Various Artists - Music of the Cameroons / VariousFrom the grassy highlands of western Cameroon, Music of the Cameroons narrates the lives of the Bafut tribe of the Tikar ethnic lineage, along with select moments from other nearby Tikar and Fulani tribes. Evocative of the cyclical nature of their lives, the Bafut create layers of repetition and polyrhythm as their workers sift through coffee beans, villagers celebrate their fon (or king), and a mother sings her child to sleep. Both women and men

In the deluxe booklet

they were made in Kingsway Hall in the summer of 1959

Everybody's trying to catch it

Expertly restored and remastered in superlative HD audio and released on superior audiophile heavy weight vinyl

Shepherd's Lament

where Palmgren was born and spent his early years

and vocals echoing from the corners of the room

but that only tells half the story

Unearthed/Digging in the Dirt is taken from DJ Potters creepy child-zombie short film of All That Is Unearthed

Kikimora was founded back in 2011 by Nikolo Kotzev (Brazen Abbot

Grammer is nothing if not ingratiating

such as "Double"