Solomon Islands: Fataleka and Baegu Music from Malaita
Various Artists

This album showcases the varied contexts in which these groups use the ubiquitous bamboo bundle panpipe (susuku). The songs of the maome (funeral rituals) weave together panpipes with clapping sticks and a choir singing with closed mouths in polyphonic harmonies. In other ceremonial songs, dancers become musicians with rattles on their ankles, stomping the ground to create a striking beat. Women play a prominent role on the album singing and playing a two-string bamboo bow. In 1992, French electronica duo Deep Forest heavily sampled “Rorogwela” (track 8) in their hit song “Sweet Lullaby.”
Track Listing
101
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Uunu | n/a | 3:26 | |
102
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Uunu | n/a | 2:51 | |
103
|
Susuku Solo | Aeresuuga | 0:47 | |
104
|
Roiroa: Women's Song | n/a | 2:36 | |
105
|
Faa Ta Gwouna | Au Sisile Panpipe Ensemble | 1:52 | |
106
|
Faa Gani 'Ae Boso | Au Sisile Panpipe Ensemble | 1:25 | |
107
|
Au Sango | Au Sango Papipe Ensemble | 9:16 | |
108
|
Rorogwela Lullaby | Afunakwa | 1:44 | |
109
|
Sukute | Rokona | 0:55 | |
110
|
Sukwadi Solo | Rokona | 1:02 | |
111
|
Kwadili Solo | Rokona | 0:42 | |
112
|
Ai Ni Mae (Men's Narrative Song) | n/a | 3:24 | |
113
|
Mae 'Au (Introducing Song) | n/a | 1:43 | |
114
|
Safali 'Au | Au 'Ero Panpipe Ensemble | 1:59 | |
115
|
Ae 'Au | Au 'Ero Panpipe Ensemble | 1:21 | |
116
|
Susulae | Au 'Ero Panpipe Ensemble | 4:24 | |
117
|
Ae 'Au | Au 'Ero Panpipe Ensemble | 2:14 | |
118
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Fafane | Au 'Ero Panpipe Ensemble | 3:08 |