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Uakti & Milton Nascimento - Lágrima do Sul
Nov. 6th, 2008 09:58 am"Teardrop from the South", Lágrima do Sul. Even though we've moved over to Brazil for the musicians, including the guest vocalist, the transition from Africa is eased somewhat as the song is about South Africa during apartheid.
Uakti use some traditional instruments, but, for the most part, play original instruments they designed and created. One might be tempted to compare their PVC, wood, metal, and glass instruments to those of the Blue Man Group, but one must also look at the history of the two groups: BMG came about in the early nineties, whereas Uakti was playing their constructed instruments in the late seventies.
Percussive instruments - or, with some tunes, traditional string instruments played with percussive techniques - and complex rhythms with layers of different time signatures dominate their music, yet it remains quite accessible. Their music has been compared to the experience of being in the rainforest.
The name of the group comes from a Tukano native South American legend. Uakti was a mythological being who lived on the banks of the Rio Negro. His body was full of holes, which, when the wind passed through them, produced sounds that bewitched the women of the tribe. The men hunted down Uakti and killed him. Palm trees sprouted up in the place where his body was buried, and the people used these to make flutes that made enchanting sounds like those produced by the body of Uakti. - from Wikipedia
This tune can be found on Uakti's Trilobyte
album, and is also available as an MP3
.
Uakti use some traditional instruments, but, for the most part, play original instruments they designed and created. One might be tempted to compare their PVC, wood, metal, and glass instruments to those of the Blue Man Group, but one must also look at the history of the two groups: BMG came about in the early nineties, whereas Uakti was playing their constructed instruments in the late seventies.
Percussive instruments - or, with some tunes, traditional string instruments played with percussive techniques - and complex rhythms with layers of different time signatures dominate their music, yet it remains quite accessible. Their music has been compared to the experience of being in the rainforest.
The name of the group comes from a Tukano native South American legend. Uakti was a mythological being who lived on the banks of the Rio Negro. His body was full of holes, which, when the wind passed through them, produced sounds that bewitched the women of the tribe. The men hunted down Uakti and killed him. Palm trees sprouted up in the place where his body was buried, and the people used these to make flutes that made enchanting sounds like those produced by the body of Uakti. - from Wikipedia
This tune can be found on Uakti's Trilobyte
album, and is also available as an MP3.