Junzo Kawata “Univers Sonore de la Savane”

川田順造
サバンナの音の世界
Toshiba Records (Japan) 1982
TWX-90173.74 (2LP) Box Set. w/obi, booklet.
sleeve : EX(slightly dirts.)
media : NM-/NM-,EX+/EX+(some slightly surface noises, still good condition.)

Anthropologist Junzo Kawada, who has written extensively on Africa as an authority on ethnology, was in charge of field recording and composition of this 2 x LP box set released in 1982. With Kawada's own commentary, the set contains a large amount of traditional music and storytelling of various tribes and peoples, field-recorded in various parts of the African savannah region. This is a work of great cultural value, with very interesting sound sources, such as examples of tribes using music as a language. The accompanying booklet contains essays by Toru Takemitsu, Osamu Yamaguchi, Mutsuro Takada, and Satoshi Ebisawa.