Mashine akwata ku mulwe-aye, The machine caught him

Title: Mashine akwata ku mulwe-aye, The machine caught him
Performer / Recordist: Three Chokwe men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk songs, Chokwe; Chokwe (African people); Luvale (African people); Field recordings
Description / content note: "When he was working a machine caught him and he died." The singers refer to a friend of theirs who died in an accident. The heavy vibration of the three drums make a celeste with the voices. Towards the end of the recording the three drums are taken out separately which reveals the part each plays in the composite rhythm. Chianda dance, with 3 goblet drums, open, pinned and weighted, hand beaten
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Chokwe; Luvale
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Angola Mount Lowmani
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1957
Date issued / published: 1957
Identifier: TR180; 13
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:29
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Digitisation (original): 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo; Studer B67 Recorder; Sound Forge V.6
Rights Holder: International Library of African Music
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Access Rights: Public
Is Part Of: ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
Format: audio/mp3
Genre: field recordings
handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183461