Equatorial Microcosm/ Various - Equatorial Microcosm / VariousThis 1973 Folkways release focuses on the Bwiti religion and it's sister cult, Mbiri, among the Fang people in Gabon. Beginning with gentle harp music played at the start of rituals to cleanse the cult house, the record includes harp songs of fertility and percussion songs that serve to prepare the body for death and reunion with ancestors. Liner notes by anthropologist James W. Fernandez provide a detailed discussion of both the religion and the

and powerhouse drummer Isaiah Perez

With his 2012 album Black Radio

that was 'Le Roi Arthur'

Upon releasing Finklestein last year

This album was built to last throughout ages

epic ambient atmospheres

recorded with Kevin Hays

the Andean Pasillo

The idea of 'one' universal human voice seems to materialize with particular intensity in the commingling of two voices of similar timbre

that isn't an act of kindness

Beyond this diversity

All were brilliant in their way