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5. Trees Laugh
This track contains sound bites of indigenous children from the Amazon jungle in Northern Peru. Children from many villages have contributed to Critical Beats in a variety of forms, including poetry,...
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2. Teacher Calling
A timeless, beautiful track that weaves field recordings gathered from Peru that include: 1) the voice of a Shipibo Elder in the Amazon singing in her endangered native language, praying that her...
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6. The Eagle
In this track DJ Spooky uses samples from Tito La Rosa's "Strength of the Eagle", which is a beautiful example of traditional Peruvian healing music. The collaboration between Spooky and Tito (one of...
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10. Water Icaro
Adham creates a sultry, hypnotic grove by remixing ‘Yacumama’, the Water Mother originally written and performed by Jorge Cereceda Castro a native of Urubamba, Peru. You'll also hear the distinct vocal...
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8. Ausangante
We met Constantino (who performed the lead guitar sample in this track) at his home on Ausangate, Peru's highest and most sacred mountain, were he makes his living as a musician playing traditional...
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7. Cancion del Corazon
The sound bite used in this track "Cancion del Corazon" was recorded during a conversation with an artist in Pucallpa who regularly participates in Ayahuasca ceremony, often painting while under the...
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12. Antara
We crossed paths with DJ Jorem in Amsterdam, after participating in the climate talks in Copenhagen this past Dec. He was instantly drawn to the project and soon began working with a sample of an...
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13. Yacumama
For over 10 years Jupit3r has been enlightening souls all over Southern California with his elusive brew of mid tempo beats and booming bass. He takes listeners on inspiring journeys far beyond the...
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14. Earth Day Remix
Planet Child and Zguby create a "futuristic-electro-pop" soundscape around a a sample originally sung in a schoolyard by three young girls from Bema Jema, a Shipibo village in the Amazon. This vocal...
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17. Tuki Tuki
This remix contains an original Icaro sung by a curandero (medicine healer) from Raboya, a village deep in the Amazon. This Icaro was passed down through his familial line of generations of curanderos....
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3. Govinda and the Xavante
In honor of RAN’s 25th anniversary, Critical Beats for the Climate and Govinda are teaming up with musicians from the Xavante Indigenous tribe of Brazil to create an extraordinary piece of music. The...
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16. Amazon Doggies
Bim opens this track with the a core member of the Iquitos branch of the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research (ACEER), providers her perspective on crucial problems currently facing...
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1. Sadness of...
Lynx and Janover beautifully weave heartfelt instrumental and vocals along side messages from the children and teachers of Cahuide village environmental program in the Amazon. The environmental program...
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4. Icaro Eagle Shuffle
Quade mixes several indigenous recordings including an Icaro sung by a curandero (medicine healer) from Raboya, a village deep in the Amazon. This Icaro was passed down through his familial line of...
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11. Canciones Del Corazon
Canciones Del Corazon is a song with a sample provided by an artist in Pucallpa who is the son of a powerful shamanic matriarch of the tribe and has inherited her medicine ways, often painting the...
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15. La Medicina
Medicina is a song about deep journies… This sample was provided by an artist in Pucallpa who is the son of a powerful shamanic matriarch of the tribe and has inherited her medicine ways, often...
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9. Phil Laughing
Is there anything more magical than the sound of children laughing? “Phil Laughing” was inspired by a sample of children in the Amazon laughing. I played the sample for a friend of mine named Phil and...
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