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Vol.1: Sound Magic,Afro Celt Sound System

- Vol.1: Sound Magic
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Afro Celt Sound System
Released 1996

Whirl-Y-Reel 1
07:21
3,054 plays

Inion/Daughter
04:15
2,867 plays

Saor/Free/News From Nowhere
08:21
2,772 plays

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- 1
- Saor/Free/News From Nowhere
- 08:21
- 2,772 plays

- 2
- Whirl-Y-Reel 1
- 07:21
- 3,054 plays

- 3
- Inion/Daughter
- 04:15
- 2,867 plays

- 4
- Sure-As-Not/Sure-As-Knot
- 09:58
- 2,422 plays

- 5
- Nil Cead Againn Dul Abhaile/We Cannot Go...
- 07:20
- 2,261 plays

- 6
- Dark Moon, High Tide
- 04:12
- 2,527 plays

- 7
- Whirl-Y-Reel 2
- 05:28
- 2,335 plays

- 8
- House Of The Ancestors
- 08:02
- 2,279 plays

- 9
- Eistigh Liomsa Sealad/Listen To Me/Saor Reprise
- 10:54
- 2,151 plays

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album review

You may never have thought of Celtic and African rhythms as complementing one another, but this very interesting effort takes both idioms into new territory with some engaging results. The outcome is a sort of hip-hop jig and reel, like the Chieftains meet the Chemical Brothers. Masamba Diop's masterful talking drum creates an exotic pulse under Myrdhin's fine Celtic harp, and it sounds like a party at some global crossroads. Indeed, the most fascinating aspect of Afro Celt Sound System's Volume 1: Sound Magic is the very real sense that a common language can be found between any cultures, no matter how divergent they may seem. This effort is worth a listen just for its audacity alone. ~ Tim Sheridan, All Music Guide