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From the book accompanying Bayaka: Extraordinary Music of the BaBenzélé Pygmies

#769 — Pygmy music and it's influence / Meditating on the Ganges / Folktronica / Mahalia

The gentle complex polyrhythmic music of the BaBenzele/Aka pygmies weaves through a long set of several pieces that are clearly influenced by it. From Melbourne there's a lovely new album of tabla and Indian slide guitar for music inspired by the Ganges. Later, some 'folktronica' and the new album by the Kronos Quartet.

ARTIST
Title  [Dur.]
Album  (Year)

BABENZÉLÉ PYGMIES
Women Gathering Mushrooms [excerpt ~1:30]
Bayaka: Extraordinary Music of the BaBenzélé Pygmies (1995)

TAMIKREST
Aiytma [4:48]
Assikel (2026)

BABENZÉLÉ PYGMIES
Wedding Song [excerpt ~1:20]
Bayaka: Extraordinary Music of the BaBenzélé Pygmies (1995)

Francis BEBEY
Chant D'Amour Pygmee [3:51]
Trésor Magnétique (Magnetic Treasure) (2025)

AKA PYGMIES
Bondo: Diye (Divining music) [excerpt ~1:55]
Pygmées Aka: Anthology of the Music of the Aka Pygmies (1987)

MANSFARROLL
Donga y Duaba [4:33]
Africa Sí (2026)

BABENZÉLÉ PYGMIES
Boyobi At Spear-Hunting Camp (Part One) [excerpt ~3:50]
Bayaka: Extraordinary Music of the BaBenzélé Pygmies (1995)

Ray LEMA
Koteja (with intro) [6:24]
Green Light (1997)

Sam EVANS & Debasis CHAKROBORTY  
The Ganges [9:09]
Maru Bihag (2026)

Ry COODER - V.M. BHATT
Ganges Delta Blues [9:58]
A Meeting By The River (1993)

Dr. L. SUBRAMANIAM & Larry CORYELL
Alone By the Ganges [10:44]
From The Ashes (1999)

ROEHIND
Cumha Sheathain [3:33]
Buile (Frenzy) (2023)

FOLKATOMIK
Polaris [4:05]
Polaris (2022)

Sami GALBI
Win [3:46]
Ylh Bye Bye (2025)

AMARU TRIBE  
Somos Oro (Together We Are Gold) [5:16]
Single (2024)

PELKKÄ PUTANEN
Kaikki mitä rakastan on kaikkialla [2:38]
Jossain on kai sateenkaari, vaikkei sitä tähän näy (Somewhere there’s probably a rainbow, even if it’s not visible here) (2026)

PELKKÄ PUTANEN
Matka II [4:40]
Jossain on kai sateenkaari, vaikkei sitä tähän näy (Somewhere there’s probably a rainbow, even if it’s not visible here) (2026)

SÄHKÖPAIMEN
Hamarikko [4:15]
Hämärä (2023)

PUULUUP
Kohtumispaik on muudetud (Change of meeting place) [3:16]
Viimane Suusataja (The Last Cross-Country Skier) (2021)

KRONOS QUARTET & FRIENDS
Which Side Are You On? (feat. Lee Knight) [2:22]
Long Time Passing: Celebrating Pete Seeger (2020)

KRONOS QUARTET
Glorious Mahalia I - Hold on [3:03]
Glorious Mahalia (2026)

KRONOS QUARTET
Glorious Mahalia IV - Sometimes I feel like a motherless child [3:30]
Glorious Mahalia (2026)

Theme: Mark Isham — Nanawatai Pt.2 — The Beast (1988)