COVER LINER NOTES TRACK LIST BIOGRAPHY


1. Bufo Aria 6:18
2. Variation 1: tenor and bass gyili xylophones, tuned GABDE   6:21
3. Variation 2: gome seated bass drum played with heels and hands   6:04
4. Variation 3: brekete snared bass drum played with palm and curved stick   6:07
5. Variation 4: donno under-arm drum played with palm and a curved stick   5:52
6. Variation 5: gome, brekete, and donno drums   5:45
7. Variation 6: electric guitar   6:19
8. Variation 7: ashiwa seated rhythm box bass with three metal keys   6:04
9. Variation 8: gome, kpanlogo, and apentema drums, played with mallets and hands   5:58  
10. Variation 9: gangokui double bell rack, played with mallets and sticks   5:32
11. Variation 10:  African percussion kit of kpanlogo, apentema, brekete, gome, gangokui, plus hi-hat and ride cymbals, played with jazz brushes, with Alex Coke, tenor sax, Tina Marsh, voice, and Steven Feld, ashiwa rhythm box bass   4:15
12. Bufo Aria da Capo   6:18

Tracks 1,12: composed by Steven Feld from field recordings, October 2004, Cantonments, Accra

Tracks 2-10: performed by Nii Otoo Annan to playback of track 1, recorded by Steven Feld and Nana Agazi, July-August 2008, Studio Nima, Accra

Track 11: performed by Nii Otoo Annan to playback of Frogs by Alex Coke, Tina Marsh, and Steven Feld; from Alex Coke, It‚s Possible, VoxLox 2008; trio recorded by George Oldziey, December 2007, Austin, Texas; Nii Otoo recorded by Steven Feld, August 2008, Studio Nima

Produced by Steven Feld
Mixed by Bill Boaz, Fourth World Recording Studios, Santa Fe
Design by Michael Motley
Cover painting © 2008 Nicholas Wayo, Accra
© (p) 2008 Nii Otoo Annan and Steven Feld, VoxLox Publishing, BMI
Frogs © 2008 Alex Coke, Tina Marsh, and Steven Feld, BMI