Aktuala is the first studio album by Italian world music pioneers Aktuala and was released on Bla Bla records in 1972.
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| Released | 1972 | |||
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The inner sleeve of the record (depicted on Maoli's site below) features the large range of instruments used.[1] Part of the point of the recording record was to make music that was "multicultural for the global village and escape the global 12-note even temperament monoculture" (nella pluricultura del villaggio globale, affinché non si arrivi ad una monocultura, standardizzata global, dettata da un'unica scala temperata di 12 note.)[2][3][4][5]
Musicians
edit- Walter Maioli: Arabian oboe, bamboo flute, bass flute, piccolo, metal flute in C, harmonica, reeds, whistles, djembe, percussion
- Daniele Cavallanti: soprano sax, tenor sax, clarinet
- Antonio Cerantola: 6-string acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, balalaika, zither, dulcimer, viola, violin
- Lino “Capra” Vaccina: Moroccan bongos, koborò, African drums, tabla, gong, xylophone, whistles, cymbals, musical bow, marimba, percussion
- Laura Maioli: tambura, percussion, whistles
Tracks
edit- "When The Light Began"
- "Mammoth R.C."
- "Altamira"
- "Sarah′ Ngwega"
- "Alef′s Dance"
- "Dejanira"
References
edit- ^ Maoli's web site
- ^ "AKTUALA". progarchives.com. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ "Aktuala". discogs.com. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ "AKTUALA". italianprog.com. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ Thomson, Dave. "Artist Biography by Dave Thompson". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ a b 1992 CD reissue notes