Candomblé: Sacred Rhythms in Brazil review | Ammar Kalia’s global album of the month
(Flee)A treasure trove of field recordings are reshaped into pulsating floor-fillers and sparse baile funk by a range of producersThe Brazilian religious and musical tradition of candomblé is a rhythmic barrage. Originating in the 19th century among enslaved west Africans, candomblé manifested in music as a ritual practice of drumming circles, where polyrhythms were hammered out to induce possession by spirits. Athens-based archival label Flee presents a treasure trove of this ceremonial music from a community in Salvador in the…
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