Aktuala is the first studio album by Italian world music pioneers Aktuala and was released on Bla Bla records in 1972.
The inner sleeve of the record (depicted on Maoli's site below) features the large range of instruments used.Maoli's web site Part of the point of the recording record was to make music that was "multicultural for the global village and escape the global 12-note even temperament monoculture" (nella pluricultura del villaggio globale, affinché non si arrivi ad una monocultura, standardizzata global, dettata da un'unica scala temperata di 12 note.)
Musicians Walter Maioli: Arabian oboe, bamboo flute, bass flute, piccolo, metal flute in C, harmonica, reeds, whistles, djembe, percussion Daniele Cavallanti: soprano sax, tenor sax, clarinet Antonio Cerantola: 6-string acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, balalaika, zither, dulcimer, viola, violin Lino “Capra” Vaccina: Moroccan bongos, koborò, African drums, tabla, gong, xylophone, whistles, cymbals, musical bow, marimba, percussion Laura Maioli: tambura, percussion, whistles 1992 CD reissue notes
Tracks "When The Light Began" "Mammoth R.C." "Altamira" "Sarah′ Ngwega" "Alef′s Dance" "Dejanira"
References
External links Page at italianprog.com Page at Prog archives