Disques
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Jephté Guillaume, Voyage
of dreams, Spiritual Life Music/Tèt Kale Productions, 1998
Lòt bò dlo n ale, mande
kisa nou kap fè lè nou rive
« But the "middle passage"
to the Americas was not the last sea voyage for many Carribean peoples
of Africa descent ; instead, poverty, terror, and political repression
in the Caribbean drove millions to emigrate overseas. This album, almost
a concept album in its theme and structure, is awash in images of displacement,
travel, and the search for unity and spiritual fulfillment. We begin Jephté's
voyage against the backdrop of the crash of waves on the shore ; a bell,
a rattle, and a drum - the core instruments of the Vodou battery - support
a song that asks the question that troubles all those entering a new life
in a strange world ; what will this new life be like and what hardship
will it bring ? ». Dr. Gage Averill, Ethnomusicologist,
New York University, 1998