Blackout Session: The Musical Memory of Africa – the Hugh Tracy Archives
Wednesday
July 8
20:00
— Listening session —
Doors: 19.00. Start: 20.00. Tickets: 8,-
Blackout listening session in the dark hosted by Vintage Voudou.
Melodies from lost worlds: Hugh Tracey’s historical recordings of traditional African folk music 1943-1963
Guest: Michael Baird (SWP Records)
Cocktails by weird mixmaster Mark Henning’s Cocktail Bingo Bar.
Guest: Michael Baird (SWP Records)
Cocktails by weird mixmaster Mark Henning’s Cocktail Bingo Bar.
Listening in the dark is a fantastic, deep experience.
Join us to explore the enchanting melodies that Hugh Tracy recorded in Africa. From 1943 to 1963 Tracey undertook numerous expeditions to record the traditional folk music that was quickly vanishing.
Join us to explore the enchanting melodies that Hugh Tracy recorded in Africa. From 1943 to 1963 Tracey undertook numerous expeditions to record the traditional folk music that was quickly vanishing.
His monumental work is a tribute to the genius and diversity of African music.
Hugh Tracey travelled almost two thirds of Africa, conducted countless expeditions, recorded 10.000s of songs, and issued 100s of records. Effectively he built a Musical Memory of the subcontinent, an archive where the songs and music of the ancestors of many contemporary Africans are collected.
Guest is Michael Baird, who undertook the also monumental task to listen through 1000s of tapes, and who compiled a series of 25 compilations of that.
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Michael Baird
Michael Baird is musician and runs the label SWP records and met by chance Hugh Tracey’s son here in Holland. He invited Michael to visit the archive in South Africa. It was a dream come true, and he took on him the task to help to make Tracey’s music widely available. The next 8 years Michael Baird spent listening to 100s of tapes, 1000s hours of music, eventually compiling 25 CDs. He will join us to in the listening session to tell us about Hugh Tracey and his recordings.
Hosted by Edo Bouman, Vintage Voudou
Vintage Voudou explores and shares music through the medium of vinyl, trying to locate the world’s most magical sounds and most infectious dance tunes.
Bingo Cocktail Bar
Weirdmix Master Mark Henning leaves the beaten path, and takes himself and you into new territories, cooking up for each listening session new tastes & smells, cocktails that he and you have never encountered before.
