We'll hear how an obscure field recording of Burundi tribal drummers in 1967 has been used by a wide range of musicians, producers and DJs in the West over the last 53 years.
We'll also hear how the Drummers of Burundi later played an important part in the history of WOMAD (the World Of Music, Arts And Dance festival) that's been staged in many countries around the world, including Canada, since its inception in 1982.
Due to C-19 this programme was recorded from "Beyond The Pond", July 2020.
* Chris has been a big fan of CKCU since arriving in Ottawa from the UK in 1981. He joined the station later that year and went on to present two shows each week until returning to the UK in autumn 1986. Since then he's made numerous flying visits back to the CKCU studio to present shows or to appear as a guest.
| Burundi Black (Part 1) Burundi Stephenson Black - 7" Single - Barclay 1971 |
| Chevauchée Fantastique Michel Bernholc - Musique Dramatique (Various) - Patchwork |
| The Jungle Line Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Asylum 1975 
|
| The Jungle Line (vocal by Leonard Cohen) Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters - Verve 2007
|
| He's Gonna Step On You Again John Kongos - 7" single - Fly Records 1971 |
| Very brief extracts from 1: Def Leppard's "Rocket Man" and 2) Adam and The Ants' "Kings Of The Wild Frontier". Both tunes were written in response to hearing Burundi Black and intentionally mimic the Burundi Black drumbeat. |
| Back To Burundi Rusty Egan (with Marco Pirroni) - Rusty Egan Presents - Black Mosaic 2019 |
| British Airways TV commercial (1983) that samples a Beastie Boys tune and which later results in the recording of ........ |
| 59 Christie Street Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique - Capitol 1989 |
| Jung in Africa (aka Rhythm Of The Heat) Peter Gabriel - Security - Charisma 1982 |
| Zimbo (live at Womad with the Burundi Drummers) (tune aka All My Colours) Echo and the Bunnymen - Shine So Hard (live EP) - Korova 1981 |
| Getting Up Pig Bag - 7" single - Y Records 1982 |
| Giant Mushrooms Mark Reeder - Mauerstadt - Kennon 2017 |
Subscribe to Plunderphonics
Good evening everyone :-) Thanks for tuning in to this evening's edition of Plunderphonics. Don't be shy come and say "hi" ! :-)
10:00 PM, July 28th, 2020