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The album is based on field recordings made in Cameroon in 1994, with Baka percussionists and vocalists; Cradick then took the recordings to the studio. Cradick used more Celtic musical styles, compared to the first album.
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has moments of real piquancy, as on 'Ohureo', a traditional from the Western Isles of Scotland... This macabre lullaby, dressed up with African drums and LeMercier's fiddle commentary, is achingly entrancing."
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stated: "Occasional Irish overtones emerge from this strange brew; the overall feeling is one of a pulsing dreaminess, grounded by a happy percussive underbeat given heart by recurring female vocal tonings."
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The album sold more than 50,000 copies in its first year of release. Cradick set up a foundation to distribute royalties to the Baka people, for the songs that were considered traditional.
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determined that the attempt "to merge gentle Celtic themes and original music of the Baka people of Cameroon's forests ... just doesn't work."
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Melville, Caspar (2017). "Valuing Tradition: Mali's jeliw, European publishers and Copyright".
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Langley, Martin (6 May 1999). "Stretching the boundaries of fusion music far out of Africa".
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Cummings, Jim (22 Dec 1995). "Eclectic Mix of Rollicking New Acoustic, Jazz". Pasatiempo.
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deemed the album "a truly inspired cultural mish mash that defies categorisation."
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Andrews, Jon (Dec 1995). "Worlds in collision — The Meeting Pool by Baka Beyond".
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Feld, Steven (1996). "Pygmy Pop: A Genealogy of Schizophonic Mimesis".
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Tearson, Michael (Dec 1995). "The Meeting Pool by Baka Beyond".
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Index


Studio album
Baka Beyond
Label
Hannibal
Baka Beyond
Baka Beyond
AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide
Toronto Star
The Santa Fe New Mexican
Music & Media
AllMusic
World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East
Western Music and Its Others: Difference, Representation, and Appropriation in Music
"Baka Beyond Biography, Songs, & Albums"




"The Meeting Pool"
Categories
Baka Beyond albums
1995 albums
Hannibal Records albums

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