a r t i s t : Santiago Mutumbajoy
t i t l e : Yage Pinta!
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Latitude (latitude 05)
g e n r e : Other
r l s. d a t e : Apr/2007
t r a c k s : 08
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 101,10 MB
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Weaving in and out of the shaman's body, which is the same as
the body of the song, these songs are the medium by which
spirits are conjured, witchcraft laid to rest, and the
universe put on edge. Treat them accordingly. They might
change your life. They did, mine.
They are sung by Santiago Mutumbajoy whom I taped with a cheap
old tape-recorder at different times, mostly in 1976, when I
was living with him and his wife Ambrosia. Their two room
wooden house sat on a hill in the cloud forest near the town
of Mocoa where the Andes drop into the Putumayo River Basin in
southwest Colombia. Today their son, Luciano, carries on the
practice there, while their daughter, Natividad, sustains it
in neighbouring Caqueta province.
For the whole night, under the influence of a hallucinogen
called yage, the healer sings his song the power of which is
due not to words, lyrics, or poetry. Instead it lies in the
quality of the sound and the way that sound creates pictures
in your mind while dissolving your body. The singing is the
key to the magical power. It is that power.It is what brings
the healer and the patient into the realms of the spirits that
lie within and behind every visible thing.
Michael Taussig
Nearly 80 minutes of hypnotic, droning wild microphone field
recordings of shamanic ceremonies recorded by celebrated
anthropologist Michael Taussig.
Proceeds from the sale of this compact disc will be go to
Fundacion Renacer, a Bogota, Columbia based outreach &
rehabilitation organization for sexually exploited children
and adolescents.
http://www.locustmusic.com/
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