Label: Ocora C561149

オリジナルは1999年に名門OcoraがCDフォーマットで出版していた、マダガスカル島南西部のマシコロのアコーディオン音楽にフォーカスした音盤。19世紀初頭に登場したダイアトニック・ボタン・アコーディオンは、この地で伝統的な儀式や世俗的な祝祭、恋の歌の演奏に於いて絶大な人気を博し、新たな美意識をもたらしたとされ、現地の音楽様式に合わせリードを削り加工を施し、なんと"プリペアド・アコーディオン"のような状態で使用されていたとの事。現在は憑依儀式、悪霊払い、割礼の儀式、葬儀といった様々な伝統的儀式で演奏されている様ですが、その多彩な形態が非常に興味深い。



The diatonic button accordion, from the beginning of the 19th century, became hugely popular in traditional rituals, secular celebrations and love songs, bringing a new aesthetic to Masikoro music in the south-west of the Great Island.

The Masikoro's appropriation of the instrument began with modifying its scale to suit indigenous ears and music. This involved carving the reeds of the accordion to turn it into a “prepared accordion”. As the instrument is very difficult to find in new condition, musicians play on old models inherited from their fathers, sometimes even their grandfathers. Repaired several times, they produce noises and clicks from the bellows that become elements of expression in the music.

Often accompanied by singing, rattles and drums, the accordion now plays a major role in various traditional rituals such as possession sessions, ceremonies of exorcism, of circumcision and funerals. It also accompanies dancing and songs of nostalgia, and sometimes the end of market days.