Voodoo Drums

Field recordings of Haitian voodoo ceremonies released by Atlantic in 1958. The album is actually called "Voodoo Drums in Hi-Fi" Here's an excerpt of the liner notes on the album: "Haiti may be a dark enigma to most of its visitors, but if one learns the language of the drums, the life and mind of its people open to you like a flower. The drums are never silent; day and night they sound from some vague distant place, muffled but distinctly articulated like a heart-beat. [...] The drum rhythms -- as well as the art of making drums -- came from Africa. [...] From Africa also came voudoun, which is a religious ceremonial and also a deeply ingrained attitude to life and the nature of things[...] Through the boungan (the voudoun priest), man converses with nature. Through him, man supplicates for protection against impending dangers, and through him, sometimes, man strikes at an enemy." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.