Volume 1: Sound Magic (1996)

About this title: 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 ... read more

Tracks:

1. Saor/Free/News From Nowhere
2. Whirl-Y-Reel 1 [McNally/Emmerson]
3. Inion/Daughter [Bruce/OLionaird]
4. Sure-As-Not/Sure-As-Knot
5. Nu Cead Againn Dul Abhaile/We Cannot Go Home
6. Dark Moon, High Tide [Emmerson/Spillane]
7. Whirl-Y-Reel 2 [Spillane/Emmerson]
8. House of the Ancestors
9. Eistigh Liomsa Sealad/Listen to Me/Saor Reprise

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.