Sonic Collective Nyatiti and Nyangile [WAV]

As melodic as it is rhythmic, and as hypnotic as it is spiritual, the nyatiti, a 5000-year old eight-stringed lyre is understood by many as the musical lifeline of the L├╝o community, and as one of the most recognizable and influential traditional instruments native to East Africa. For this sample collection Found Sound Nation worked with Rapasa Otieno, an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, to capture a wide breadth of intricate sounds from his hometown, including sounds of the nyangile (percussion), gara (bells), obokano (lyre), and ong'eng'o (percussion). Hailing from a village by the warm shores of Africa's biggest lake, Nam Lolwe (Lake Victoria), Rapasa traces his lineage back to a long line of performers from the L├╝o community of western Kenya. Rapasa has studied with various masters of the nyatiti across western Kenya, and his extensive knowledge of L├╝o music has led him to not only perform Kenyan traditional music worldwide, but also to create resources within Kenya to nurture the longstanding folk tradition. For Rapasa, the nyatiti is a storyteller: "it gives an insight into our ancestor's wisdom." What's more, this sample pack includes sounds from another instrument similar to the nyatiti, albeit four times its size -- the obokano, a lyre of the Abagusii people of Kenya, that sings with a deep and resonant buzzing sound. Produced by Found Sound Nation Edited and mixed by Chris Botta 156 Samples