Barney Wilen Moshi

• Barney Wilen – Moshi
• Barney Wilen – Guilde's Song To Binkirri
• Barney Wilen – Gardenia Devil
• Barney Wilen – 14 Temps
• Barney Wilen – Bamako Koulikaro
• Barney Wilen – Afrika Freak Out
• Barney Wilen – Zombizar
• Barney Wilen – El Hadji
• Barney Wilen – Chechaoun
• Barney Wilen – Tindi Abalessa
• Barney Wilen – El Hadji
• Barney Wilen – Balandji In Bobo
• Barney Wilen – Sannu Ne Gheinyo
• Barney Wilen – El Hadji

• 1. Moshi
• 2. Guilde's Song To Binkirri
• 3. Gardenia Devil
• 4. 14 Temps
• 5. Bamako Koulikaro
• 6. Afrika Freak Out
• 7. Zombizar
• 8. El Hadji
• 9. Chechaoun
• 10. Tindi Abalessa
• 11. El Hadji
• 12. Balandji In Bobo
• 13. Sannu Ne Gheinyo
• 14. El Hadji

Reissue of this 'outernational' music holy grail! 

In 1970 Barney Wilen assembled a team of filmmakers, technicians and musicians to travel to Africa for the purpose of recording the music of the native pygmy tribes. Upon returning to Paris two years later, he created 'Moshi', a dark, eccentric effort fusing avant-jazz sensibilities with African rhythms, ambient sound effects and melodies rooted in American blues traditions. Cut with French and African players including guitarist Pierre Chaze, pianist Michel Graillier and percussionist Didier Leon, this is music with few precedents or followers, spanning from extraterrestrial dissonance to earthbound, streetlegal funk. Wilen pays little heed to conventional structure, assembling tracks like 'Afrika Freak Out' and 'Zombizar' from spare parts of indeterminate origins.