
Lik
O que mais precisa a Humanidade 茅 de um metr么nomo - Heitor Villa-Lobos 1951
According to a pre-Columbian myth, Lik is a huge snake with a tail full of fish that sometimes appears stranded on dry land. People whose luck favors them may meet Lik, who begs them to take her to a lagoon with water.
Those who are not frightened at the mere sight of the snake, usually reply that she is too heavy to be carried, but, at every opportunity and thanks to her magic, Lik becomes light. When she finds herself once again swimming in deep water, she promises those who have helped her to give them all the fish they desire whenever they ask for it, on one condition only: never to reveal how they have obtained them. (Alfred M茅traux quoted in 'Structural Anthropology' by Claude Levi-Strauss p.294)
Levi-Strauss used the myth of the serpent LIK to highlight the correspondences between cultures of distant regions in South America, and between which there were centuries of distance. This album is like a snake running through South America, full of loops of traditional music, swimming in waters of digital syncretism.
The album has its origin in a live session prepared in Christmas 2015 on the occasion of the Christmas lighting project of the [pack] studio in the Amate park in Seville, within the project Luces de Barrio: An 85m long luminous network that celebrated the solidarity network existing between the South American users of the park and their use of the park as a meeting place.
Live performances videos
Espacio-mutuo is a Christmas lighting intervention developed by Esperanza Moreno and Rub茅n Alonso for the Luces de Barrio project, an initiative curated by Nomad Garden and promoted by ICAS Sevilla for Christmas 2015-2016. + info
Session/talk about LIK at Plaza Mayor - TEDx Madrid, July 2017
Live session in the gardens of the Palacio Orle谩ns y Borb贸n in Sanlucar de Barrameda, September 2017. ICAS / Cycle 'Discovering music', commemoration of the 1st round-the-world trip
Live session at the American Garden in Seville, October 2017 ICAS, Cycle 'Discovering musics', commemoration of the 1st round-the-world trip
Musical sources
The body of this musical LIK snake has 136 "fish", 136 loops of traditional music from South America. The loops come from 60 different songs, belonging to 42 albums. Unlike the myth of the LIK snake, I do reveal where I got them from. The music used in this remix comes from the Web, from various blogs and institutions such as the CREM (Centre de Reserche en Ethnomusicologie).
Special thanks to yoyo for sharing so many fantastic records on his blog Aural Joy. All the images used in the collage come from the records used in the remix. You can access the original records here:
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Cumbia en la India
Andres Landero y Su Conjunto 2009 Colombia
Baila Rosita
Los Guacharacos 2009 Colombia
academia de capoeira de angola sao jorge dos irmaos unidos de mestre caicara
toque de capoeira de sao bento grande academia de capoeira de angola 1973 Brazil
afro-bahian religious songs
congo-angola for dadalunda varios 1941 Brasil
Amaz么nia 路 Cult Music Of Northern Brazil
Exu (part 2) Closing song of a ritual cycle in the batuque houses 1976 Brasil
Batucada Genial
Mistura No. 4 Mester Geraldo e Sua Bateria 1977 Brazil
Batucada No. 3 The Exciting Rhythm of the Wild Brazilian Carnival
Ritmo de Macumba Escola de Samba da Cidade 1971 Brazil
