ANDEAN MUSIC - AUDIO SAMPLES

Each of the albums has 3 audio samples for you to play. These are encoded as RealAudio. If you have windows 95/98 installed, the built in media player should play these. Mac users will need the RealAudio player.

KALLAWAYA - £10.95
Shaman (Medicine Man)

Folk, panpipes, Bolivia

TUMI110

The word ŒKallawaya¹ has its roots in the native Bolivian Aymara language and it stands for 'shaman' or Œmedicine man¹. These traditional healers of the Andean region have a profound knowledge of natural medicine that goes back more than 500 years. This new band was set up by four legendary Bolivian musicians, all ex-founding members of the group Rumillajta, first recorded by TUMI in 1984. Their music is a combination of original compositions and arrangements from all over Latin America. The musicians are: Edgar Villarroel, Adrian Villanueva, Juan Carlos Cordero and Saul Callejas with Fernando Jiménez and Windsor Chacón as special guests. To find out more visit our KALLAWAYA Featured Artists Page.

	Hojarasca (taquirari)
	Jallalla Chuquiago (Huayno)

FAMILIA PILLCO - £10.95
Violins from the Andes

Folk, violins, Peru

TUMI101

The Pillco Familly are a musical institution in Cuzco, Peru, home to the Lost City of the Incas, Machu Pichu. Coming from a long line of violinists and harp players who have for the last 100 years delighted audiences with their traditional songs, the prodigious Pillco Familly, father and son, have produced a unique recording full of charm and intimacy. Their music carries a pure yet highly sophisticated accoustic resonance, ideal for a classical, jazz or roots music fan. To find out more visit our Featured Artists Page.

	Pasacalle (pasacalle)
	En mi Pobreza (yaravi)

QUIMANTU - £10.95
Pilgrimage to the Andes

Folk, violins, charangos, pan pipes

TUMI082......5022627-00822-6

This is a beautiful selection of traditional festive season songs bringing moving violin arrangements into the Andean equation. These songs celebrate the religious lives of the Andean people introducing the listener to music from a mass, festival or Christmas celebration. This is Quimantu's long waited second album on Tumi following their popular debut Camino al Sol (TUMICD044)

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RUMILLAJTA
CITY OF STONE - £10.95

Pan pipes, charangos, guitars, vocals

TUMICD001
5022627-00061-9

also available on cassette

Rumillajta meaning 'City of Stone' in Quechua (one of the most widely spoken languages in the Andean region) were formed in 1979 by five excellent Bolivian musicians including the famous singer Edgar Villarroel (from Inti Raymi, Mallku de los Andes, Roberto Pla and his Latin Ensemble and Los K'jarkas). Rumillajta were one of the first ever Andean bands to record for an international record label thus gaining popular appeal. City of Stone, Rumillajta's first album gave birth to Tumi Music and contains the raw feel of Andean music taking the listener to the heart of the Andes with traditional songs such as El Condor Pasa.

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EXPRESIÓN - £10.95

WASICHAKUY

Pan pipes, charangos, ancient traditional instrumentation

Wasichakuy, the Quechua title of their second album, is pivotal in understanding the significance of the music. It's meaning is an intentional double entendre which means to build your own house and a circle of light surrounding the sun or the moon; a sort of aura. A riveting experience from these five virtuosi - in one instance primeval abstract sounds join elusive ambient harmonies. Then joyful and subtle melodies submerge the listener into an atmosphere of Inca rituals, celebration and meditation.

TUMICD067.........5022627-00672-7

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JACH'A MALLKU - £10.95

GRAN CONDOR

Pan pipes, charangos

TUMICD037

5022627-00043-5
also available on cassette

A wonderful classic album recommended as a great Christams present. A new generation of exciting musicians emerged in the early '90s spearheaded by bands like Jach'a Mallku. The mighty and large Condor or Jach'a Mallku (also meaning great chief) carries important religious significance for the Quechua people and their spiritual universe. The hardworking Jach'a Mallku have toured Scandinavia, Spain, Italy, Latin America and represented Bolivia at Expo 92. Their gold disc sellin g albums have gained them fans throughout the world tantalised by their captivating up-tempo Andean sound. This is the real Andean dance music - rootsy and catchy yet always sonically powerful. Featuring Edwin Rowert (previously with Mallku de los Andes - TUMICD004)

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