Artist: V.A.
CD title: Lullabies from the Axis of Evil
Release date: 2003
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: World
Type: MP3 format sound
Quality: 128 Kbit
Time: 01:04:12
Total size: 59 MB
Tracks:
01. Sad Sol - You, My klix [00:05:29]
02. Dilelol - Sleep, My Child [00:05:37]
03. Lalolalo - Don't You Worry, My Child [00:03:30]
04. Ya Lel Ma Atwalak - This Never Ending Night [00:06:36]
05. Luna, Luna - Luna, Luna Little Doll [00:04:56]
06. Peace Song [00:04:38]
07. Aruru - Lullaby, Sweet Baby [00:04:41]
08. Stars Are Rising [00:03:38]
09. Nami - Angel [00:05:11]
10. Lalalala Gohle Laleh [00:03:56]
11. Nami Ya La Áubi - Sleep My Doll [00:03:01]
12. Gohlelale - My Tulip, My Pearl [00:03:13]
13. Nami – Lament [00:05:02]
14. Mazar - Some Day, My Boy [00:04:35]
Background information:
"On January 29, 2002, U.S. President George W. Bush gave his famous "State of the' Union Address" to the American people wherein he launched the term "The Axis of. Evil". In this speech, he pointed out Iran, Iraq, North Korea "and their allies", as being;. ..the enemies of the U.S. and the free, democratic world. This and other speeches, held by Bush and other leaders of the greatest power on the planet, made it clear that the "war on terrorism" following the events of Sept. 11. '2001. needed to identify nations -not only terrorist-cells -as the enemy,
Without going too far in analysing the reasons behind this new way of fighting an old problem, it is easy to become worried about the fatal results the new doctrine may-create.The stigma that has been attached to the countries pointed out as members of "The Axis of Evil" is just one side of it. The building of enemy-lines and walls, in minds and on the ground between peoples, is another. The fact that it misleads us and covers the real problems in the world is a third. .
Lullabies lead us to the deepest and most fundamental way of communication between human beings. It is where all sharing of ideas and feelings starts. Between mother and child, between father and child. It is a universal culture. And it is amazing to see how many aesthetic similarities, musically and lyrically there are in lullabies from country to country all over the world. The text-issues are often the same, so are the musical structures. Differences in scales, language, metaphors and religion cannot cover the fact that in the lullabies, the cultures of the earth meet each other. Or rather: from this common starting-point they grow into diversity.
This knowledge made me want to record lullabies from the countries that the U.S.-lead western world now has put on the other side of its enemy-lines. I wanted to record women's voices. It does not mean that I think the act of singing lullabies is something reserved for females. After having raised four children, I am an experienced lullaby-singer myself. It only means that the male voices are far too dominant in the world today, speaking the words of power and warfare. And especially in the oriental world the women are pushed aside. Their voices are hardly heard.
Between the journeys I had periods at home with editing, putting together the best version of each song, and then I delivered a bunch of lullabies from my last expedition to guitarist-arranger-composer-artist Knut Reiersrud. Our common ambition was to create a musical landscape around every lullaby, and I left it to him to choose the songs he wanted to work with, and to compose a comparative melody - possible to sing for a western voice - to be attached to each of the originals. It was amazing to hear how he was able to find the rhythmic element in each of the a cappella sung lullabies and let it appear as though the singers "conduct" a band they never heard. Knut led the work with the band in the studio, and together we worked out a final structure, sometimes in cooperation with the western artists.
Erik Hillestad, Producer
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