tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post1748432957980064139..comments2024-03-18T16:12:39.740-07:00Comments on Music for Maniacs: MARIMBAS MARIMBAS MARIMBAS!Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-84493729096533320382007-11-17T16:19:00.000-08:002007-11-17T16:19:00.000-08:00!!!NICE. I love South African music. Thanks for t...!!!<BR/><BR/>NICE. I love South African music. Thanks for this, will deffo check this out, and keep an eye out for 'em next time I hit the African vinyl section at Amoeba.Mr Fabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-14941118418763088782007-11-17T15:44:00.000-08:002007-11-17T15:44:00.000-08:00I too lurve marimba's - I have been searching for ...I too lurve marimba's - I have been searching for a vinyl only release of Amampondo’s self titled record, now over 20 years old. Never recreated on CD this was my first lesson (yes I studied Ethnomusicology at UNI) on the sounds of a large marimba band, although this had drums, chants & homemade instruments. Nowadays they are a much smaller unit then when they first started due to Zulu & ANC politics.<BR/><BR/>Read about them here<BR/><BR/>http://www.mp3.com/artist/amampondo/summary/?tag=summary%3bquicklink:more&om_act=convert&om_clk=artsummary<BR/><BR/>Watch them in performance here<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exIfWYhvQxQ<BR/><BR/>Also one of the reasons so many South African bands have marimba is due to this project.<BR/><BR/>http://www.marimbas.co.za/academy/index.php<BR/><BR/>Follow through to hear the band & buy the CD.DJHDDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077838875756922773noreply@blogger.com