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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

Gentle polyrhythmic music of the BaBenzele (Aka) pygmies weaves through pieces that are clearly influenced by it, a lovely new album of tabla and Indian slide guitar, and 'folktronica' from Finland .

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 ~3:52]
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 [excerpt ~3:40]
A Meeting By The River (1993)

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)

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

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