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Matthew Montfort (bandleader, classical guitar, electric guitar,
scalloped fretboard guitar, bass, gangsa), Moses Sedler (cello),
Emam (North Indian tabla), Jim Hurley (violin), Doug McKeehan
(keyboards), Ian Dogole (world percussion), Benjy Wertheimer (esraj,
North Indian tabla), Mindia Devi (bansuri flute), Ustad Habib
Khan (North Indian sitar),
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Shown left to right: Emam, Matthew Montfort, Habib Khan, Irina Mikhailova, Doug McKeehan |
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Irina Mikhailova (Eastern European vocals), C.K. Ladzekpo (West
African drums), Georges Lammam (Arabic violin), Tony Lammam (Arabic
tabla), Liu Qi-Chao (Chinese flute), Manose Singh (Nepalese flutes),
Hadley Louden (bass marimba), Pedro de Jesus (Afro-Cuban drums,
chant), Patti Weiss (violin), Ian Herman (South African drum set).
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Planet Passion (30th Anniversary Remastered Edition) by Ancient Future (Ancient-Future.Com AF 2010. Release Date: February 10, 2009): 64 Bit-Tuned Harmonic Mastering Digipak CD/Booklet- $17.98: Add 1 to Cart. Buy 1 Now
Re-issued with 64-Bit Tuned Harmonic Mastering to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first Ancient Future concert 2/11/1979, the seventh Ancient Future recording features nineteen top masters
of Indian, Nepalese, African, Cuban, Celtic, Arabic, Palestinian,
Jewish, Indonesian, Chinese, Eastern European and American music
traditions. Each cut on the CD features a different version of
the band. Since the term “world fusion music” was coined at the
band’s inception in 1978, Ancient Future has evolved from a quartet
into a large musical family of world fusion music ensembles led
by scalloped fretboard guitarist Matthew Montfort. The Six Chapters
Learn folklore of ancient world music traditions and listen to
the music in each chapter:
Flirtation • Courtship • Sacred Eros • The Wedding • Seduction • Longing
Track List (>audio. Play all tracks)
Flirtation Chapter
1. Simsimay Panima (traditional, arr. Montfort. 6:05) (>audio. All songs available with free trial subscription at Planet Passion @ eMusic.com .) Nepalese folk song. Features Nepalese flutist Manose Singh (bansuri).
2. Forest Frolic (Montfort. 4:29) (>audio.) Chinese, Greek, Balinese, and Indian influences. Features Liu
Qi-Chao (Chinese flute) and Manose Singh (bansuri).
Courtship Chapter
3. I Mett Her in the Medowe, a (traditional, arr. Montfort. 1:19)
4. I Mett Her in the Medowe, b (traditional, arr. Montfort. 4:12) (>audio.) Scottish lute melody from 1615. Features Matthew Montfort on the
scalloped fretboard guitar, an instrument combining aspects of
the South Indian vina with the steel string guitar.
5. Ocean of Love (Montfort. 5:26) (>audio.) African, Indian (Rag Kafi), African, Vietnamese, and Slavic
influences. Features Matthew Montfort (electric guitars), Irina
Mikhailova (vocals), and C.K. Ladzekpo (Yoruba drummer).
Sacred Eros Chapter
6. Ochun (traditional, arr. Montfort. 3:32) (>audio.) Afro-Cuban. Features Santeria priest Pedro de Jesus on a chant
for the goddess of love.
7. Semara (Montfort. 4:27) (>audio.) Balinese gamelan. Features instruments and rhythms of the Gamelan
Semar Pegulingan and performances by the original 1978 line-up
of Ancient Future.
The Wedding Chapter
8. Alap (Montfort. 1:48) (>audio.) Indian alap. Features Matthew Montfort on scalloped fretboard
guitar and Patti Weiss on violin.
9. El Zaffa (Montfort. 4:26) (>audio.) Egyptian wedding procession rhythm (elzaffa). Features Palestinian
musicians Antoine Lammam (percussion) and Georges Lammam (violin)
and Jewish music specialist Moses Sedler (cello).
Seduction Chapter
10. Ne Po Pogrebu Bochonochek (traditional, arr. Montfort. 5:07) (>audio.) Russian folk song. Features Irina Mikhailova (vocals) and Matthew
Montfort (guitars).
Longing Chapter
11. Socha Socha, a (Khan/Montfort. 2:00)
12. Socha Socha, b (Khan/Montfort. 8:34). (>audio. FREE short version download at amazon.com.) North Indian raga. Features Pandit Habib Khan (sitar).
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Planet Passion (30th Anniversary Remastered Edition: Ancient-Future.Com AF 2010). CD with Mythology Booklet. Get the best audio quality and learn
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