Baka Beyond – 5 Albums
Baka Beyond is a world music group formed in 1992 with members from a wide variety of backgrounds and cultures, fusing celtic and other western music styles with traditional Baka music from Cameroon.
The award winning first Baka Beyond album. Music inspired by Martin Cradick’s first visit to the baka Pygmies in 1992. The birth of the band Baka Beyond.
Spirit of the forest (1994)
1. Spirit of the Forest
2. The Man Who Danced Too Slowly
3. Ngombi
4. Baka Play Baka
5. Nahwia
6. Eeye Bé (Elephant Song)
7. Canya Jam
8. Bounaka
http://rapidshare.com/files/173620969/1991_-_Spirit_Of_The_Forest.rar
BAKA BEYOND – Sogo
1.I See Winter
2.Ming Jah
3.Sogo
4.Adukbé (Tomorrow)
5.Creation
6.Sukanisha (Inc. Green Stream Jig)
7.Street Dance
8.Bilebo
9.Evening Song
10.The Lightning Pot
http://rapidshare.com/files/173600738/Sogo.rar
BAKA BEYOND – East To West
Marrying traditional Celtic melodies and instruments with West African traditional rhythms and modern musical stylings like Highlife and Afro-pop may not seem like the most natural idea. But in the hands of Baka Beyond–a group that takes the term world fusion seriously, as it’s roughly split between Celtic and West African musicians–the combination makes for a delicious musical stew that goes down smoothly. It’s been five years since the group’s last album, and longtime fans who discovered the band through its hugely successful Spirit of the Forest release in 1994 won’t be disappointed. East to West is probably the group’s most accomplished work to date.
Founded by English guitarist Martin Cradick and singer Su Hart, who lived with the Baka pygmies in the rainforest along the Cameroon-Congo border in 1991, Baka Beyond stands out from a world fusion crowd that includes groups like Deep Forest and the Afro-Celt Sound System by delving a little deeper than most into both the African and Celtic roots of its music. On East to West, instead of dropping in the occasional sample for exotic effect, the group places the disparate elements together in a live context with thrilling results: “Awaya Baka,” where a chorus sung by Baka children melds with Paddy Le Mercer’s Celtic whistle amid a funky Highlife groove; “An Gwirder,” where Nii Tagoe’s West African balafon and Alan Burton’s bagpipes, based on similar pentatonic scales, mix seamlessly; and “Wandering Spirit,” which fuses two Scottish jigs with a traditional Baka dance rhythm.
Tracklist
1. Awaya Baka
2. Braighe Locheil (The Brais Of Loch Eil)
3. An Gwirder
4. Ra-Li-O
5. Wandering Spirit
6. A Thousand Curses On Love
7. Dans Les Jardins De Baya
8. Rakish Paddy
9. Silver Whistle
http://rapidshare.com/files/173668710/2003_-_East_To_West.rar
After earlier albums that focused on the Australian didgeridoo and Central African Pygmy chant (later discovered by Deep Forest), Aussie Martin Craddock has broadened his scope for a truly global world beat fusion album. African beats are at the heart of these eight songs, but Gypsy, Arabic, jazz, and Celtic influences swirl through standout tracks like “Meeting of Tribes” and the techno remix of “Booma Lena.” Cameroon water drums on “Ancestor’s Voice” are like nothing you’ve ever heard.
1. Woosi 6:44
2. Ancestor’s Voice 5:51
3. Lupe 5:43
4. Ohureo 6:53
5. Meeting Of Tribes 5:56
6. Journey 6:08
7. Ndaweh’s Dream 5:07
8. Booma Lena 8:48
http://rapidshare.com/files/205596580/Baka_Beyond_1995_The_Meeting_Pool.rar
Martin Cradick holds a unique relationship with the Baka hunter-gatherers, brilliant musicians from the Cameroon rainforest. Since their first release “Spirit of the Forest” in 1992, Baka Beyond has grown into a dynamic eight-piece band with musicians from across Africa and Celtic Europe. Each visit to the forest has also seen the Baka further their own music. On “Rhythm Tree” Baka and Baka Beyond come together with music recorded both in the UK and the Cameroon rainforest.
1. Call of the Forest
2. Kobo
3. Sad Among Strangers
4. Boulez Boulez
5. The Rhythm Tree
6. Hush Hush
7. Bokissa
8. La Londe
9. Shimina
10. Call of the Forest
http://rapidshare.com/files/205604574/Baka_Beyond_-_Rhythm_Tree_2005.rar
there are 2 more albums but i cant find them anywhere
