"Attapeu is the southern province of Laos, bordering Cambodia and Vietnam, it is famous for having received a huge amount of American bombs during the Vietnam war. Here you can listen to KAVET and JREE, 2 subgroups of Brao people, half of the Braos are living in Cambodia and the other half in Laos, they belong to the MON khmer family and are the first inhabitants of this area. With other ethnic groups south and east, they share a lot musically, especially the fascination for gong playing in animist ceremonies,. but also similar bamboo instruments.. The music can be divided in 2 categories according to the purpose, various bamboo instruments and singing being used in entertainment music and ensembles of gongs being used for animist ceremonies." (notes de la pochette)
Même genre de musique que le volume 1 (MX9162): gongs et instruments en bambou, et quelques chants.
- Laurent JEANNEAU Collecteur de musique de tradition
- Ian BAIRD Collecteur de musique de tradition
- 1 Kavet gongs (1-2)
- 2 Kavet gawing, bamboo tube with strings (3-5)
- 3 Kavet npoit npoit, poetry (6-7)
- 4 Kavet dingboo, bamboo tube (8-9)
- 5 Kavet jingriang, 10 strings instrument
- 6 Kavet draw, 2 strings bowed instrument
- 7 Kavet draw tha , 2 flat gongs
- 8 Kavet npoit npoit, poetry (13-15)
- 9 Jree gongs
- 10 Jree thai, 2 flat gongs
- 11 Jree meut mouan, lying down song
