MUSIQUE MALGACHE
MUSIC FROM MADAGASCAR
Ocora ORTF, 1982, OCR 24
Madagascar and its music have been the subject of numerous field recordings and some of them were published by Ocora. But this album is not part of Ocora catalogue anymore although it was reissued in 1984.
Charles Duvelle (1937-2017) who recorded the music, wrote the text, took the photos and produced the whole lot was a French ethnomusicologist who took part in the foudation of this label and who created as well his own label Prophet. He started to go to Africa in 1961 on behalf for the Office de Coopération Radiophonique (O.CO.RA)
The present recordings were made in 1963 over a period of two months and Duvelle's goal was to offer a kind of introduction to malagasy music with several instruments (but no valiha) and several ethnic groups. And we can feel the cultural richness of this island for sure.
Each track is well introduced in French and English and complete our desire for more.
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