Africa 494
Harare Express
Sunny, warm and driving - duelling guitars and flutes over a travelling bed of lively percussion
00:54:54
Africa
uplifting
joyful
Party
Travel
World
fun
happy
Wake Up Happy
Upbeat Kwela style guitar leads into bouncing percussion.
00:45:45
Africa
uplifting
joyful
Party
Travel
World
fun
happy
Drumming After Dark
Fast massed congas, massed energy! With dark overtones
00:57:57
Africa
Tension
Human Stories
Travel
Ritual
African Drums
Celebration
Female shouts and ululating over big drums and warm, happy atmosphere.
01:07:06
Africa
African Drums
happy
uplifting
Driving
Celebratory
Documentary
Human Stories
Travel
Song For A Child
Haunting little song leads to atmospheric electric guitar theme @ 0:35
01:48:47
hope
Poignant
tender
Nature
Documentary
Human Stories
Travel
Weaver's Song
Moody intro on percussion and female vocal, leads to pretty marimaba patterns @ 0:23, a driving underscore for busy activity!
02:11:09
Africa
Busy
active
Markets
Nature
Atmospheric
Documentary
Travel
Migration
Atmospheric, with a quietly epic sweep. Strings join the determined and forward movement of percussion @ 0:45
01:50:49
Dark
Driving
peaceful
reflective
Melancholic
Human Stories
Drama
Documentary
Travel
Good Morning!
Upbeat African Harp and percussion herald the new day.
01:17:16
Africa
warm
uplifting
Landscape
Village
Nature
Documentary
Human Stories
Travel
Congo
Rythms, violins and vocal calls from West Africa, sounds from the forest.
01:23:22
Africa
Landscape
Village
Forest
Nature
Documentary
Human Stories
Travel
Dark River Running
A tense journey into the heart of a continent, danger lurks @ 0:40.
01:56:55
Africa
Driving
active
Mystery
Dreamy
Strange
Dark
curious
Nature
Drama
Documentary
Human Stories
Travel
Wild Drums
Flutes call and answer over pounding conga and djembe rythms. Goes slightly darker @0: 37
01:28:27
Africa
drums
Ritual
Tribal
Tension
Documentary
Human Stories
Travel
Rain
Trance like thumb pianos evoke the welcome rain.With bird and animal calls.
01:16:15
Africa Spacious
Ethnic
hopeful
Human Stories
Drama
Documentary
Travel
Spooky Bird
Hypnotic ocarina calls over mysterious beds of sound.
02:34:32
Strange
Otherworldly
Mysterious
Nature
Organic
Human Stories
Drama
Documentary
Travel
Fear Drum
Fast conga solo over ominous drone.
00:45:45
Africa
active
Driving
Tension
Mystery
Human Stories
Drama
Documentary
Travel
A Jungle Walk
A high flute introduces a percussive amble through the forest. With bird calls.
01:33:32
Flute
Mysterious
Nature
Organic
Human Stories
Drama
Documentary
Travel
Serengeti Sunrise
Evocative piece - the warming sun, animals and humans rise, stretch and greet the day.
02:39:37
peaceful
warm
Evocative
uplifting
Poignant
Organic
Flute
Human Stories
Drama
Documentary
Travel
Herders
Repetetive Mbira (Thumb Piano) patterns provide a hypnotic atmosphere for the herders of livestock.
01:07:06
Africa
peaceful
Landscape
Evocative
uplifting
Poignant
Organic
Nature
Human Stories
Drama
Documentary
Travel
African Plains
Warm, joyful, echoing guitars give an expansive feel for a grassy vista.Talking drums enter @ 0:29.
01:54:53
Africa
Landscape
Evocative
uplifting
Driving
Nature
Human Stories
Documentary
Travel