Putumayo Presents
Music From the Tea Lands
Дата релиза: 22 августа, 2000
Рекорд лэйбл: Putumayo World Music
Общее время звучания: 38.23 мин
Качество: mp3, VBR HQ ~234 kbps, 44100 Hz, 16 bit stereo
Размер архива: 65.48 Мб
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Every successful label develops its own game, and Putamayo's is to seek unexpected musical links. But while Mali to Memphis does a brilliant job in connecting desert and Mississippi blues, Music from the Tea Lands is more dubious. We all drink tea, and throughout Asia it has central social significance: these 10 tracks are designed to give a taste of the tea lands' diverse cultures. More's the pity, then, that five should represent bland musical internationalism. Why represent the Volga by a singer--good though she may be--whose long sojourn in Australia has taken all edge off her style? Why present Calcutta via a sitar/guitarist whose American training has obliterated all trace of his original mode? And God knows what the synthesised oriental mishmash of the Ancient Future fusion-group has to do with tea. On the plus side, we get a lovely solo on the Chinese erhu fiddle, some tremendous tracks from Anatolia and Iran on their respective local lutes, and some oddly Fado-esque guitar-playing from the former Portuguese colony of Sumatra. Putamayo finally spices up its brew with some interesting historical notes plus a recipe for Indian chai. Great packaging, shame about some of the songs. --
Michael Church
Like Music from the Coffee Lands, its 1997 forerunner, this collection initially seems a bit contrived, but it begins to make sense when one considers that tea is the most common beverage in the world and is associated with a broad diversity of mostly Asian cultures. The music on here is as marvelous as it is obscure, with a peaceful quality that is indeed compatible with a good cup of tea. Except for Ancient Future, whose track is drawn from a Narada CD, the ten performers are little known. Several of them, including singer Zulya from Tatarstan, erhu player Lei Qiang from China and guitarist Sanjay Mishra from India, have left their native turf for Australia and North America. --
Paul-Emile Comeau
This pan-Asian travelogue features musicians from China, India, Tatarstan, Indonesia, Japan, Turkey, and Iran. Aside from the unifying theme of the 400-hundred-year-old tea trade, the tunes have little in common and range from modern fusions to intriguing glimpses of rarely heard traditions. Assorted strings dominate the instrumental forces, especially harplike sounds, but the vocals are equally strong. Among the most fascinating tracks are Zulya's beguiling recollections of her Tatar childhood, Oki's tribute to his endangered Ainu (Japanese aboriginal) heritage, the Anatolian Turkish saz (lute) stylings of Okan Murat Ozturk, and an arrestingly percussive example of Iran's classical Persian disciplines as performed by Kamil Alipour. The set offers an array of unexpected pleasures from cultures that deserve to be better documented in the West. It is as mellow yet invigorating as the perfect tea break. A recipe for chai, a spicy Indian milk tea, is included. --
Christina Roden
Сборник включает в себя композиции музыкантов из Китая, Индии, Татарстана, Индонезии, Японии, Турции, и Ирана.
Трэклист
01. Saginou - Zulya
02. Picking Flowers - Lei Qiang
03. Hangama Hai Kyon Barpa - Ghulam Ali
04. For Julia - Sanjay Mishra
05. Utuwaskarap - Oki
06. Gerizler Basi - Okan Murat Ozturk
07. Afshari - Kamil Alipour
08. Anggopanku - Hila Hambala
09. Empress - Ancient Future
10. Kang Mandor - Ujang Suryana
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