Ammasu – Analytical Drumming
Ammasu Akapoma Group
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“On this album you will find analytical recordings of ritual and recreational drumming”
Extra material from the musical portrait of the Village of Ammasu
A musical portrait of the Village of Ammasu in the Brong-Ahafu region of Ghana with a 28 page booklet with texts and pictures.
Extra material from the musical portrait of the Village of Ammasu in the Brong-Ahafu region of Ghana with a 28 page booklet with texts and pictures. The Ammasu Akapoma Band is the hottest funeral band in the region.
This album is mostly meant for students and musicians who want to try to find out how a typical west aftrican drumming ensemble is put together. It features “analytical” recordings of the various drum pieces that the Ammasu Akapoma Group is playing. That means that you will hear the regulative bell of each piece together with the various drums one by one and in the end of each piece all together.
Texts and photos will also be put up on the Country & Eastern site showing the making of the Atumpan drums, portraits and life in the village.
Here is the album booklet and Prudence’s story about Ammasu:
Atumpan making in Ghana 1976
Tracks
- Proverbs
- Fontomfrom
- Fontomfrom
- Fontomfrom
- Fontomfrom
- Fontomfrom
- Proverbs
- Denseou
- Mpintim
- Unknown
- Akapoma
Musicians
The Ammasu Akapoma Group featuring Ahenkaan, Kwame Yeboah, Kofi Boanu et al
More info
There are four albums in all from Ammasu:
Apart from The Music of Ammasu (ce07) with a broad portrait of music in the village, three more mp3-only albums from Ammasu have been released:
cex06 The Music of Ammasu – more drumming
cex07 The Music of Ammasu – more singing
cex08 The Music of Ammasu – analytical drumming
Download the CE07 booklet as pdf.
If you print a physical from your download, here is a pocket for the cd.
Reviews from Songlines and The Wire
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