For fans of labels like Ocora, Smithsonian Folkways Records, Buda Music, Nonesuch and traditional forms of music, ambient, (ethno)musicology. New collaboration from Mental Groove Records x Mus?e d’ethnographie de Gen?ve (Sinner DC, Julien Perez, La Plan?te Bleue vol. 9) curated by Madeleine Leclair, head of the MEG’s department of Ethnomusicology and Olivier Ducret (Mental Groove x WRWTFWW labels, Midori Takada, Donato Dozzy, Kenji Imperial Tiger Orchestra…) - Opportunity to listen to the original version of the famous Lullaby of the Solomon Islands recorded by Hugo Zemp, sampled and remixed in 1992 by a group of French electro-pop and adapted in 1996 by a Norwegian saxophonist. An inspiring collection of carefully chosen lullabies from all over the world, that will please both young parents and their children, as well as (world) music enthusiastics looking for a peaceful and captivating listening. Lullabies exist in almost every culture in the world. While they relate to the world of childhood, they also evoke the privileged relationship established through music between an adult and an infant. The lullabies presented here were recorded at different times and come from eighteen countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and America. [info from Label]
