Utom: Summoning the Spirit

1. Call of the Cicada

2. Flying Woodpecker

3. Dance Tune

4. Call of the Cicada

5. Gongs of the Lemlahak Man

6. Reed Pipe

7. Song of the Night Bird

8. Beat of the Horse Hoofs

9. Call of the Cicada

10. Cackling M'Naul Bird

11. Concealed Touch/Mother of Daddang/Lute Dance

12. Beating the Gongs Slowly

13. Beating the Gongs Criss

14. Sound of the Wind

15. Hymn of Lake Sebu

16. Prized Banana

17. Lute/Child Yearns for It's Dead Mother

18. Sendulug

19. Fast Tenintu

20. Continuously/No Head

Editorial Reviews

From the Label
This collection of field recordings, made in 1995 by album producer Manolete Mora (author of the release’s extensive liner notes), captures the music of the T’boli, a group of approximately 80,000 people whose ancestral heartland is Lake Sebu on the Philippine island of Mindanao. "Utom," the translation and interpretation of the sounds of the natural world into musical composition, expresses happiness and reflects the T’boli people’s closeness to nature. T’boli culture, currently jeopardized by industrial development and rampant land-grabbing, has suffered immensely in the post-Marcos years. Mora, an ethnomusicologist who has spent a great deal of time in the Lake Sebu region, edited the material on this 67-minute collection down from many hours of recordings made amongst the T’boli people. The utom compiled on Summoning The Spirit are performed on lute, bamboo zither, flute, fiddle, various forms of gong, mouth harp, percussion, and voice.

• Executive Producer -- Mickey Hart.

• Recorded and Produced by Manolete Mora

Tracks:

Call Of The Cicada
Flying Woodpecker
Dance Tune
Call Of The Cicada
Gongs OF The Lemlahak Man
Reed Pipe
Song Of The Night Bird
Beat Of The Horses Hoofs
Call Of The Cicada
Cackling M'naul Bird
Concealed Touch/ Mother Of Daddang/ Lute Dance
Beating The Gongs Slowly
Beating The Gongs Criss
Sound Of The Wind
Hymn Of Lake Sebu
Prized Banana
Lute/ Child Yearns For Its Dead Mother
Sendulug
Fast Tenintu
Continuously/ No Head

Customer Reviews:

Traditional Music from the Philippines.......2002-01-08

I love Mickey Hart's "The World" series. Almost every CD in this series has been a wonderful addition to my collection, ranging from Mickey Hart's own efforts to create modern music which defies any known genere, to various ethnc artists feaured under the label, to historical recordings of indigenous cultures. This CD is one of the latter, focusing in on the T'boli natives of the Philippines, a region whose indigenous musical traditions have long been ignored. I had very high expectations for this CD when I ordered it, and I was not at all disappointed. There is a great deal of diversity in the instruments and styles presented here. All manner of stringed and wind instruments were used by the artists on this CD, many of which are similar to those found across Southeast Asia. And, of course, there are also a number of gongs and percussion instruments, many reminiscent of Indonesian Gamelan. Other vocal foms of music on this CD focused in on the shamanic and poetic traditions of the T'boli. I really love this CD. The music is very beautiful and exotic, and yet so familar. The music is uniquely Southeast Asian.

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