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Afro Celt Sound System

The original and still the best - the Afro Celts are back with Volume V of their 10 year journey around the globe. Fusing their amazing musicianship with songs of passionate depth and emotion, they have created a unique sound and vision for a truly global form of music that is impossible to classify. Featuring special guests Dorothee from
Rwanda and Sevara Nazarkahn from Uzbekistan, this driving, dramatic, elegiac and moving collection of songs and sounds fits more than ever the mood of the time.

Now, with Volume V: Anatomic, they've taken a profound trip into their hearts and souls and once again the Afro Celts have grown. This time six of the nine tracks began with members Martin Russell and James McNally collaborating in the studio, "with James playing the bodhran, and building from there," Russell recalls, "so things had his rhythmic interpretation on them as a base." From there the Afro Celt Magic took over as each of the band members added their unique signatures in the group's London studio. N'Faly Kouyate's kora parts interwove with Simon Emmerson's guitar and bouzouki hooks while a rhythm section combined live and programmed beats with world class dhol, tabla and talking drum, and McNally's virtuosic multi-instrumentalism layered in whistle tunes and top line pipe melodies with keyboards and guitars. Finally, with all the pieces in place, the massive tapestry of sound was bound together and brought into focus by Russell and Mass's keyboard and drum programming.

Anatomic at realworldrecords.com