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01. Bossobe (Aka Pygmies) - [2:00]
02. Clapping Music (Reich) - [3:28]
03. Bobangi (Aka Pygmies) - [2:39]
04. Etude No.4, Fanfares - (Ligeti) [3:31]
05. Yangissa (Aka Pygmies) - [2:43]
06. Etude No.8, FEM (Ligeti) - [3:08]
07. Anduwa (Aka Pygmies) - [4:02]
08. Etude No.12, Entrelacs (Ligeti) - [3:06]
09. Banga Banga (Aka Pygmies) - [2:39]
10. Etude No.16, Pour Irina (Ligeti) - [4:04]
11. Zoboko (Aka Pygmies) - [1:27]
12. Etude No.17, A Bout De Souffle (Ligeti) - [2:25]
13. Etude No.18, Canon (Ligeti) - [1:31]
14. Mohunga (Aka Pygmies) - [2:33]
15. Music For Pieces Of Wood (Reich) - [7:59]
16. Mai (Aka Pygmies) - [3:43]

1,3,5,7,9,11,14 & 16 performed and composed by Aka Pygmies.
Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays hand claps in 2 and piano in 4,6,8,10,12,13 & 15.

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This record collects a series of pieces for piano, percussion and voices written by hungarian composer (nationalized austrian) György Ligeti, american composer Steve Reich and african group Aka Pygmies. Being mostly polyrhythmic compositions for percussion, Ligeti's pieces naturally relate with works made by american composer Steve Reich, and the Aka Pygmies, all of them sharing the same rhythmic complexity of the Pygmies african rhythms. This record gives a different view of how instruments not designed to be used as percussion can be adapted to that purpose with very interesting results.