There are an increasing number of performance troupes these days who combine music, dance, theater, acrobatics, pyrotechnics, and elements of shamanic ritual to create unique performances that bring mythic archetypes to life. We featured once such group in a previous post, Flam Chen of Tucson, Arizona. Endicott reader Barbara Brugger has recommended another: Kan'Nal, who describe their sound as "tribal psychedelic rock," along with their "alter-ego" group Lunar Fire, featuring "improvised music drawn from many sources, including hip-hop, punk, dub and psychedelic art rock."
Writing about Kan'Nal's music in The Washington Post, Michael Deed says: "It's a rare CD that makes you want to rub sticks together in your back yard, yank off your clothing and howl at the moon while cavorting around a crackling bonfire. Kan'Nal's Dreamwalker has that effect...Tribal-rock blasts such as 'Gypsy' and 'Iris' plunge a hand into your chest and grab onto the part of your being that swung from trees a few million years ago. Find another band that does that." (Read the full review here.)
Check out the Kan'Nal website, particularly the video section, for a taste of modern tribal magic.
Great little videos on their site. Thanks for the link.
Posted by: Sara | July 02, 2007 at 08:32 AM