Jose Pivin
Opera du Cameroun
Ocora (France) 1984
558536 (LP)
sleeve : EX (very slight stain on back)
media : EX+/EX+ (some very slight crackle noise)
Released in 1978 by Ocora, a prestigious French label known for its numerous ethnic music releases, this album features field recordings from the jungles of Cameroon in Central Africa. This is the 1984 pressing with the familiar artwork. These recordings were made for a program produced by Jose Pivin in collaboration with Radio France International, and they capture various sounds of daily life, including indigenous conversations, washing clothes by the river, and drumming and singing (ceremonial?) with spoken word by Pivin himself and Toto Bissainthe. They also incorporate environmental sounds like insects, birds, thunder, and water. This is a masterpiece that creates a mystical world throughout, with a sense of immersion as if you were truly there.
A: Opera du Cameroun
B: Opera du Cameroun
Opera du Cameroun
Ocora (France) 1984
558536 (LP)
sleeve : EX (very slight stain on back)
media : EX+/EX+ (some very slight crackle noise)
Released in 1978 by Ocora, a prestigious French label known for its numerous ethnic music releases, this album features field recordings from the jungles of Cameroon in Central Africa. This is the 1984 pressing with the familiar artwork. These recordings were made for a program produced by Jose Pivin in collaboration with Radio France International, and they capture various sounds of daily life, including indigenous conversations, washing clothes by the river, and drumming and singing (ceremonial?) with spoken word by Pivin himself and Toto Bissainthe. They also incorporate environmental sounds like insects, birds, thunder, and water. This is a masterpiece that creates a mystical world throughout, with a sense of immersion as if you were truly there.
A: Opera du Cameroun B: Opera du Cameroun