(http://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/collections/CNRSMH_I_2008008/)
Heitor Villa Lobos speaks about Brazilian music Heitor Villa Lobos_ 1950 Brazil
black music of south america
arullo san antonio
varios 1970 Brasil capoeira
varios 1970 Brasil
(http://mimusicasudamericana.blogspot.com.es/2015/12/los-jairas-discografia.html)
san benito
los jairas 1968 Bolivia
bolivia canta
beatriz
los cruce帽os 1961 Bolivia
Camino Del Indio
Huajira
Atahualpa Yupanqui 1977 Argentina
candombe en el uruguay
tamboriles
conjunto morenada 1978 Uruguay
Carruseles
Reina de cumbias
Lo Primero Conjunto Miramar 1970 Colombia
Chela
Lo Primero Conjunto Miramar 1970 Colombia
chants et danses d'amerique latine
la monica perez
paco sanchez 1963 Venezuela
Curro Fuentes & The Big Band: Cumbia and Descarga Sound Of Colombia (1962-72)
Puerto Rico y Su Combo - La Cumbia Del Pescador
Curro Fuentes 19xx Colombia
festas of peru**
puru purucha
Inhabitants of Paucartambo 1968 Peru
lamento andino: yaravi
harp solo 1968 Peru
Indian flute
diablada
varios 19xx Bolivia
Eternal Guaran铆as**
Anahi
Dionisio Ayala 1968 Paraguay
harpe paraguayenne
cascada
roberto guarani 1970 Paraguay
moliendo cafe
roberto guarani 1970 Paraguay
indios del sol
carnaval d'oruro
miscellaneous 1970 Bolivia
corne d'appel des bergers
miscellaneous 1970 Bolivia
la harpe indienne
som coiman
sergio cuevas 1969 Paraguay
misionera
sergio cuevas 1969 Paraguay
cascada
sergio cuevas 1969 Paraguay
mountain music of peru
pina pinculu 1 flute
quechua 1966 Peru
music from the land of macchu picchu
en el hospital de amores
Juan Zarate Solier / Ayacucho 1975 Peru
Music of the Tukano and Cuna Peoples of Colombia
1-earlyMorningBirds+deer-boneflute-2'55
cuna people_ 1960 Colombia
musique des andes
arpita
ensemble achalay 19xx Ecuador
ofrenda al ni帽o jesus
ensemble achalay 19xx Peru
musiques de p茅rou: paucartambo indiens q'eros
danse del ucucu
Habitantes de Paucartambo 1965 Peru
Musiques du Haut Xingu - Ocora C 580022
Chant Du Jawari
varios 1977 Brasil
PARAGUAY - EASTERN ZONE, ARROYO MORITI ; GUAYAKI, GUARANI ; P. CLASTRES ON THE ARC-EN-CIEL
TO MAKE THE ARC-EN-CIEL GO AWAY
FOR THE FIRST MENSTRUATIONS
REPEAT PREVIOUS STORIES
A CAPIVARA
HUNTING SONG
Guayaki people_ 1963 Paraguay
Paraguay. Guarani Nandeva & Ayoreo
Wyrakamyta Mi (Cardinal Bird)
Various 2002 Paraguay
Variations Inspire虂es De The虁mes
Various 2002 Paraguay
Paraguayan Harp, Vol. 2 Malambo
Ed Lange and His Trio Andeno 1977 Paraguay
Mi Atarraya (My Fishing Net)
Ed Lange and His Trio Andeno 1977 Paraguay
partido alto nota 10
chico chora
bezerra & genaro da silva 1977 Brazil
Selk'nam (Ona) Chants of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Chant Chamanique (n掳7)
Lola Kiepja / Selk'nam (Ona) 1966 Argentina
Chant Chamanique (n掳8)
Lola Kiepja / Selk'nam (Ona) 1966 Argentina2
sortilege de la flute equatorienne
carvana indigena
carlos bonilla 1975 Ecuador
sortilege de la harpe des andes
chacareando
gerardo servin 1969 Paraguay
The best of Luzmila Carpio. Quechua-Aymara songs from the Andes**
Ch'uwa Yaku Kawsaypuni (The Crystalline Water Is Life)
Luzmila Carpio 19xx Bolivia
viracocha
tupac amaru
Inhabitants of Paucartambo 1972 Peru
ze' cupido e sua sanfona de oito baixos
frevo de ze'
ze' cupido 1972 Brazil
Composition and collages: Ruben Alonso
Final mixes: Javi Mora (estudio Happy Place)
Mastering: Jordi Gil (estudio Sputnik)
Edited by: Antropoloops
year: 2017