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song: Spirit of the Forest
artist: Baka Beyond
album: Spirit of the Forest
released: 1993length: 5:20
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Baka Beyond

Baka Beyond is a world music group formed in 1992 with members from a wide variety of backgrounds and cultures, fusing Celtic and other western music styles with traditional Baka music from Cameroon.

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Comments ( 246 )
Posted 8 years ago by chunkymunky:
TerryS wrote:
Saw Baka Beyond in the late 90's iirc and they were amazing live. Why, they even got me out of my seat and swaying. OK alcohol may have been involved.

 
They're still going strong.  I've seen them thrice.  Twice in a packed to bursting-at-the-seams pub in Oxford in the early 00s and more recently in our village hall (lots of folk acts go through here including the likes of Fairport). 

Well worth a watch, and amusing to see a group of surprised looking west-country pensioners dancing away to a kind of music they didn't know they liked!
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Posted 16 years ago by Kittee:
Love eclectic sounds like this.  {#Meditate}
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Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities:
ShoreGirl wrote:
{#Roflol}  Wilco meets Fleet Foxes meets The Head and the Heart meets Rusted Root.
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Posted 7 years ago by jmkate:
the entire album is good.
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Posted 6 years ago by dubberdan:
the band are based in Bath a few miles from where we live. seem them several times including a couple of festivals. always great fun to watch and dance to. even got married to one of their tunes
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Posted 7 years ago by shay_shay:
chunkymunky wrote:

They're still going strong.  I've seen them thrice.  Twice in a packed to bursting-at-the-seams pub in Oxford in the early 00s and more recently in our village hall (lots of folk acts go through here including the likes of Fairport). 

Well worth a watch, and amusing to see a group of surprised looking west-country pensioners dancing away to a kind of music they didn't know they liked!

 
your village sounds most excellent!
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Posted 2 years ago by Rixter:


Takes me back to days lost in Africa on my motorbike after quitting corporate slavery. I guess it wasn't slavery if I could quit... but it certainly felt like it!

African music is an acquired taste for a westerner but if you are exposed to it long enough, you get it.

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Posted 7 years ago by tony_b:
Great stuff
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Posted 23 years ago by Leslie:
From: little blue dog the "yodee yo yo" stuff is actually a recording of a Baka woman singing a traditional chant sung at dawn, calling the animals to the hunt. No kidding! That's really interesting. Thanks for the insight. I really like this song btw.
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Posted 2 years ago by davidgrorie:
Soooo fine!!!!
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Posted 3 years ago by coloradojohn:
I've always thought this was truly special; RP rules for playing it! The rhythms and naturally uplifting sounds remind me of seeing the Kecak Dance often in my 3 times to Bali, during which not only the performers chanting, "Kechak! Kechak! Kechak!" (and dancing as if possessed) but also all the onlookers, animals and insects in the entire jungle around can get into a trance-like state of frenzied celebratory abandonment to the cathartic healing power of Sound and Nature. Hearing this Divine magic makes me want to go back!
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Posted 4 years ago by jmkate:
Still wonderful.
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Posted 2 years ago by eyke:
Took a few moments for this to get going, then the percussion started and it became a "most excellent" tune. I like the addition of the Celtic fiddle parts with the African beat.

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Posted 2 years ago by maxvonevil:
The first 15 sec brings fond memories back of this guy

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Posted 6 years ago by idiot_wind:
This rocks.
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Posted 13 years ago by TerryS:
Best listened to in a decommissioned church with an enthusiatic audience.
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Posted 1 year ago by Lyndont:
Reminds me of the great Bob Harris. They were one of his favourites. He used to play this album a lot on his Saturday night program. This was pre RP of course!
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Posted 1 year ago by joejennings:
 Rixter wrote:


Takes me back to days lost in Africa on my motorbike after quitting corporate slavery. I guess it wasn't slavery if I could quit... but it certainly felt like it!

African music is an acquired taste for a westerner but if you are exposed to it long enough, you get it.




Well, thanx to RP, I GET IT!!! GREAT TUNE!  Thank You RP!  
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Posted 5 years ago by Piranga:
The Baka Beyond vocalists are just superb. All their records are wonderful.
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Posted 22 years ago by ezzy:
I have always loved Baka Beyond! They're fantastic.
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