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Exuma and his accompanists make quite a spooky clamor with their various bells, foot drums, chanting, gasps, sighs, shouts, and other percussive instruments, creating a mood both celebratory and scary.
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« I see fire in the dead man's eye. »
God, Satan, Shangô... they are in my head forever; they revel in my sins, in my dry soul, in all my perfidious being... The tribal percussions are amazingly heavy; my visions more whimsical than ever. I perceive the multiple lights that only the third eye can grasp in the opaque night. Visions of putrid zombies, voodoo rituals, human sacrifices, psychedelic ghosts, electriiiiiiiiicity AND stars that twirl at high speed, collide in ... read more
i loved the singers' voices, the choirs and the percussions hit just right, i felt i was there with them, surprisingly good
💗Sex music💗
I think there's been enough talk about this album over the years, there's nothing more that can be said about "Exuma" other than that it is one of the greatest pieces of music ever made
If I heard that one of the best albums I’d be hearing in the near future was from the Bahamas 🇧🇸, I’d tell that person to get a grip. Even though I generally love traveling and cultural tourism, all of that interests me. I just wouldn’t have faith that great, high-quality material would come out of that place. NOT ONLY IS IT HIGH-QUALITY, BUT IT ALSO HAS ROOTS AND IS SIMPLY A BRILLIANT SOURCE OF BAHAMIAN CULTURE. As I listened to this album, I imagined suddenly waking ... read more
wow, this is a journey.
this is one of the most unique sound folk albums and maybe simply albums i have ever heard, melding tribal freak folk with incredible soaring crescendos akin to the greats of old blues music. this is the sort of thing i would imagine the enslaved tribes in early colonial era africa would make, and my description seems to be partially accurate as the secondary genre "calypso" was birthed in the 19th century when trinidad and tobago were colonised by the ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Exuma, The Obeah Man 6:17 | 94 |
| 2 | Dambala 5:39 | 92 |
| 3 | Mama Loi, Papa Loi 4:34 | 95 |
| 4 | Junkanoo 3:31 | 79 |
| 5 | Sceance In The Sixth Fret 7:09 | 83 |
| 6 | You Don't Know What's Going On 3:32 | 89 |
| 7 | The Vision 7:58 | 92 |
Total Length: 38 minutes
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