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Birds and Women's Voices 00:53
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Yetoo's Dream 02:23
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Mboyo Flute 00:53
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Yonga 03:23
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Waterdrum 00:51
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Bottle Funk Girls 03:49
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Mua Solo 02:18
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Honeybee 01:21
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Congo Beat 03:43
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Monkeys Eating Fruit 00:48
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Tree Drum and Gano 02:06
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Bokete 01:12
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Walk In 03:35
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Esuma (Wild Yam) 02:34
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Song For Thinking 03:06
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Elanda 01:12
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Molimo 01:15
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Elephant Gentle Laments 00:30
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Mua Mix 03:43
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Brothers 5 (Wagogo) 03:12
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Woodpecker 02:25
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Geedal 02:29
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Bicycle 00:34
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Lari's Song 02:54
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Oka! Gano 01:06
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Ibis Passage 00:48
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This album celebrates the musical genius of the Bayaka Pymies of the Central African rainforest. It includes traditional Bayaka music, soundtrack pieces from the lm, and entirely new creations which are the result of the musical collaboration in the forest between the Bayaka and Chris Berry, the lm’s composer and a musician of Africa music. Bayaka voices have been “sampled” before, but never before have the Bayaka been co-composers of crossover music, and they took to it with great enthusiasm, old and young, offering songs they had dreamed in the forest, putting on headphones for the rst time and laying down tracks.... music by CHRIS BERRY AND THE BAYAKA OF YANDOUMBE.

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released December 31, 2011

All Music Written and Composed by Chris Berry and the Bayaka of Yandoumbe unless otherwise noted*.

Executive Producer: Lavinia Currier • Producers: Chris Berry, Jamie Bruce and Lavinia Currier • Co-Producers: Paul Winter and Craig Kohland

Lavinia’s special thanks To the Bayaka of Yandoumbe for sharing their music with us, and to Louis Sarno for introducing us to the Bayaka. To Michael Mc Cleary for putting up with me and without me, and for all his good ideas. To Paul and Chez Winter for opening their house and studio so that we could make this album.
Chris Berry would also like to thank all of the above mentioned along with Jill Hurne and his two daughters; Waniso and Sekai, for all of their support during this project.

Final album Mixing and Mastering: Amani Friend • Additional engineering support: Hoku Aki, Liberty Ellman, Aaron Johnston, Tommy Skarupa and Tira Neal • Chris Berry’s publishing: BMI

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