V/A I’m Not Here To Hunt Rabbits LP
+ DIGITAL DOWNLOAD (W TYM 8 DODATKOWYCH UTWORÓW)
+ 36 STR. KSIĄŻECZKA
180G WINYL
...an original technique and eccentric style of guitar playing that has only been developed in Botswana
With all of a humanity reduced to a genome, who’d a thunk there’d be some sweet, folksy music being made in a remote corner of the world that almost no one had heard of until youtube came along?
This is a whole community of musicians from the heart of Africa playing guitar in a way most of us have never seen or thought possible—unless you happened to be following a handful of viral internet videos. And if you were and happened to read the comments below the videos, you would have seen the question: “Where can I buy this music?” The answer is: on Piranha Records on 27 April 2018 !
Head of The Vital Record, David Aglow, had no idea what he was in for when, back in 2009, he received an email from a friend with a youtube link. He thought it might be spam and almost didn’t bother to click. But he did and discovered a treasure trove of “Botswana Music Guitar.” Played in an eccentric style with a depth of expression rivaling any genre of music, this is folk from the dusty outskirts of the Kalahari Desert—a community of African country blues masters with a totally original technique. The left hand reaches up and over the neck of the guitar, instead of from behind and underneath.
David Aglow was so enthralled that —long story short — he searched for and found the person who recorded and posted these clips — Johannes Vollebregt — aka Bokete7 and proposed giving the artists a proper release. Then he found the artists and recorded and recorded and recorded.
This is a case of music lovers, field recordists and publishers joining forces to shed some light on a community of musicians more than worthy of international attention
SIDE A
01 Solly Sebotso – Rampoka
02 Sibongile Kgaila – Murraynyana
03 Western – Machikilani
04 Batlaadira Radipitse – A ReTsosoloseng Ngwao
05 Ronnie Moipolai – Ditakaneng
06 Oteng Piet – Ngwana Wa Dichabeng
SIDE B
07 Sibongile Kgaila – Tika Molamu
08 Annafiki Ditau – Re Babedi
09 Solly Sebotso – Fong Kong
10 Sibongile Kgaila – Gladys
11 Babsi Barolong – Ke A Tsamaya
BONUS TRACKS /digital download/
12 Batlaadira Radipitse – Ke Nnete
13 Annafiki Ditau – Mma Thabo
14 Western – Cell Phone
15 Ronnie Moipolai – Special
16 Solly Sebotso – Chaba Bakweni
17 Babsi Barolong – Condom
18 Batlaadira Radipitse –Mmamanthwane
19 Oteng Piet – Mmati
