are
