The Source of Sound involves the material, the movement and the vibration of which music arises.
Episode 31 Vodoo, trance and obsession
Also this month in the Source of Sound it’s about the recordings that Gilbert Rouget (he passed away last year) made in Africa. But now, it’s about voodoo, music, dance, trance and possession of which Gilbert Rouget wrote a very interesting book about: Music and Trance. A theory of the relations between Music and Possession. A book which is crucially based on his experiences in West Africa in the beginning of the 50’s, when he criss-cross travelled through the region and by order of the Paris Museum of Mankind made recordings of music. Much of it was released on vinyl and for the first time a curious audience was able to listen what happened during voodoo rituals in tempels and at gatherings of secret societies. In the Source of Sound of this month you will hear a selection of released and never published archive recordings which Gilbert Rouget then made, purposed for Ogun, Orisha, the ever returning ancestors and all who belong in the pantheon of the voodoo.
01. Faalyé 1’16
Mukaela
rec: Gilbert Rouget
Niger, 1950 – 1951
Centre de Reserche en Ethnomusicologie
CNRSMH_I_1969_038_003_01
02. Musique rituelle de société secrete 10’21
LP Pondo Kakou – Musique de société secrete
Musée de l’Homme LD-17, 1957, A 1
rec: Gilbert Rouget, Jean Koroma
Côte d’Ivoire, Village de Atiegouakro, Baoulé, 1952
03. Danse de possession 1 3’21
rec: Gilbert Rouget
Senegal, Dakar, Sarakolé, 1952
Centre de Reserche en Ethnomusicologie
CNRSMH_I_1970_019_023_0
04. Chants des signes divinatoires Fa 4’01
Adjibotifa, lead vocal
rec: Gilbert Rouget
Benin, Porto-Novo, Gun, 1952
Centre de Reserche en Ethnomusicologie
CNRSMH_I_1970_019_033_02
05. Veillée pour les revenants 4’27
l’Orchestre Agbe
rec: Gilbert Rouget
Benin, Ouidah, Fon & Nago Yoruba, 14 September 1952
Centre de Reserche en Ethnomusicologie
CNRSMH_I_1970_019_055_02
06. Ogun, Dieu du fer 6’40
LP Ogun, Dieu du fer. Chants d’Afrique occidentale ,
Musée de l’Homme LD-12, 1958, A3
rec: Gilbert Rouget
Benin, Ishédé, Nago-Yoruba, 1952
07. Chant rituel pour le culte de Shango 10’47
Iya Shango, lead vocal
rec: Gilbert Rouget
Bénin, Sakete, Nago-Yoruba, 29 August 1952
Centre de Reserche en Ethnomusicologie
CNRSMH_I_1970_019_075_05
08. Chants pour vodun au temple de Sogbadji 2’44
rec: Gilbert Rouget
Benin, Ouidah, Fon, 14 September 1952
Centre de Reserche en Ethnomusicologie
CNRSMH_I_1970_019_053_05
09. Père arc-en-ciel, Babao Odoshumare 4’18
Dominique Da Silva, Totondji, Pascal Faladé, Fakorédé, Ouakili
rec: Gilbert Rouget
Bénin, .., Gun, 12 October 1952
Centre de Reserche en Ethnomusicologie
CNRSMH_I_1970_019_073_03
10. Diourou 1’57
LP Pondo Kakou – Musique de société secrete,
Musée de l’Homme LD-17, 1957, A 3
rec: Gilbert Rouget, 1952
Côte d’Ivoire, Village de Atiegouakro, Baoulé
11. Chant avec guitare et xylophone 1 and 2 6’01
Chant avec guitare et xylophone
rec: Gilbert Rouget
Guinee, Kankan, Mandingue, 14 December 1952
Centre de Reserche en Ethnomusicologie
CNRSMH_I_1970_019_119_05
CNRSMH_I_1970_019_119_06
