Africanism II
buy bestselling audio, video, electronic equipment find reviews, ratings, prices
|
 |
List Price: $24.98
Our Price:
$24.98
Features
• Import |
| [ + Zoom ] [ Buy Now ] |
Music : Usually ships in 8 to 14 days |
|
Africanism II Customer Reviews
|
|
|
|
♥♥♥♥♥ |
Setting the record straight on Africanism.
|
Contrary to the previous reviewer, this CD is not all that bad. I count 8 good dance tracks in the 2 CD set. Furthermore, remember that the original meaning of the term "Africanisms" as it was used in Anthropology denoted African cultural practices that survived the trans-Atlantic slave trade and then kept evolving in the "New World". In other words, songs, drum beats, cuisine, and deities (the Yoruba orishas for example) that are clearly African, yet found in the Americas. This 3 CD series is basically produced by a bunch of (mostly white) British and French house music fanatics who are making "Afro-house" in their recording studios.
The reason the other reviewer states that it should be called "Latinisms" is because of the various tracks that build upon musical and stylistic "Africanisms" in Latin America. For example, track #3 is based on a song from Haiti (in the Caribbean!). Track #6 is Brazilian house. There are even tracks that are based on Indian and Arabic songs (tracks #9 and #14 on CD 1). So basically, at it's most elastic, the term "Africanism" for these guys can mean anything exotic (a la "Orientalism"). To be fair, most of the house music here is drawing on African songs or original source music from the African Diaspora for inspiration- for example the Salif Keita (Malian) remix on CD 2, track 3 (which is excellant). There are some stellar tracks ("Dem People Go" on CD 2 track 2) which is very Afro-Beat sounding, but on the other hand, sometimes their beats get a little too predictable and same-sounding.
Remember, contrary to the introduction provided, Africa is not a "world" it is a continent with 52 countries with a vast diaspora.
|
|
Africanism II home electronics.