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Maine Marimba Ensemble

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1.	Nyungwe 06:09	info	buy track
2.	Taisereva 07:08	info	buy track
3.	Amaxoxo 06:49	info	buy track
4.	Nhemamusasa 06:52	info	buy track
5.	Mangwanani 07:39	info	buy track
6.	Sanza 09:08	info	buy track
7.	Bonus track (free) 09:59		download

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released December 31, 2014

MME is: Jacob Wolff, Chris Fletcher, Elliot Heeschen, Kevin Caron, Matt Wasowski, Peter Himmer, Rob Cimitile, and Zebulon Kelley

MME performs on handcrafted marimbas made by Jacob Wolff
For more information check out mainemarimbaensemble.com

Recorded by Todd Hutchisen at Acadia Studios
Engineered/mixed by Todd Hutchisen with assistance from Nate Johnson and Jesse Gertz
Mastered by Pat Keane

Photography by Tara Gamwell: taragamwell.com
Cover art by Tricia Clark: gouacheandink.com

If you're listening to this CD, chances are you've heard Maine Marimba Ensemble perform and wanted to take some of those sounds home with you. We thank you and hope that you enjoy this, our first recorded offering as a group.

Like many traditional forms of African art and expression, this music has deep roots that can be traced back for nearly a thousand years, if not more. Marimba music is composed on the m'bira, hosho, and ngoma. Inspired by dreams, the Shona people of Zimbabwe created this music as a means of communicating with the spirit world, giving thanks, and, in the 19th and 20th centuries, as a weapon against colonial rule and a path to liberation. As in many African cultures, music pervades all facets of life, with participation highly welcomed, encouraged, and embraced. As they say in Zimbabwe, "If you can walk, you can dance . . . If you can talk, you can sing!"

We owe a great debt to the musicians who have shared this music with us through their teachings, recordings, and performances. Many traditional and contemporary artists have had a major impact on us as artists and people: Dumisani Maraire, Oliver Mtukudzi, Alport Mhlanga, and Thomas Mapfumo, to name a few. This music has a way of finding you, and we feel honored, privileged, and blessed to play it.

Thank you for listening!

-MME

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Maine Marimba Ensemble Portland, Maine

Hailing from the city of Portland, Maine Marimba Ensemble performs captivating complex polyrhythmic arrangements of traditional and contemporary Zimbabwean music on their spectacular set of homemade marimbas. Their music is amazing and not to be missed. It's joyous dance music like you've never experienced. ... more