A search for music recordings of Brazilian or Amazonian Indians will produce very few examples. A couple are ethnomusicological documents. Another type incorporates Indian music within elaborate urban big band compositions. Marlui Miranda's Totos Os Sons is such an example. Another is this album, Okolokolo. Whether you obtain this album by .mp3 download or Amazon's CD-R, you will know next to nothing about the music or band, as there are no included notes. This is a shame, since the music is excellent. It appears that excerpts of Amazonia Indian pieces are directly merged into these pieces, which could be described as electronic dance music or new age. The music expands on melodies and rhythms of the Indians, and we hear on one track an extended narration in Indian language. The music was composed and arranged by Thierry Soret, Pierre Miramont, and Christophe Hugues Loriot; Amazonian Indians were recorded by Christophe Gstalder (who also took the photographs of the original CD notes). Despite the dearth of information, I do want to recommend this album. First, it because of the rarity of such music and, second, because the music actually is enjoyable and fascinating. It makes me want to venture into the Amazon basin to hear the direct music of Indian peoples in person.

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