Review:

The didgeridoo is one of the most unusual and fascinating of instruments. At first blush, its guttural groan sounds almost primitive. Yet it possesses a reverberated resonance that makes it sound like the instrumental equivalent of Tibetan overtone chanting.

Australian-based label Music Mosaic has always taken a particular shine to the instrument, and their compilation DIDGERIDOO FANTASY shows this. The album is less funky than some of the label's other didgeridoo releases, featuring songs that are rhythmic, somewhat smooth and focused on melody while the didg sounds in the backdrop. Included here are songs by prolific didg player Stephen Kent, regular Music Mosaic contributor Ariel Kalma, Rivertribe, Andrew Clermoint and others.

Music Design

 

Didgeridoo Fantasy

Chillout, World-Beat, Tribal Fusion, Ambient Groove

Take a trippy voyage through world-beat ancestral tones, where dreamtime and modern spirit meet in the didgeridoo with velvet grooves, tribal voices, ambient trance and timeless harmonies.

Where music of far away continents mix in a melting pot of rhythms, flutes, guitars, violins, keyboards, percussion, sound effects and nature's own sounds in addictive excellence.

 

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Track name by artist/band
1
Kakadu by Didjworks
Simon 7: didgeridoo - Vagard: programming - Richard Bennett: keyboards - Paula Potocki: percussion
2
Edge of Three by Stephen Kent
Stephen Kent: didgeridoo - Steev Kindwald: Rajasthani Double Flute - John Loose: frame drum
3
Blanc by Djemdi
Arash Sharkeshick: vocals, ney - Keke Muin: didgeridoo - Baptiste Vallet: bass, guitar, programming - Flop's Diara & Christophe Planque: percussion
4
Koolyan by Ash Dargan 
Ash Dargan: didgeridoo, vocals, wooden flutes, percussion
5
Morning Prayer by Rivertribe 
Michael Lane: didgeridoo, djembe - David Gleeson: violin
Matthew Aitchison: keyboards
6
Roam by Arbre Noir 
Vassallo: sounds, programming, guitar - Rüdiger Schlecht: didgeridoo, tablas - Jens Dittberner: bass
7
Forest Fantasy by Ariel Kalma 
Olivier Bessaignet: programming, keyboards - Olivier Marot: guitar, bass - Ariel Kalma: flute, didgeridoo, nature field recording
8
Wide Skies by Charlie McMahon & Gondwanaland
Peter Carolan: keyboards, production - Charlie McMahon: didgeridoo - Ed Duquemin: percussion
9
Stranger to Myself by Axis
Mike Edwards & Michael Jackson: didgeridoo - Heiko Altmann: violin
10
Shadowland by Andrew Clermont
Stephan Richter: cello - Andrew Clermont: violin - Craig Lauritsen: percussion
11
Spirit Alive by Kristian Benton
Kristian Benton: didgeridoo, vocals, percussion - Parris Macleod: drums, keyboards