Maximilian Joachim Sandor - Audio Recordings

Shango Overdrive - Postmodern Hymns to the Orishá -

Maximilian Joachim Sandor

Contents

0. Ibá Egùngùn (Sample mp3)
(Ancestors)

1. Eshú Lalú
(based on a recording at the Drum Initiation
and Ifá Workshop in Slovenia, July 2002)

2. Fome Zero (Ogum)
"No Hunger" - dedicated to the Fome Zero project) (Sample mp3)

Bonus Track:
Casa do Caboclo Lage Grande, Peruíbe, SP, Brasil
3. Ogum de Ronda (Ogum on Patrol)
(live, December 2002)

4. Shango Overdrive (Sample mp3)
(special mix with New Year countdown -
in lieu of a boring New Year's Speech -
also features Oshun and a whiff of Oya!)

5. Timebreaker
(For Olokun's Seven-Minute Meditation)

6. Nana's Lullaby
(Nana)

8. Para Oxum Apará
(Oshun )

9. Requiem for an Unborn Child
(Aganju)

10. Vem, vamos embora que esperar não é saber (Sample mp3)
(Oxumare - Vocals: Heloísa Rosas de Almeida; the timeless melody and refrain by Geraldo Vandré)

11. Maybe - Perhaps (Sample mp3)
(Oshun)

12. Com Saudade
(Oshun)

13. 401
(For the Irunmole, and all of them, in 401 seconds.)

Bonus Track: Baba Ayo Adeyemi
14. Asalam Aleyku
(click here for info about Baba Ayo who introduced me to Ifá and the enchanting world of African music)

15. OriDrone42Version3
(Orí)

16. Gira Gira Pombagira...! (Sample mp3)
(Eshú)

Credits

All compositions, lyrics, and realizations by Maximilian Joachim Sandor
except:
- the Bonus Tracks
- the melody and lyrics on track 10 by Geraldo Vandré.

Vocals on tracks 2, 8 and 10 by Heloísa Rosas de Almeida

Additional vocals on track 2 by Mauricio de Luna.

Voices on track 1 by participants of the July 2002 Drum Initiation Workshop in Slovenija.

Voices on track 11 by members of the Egbe Ifa Ogbonori in Los Angeles, Brazil, and Slovenia:five daughters of Oshun plus one daughter of ?? (a free CD for whoever identifies the extra Orisha correctly during a workshop!).

Agogo and seashell (horn) on track 5 by Aaron Miranda.

Heartbeat and seashore sounds on tracks 10 and 5 from PowerFX.

Agogos, drums, and ethnic percussion instruments are from many places in the world.

Special thanks to Ile Orunmila African Imports, San Bernardino, Yoruba House, Los Angeles, and Motherland Music.

Shamanic drum on track 5 crafted for Max by NEBOJŠA LONCAR (Slovenija/Italy).

Live recordings & samplings done on an M-Audio Duo. Microphones and guitars from Fender and Ibanez.

Many thanks to the guys that created ACID for their sequencing software and some cool exotic loops and to NTrack for its editing software! Midi sequencing on track 11 by Band-in-a-Box.

Without this hi-tech gear and cool software these audio projects would have not been feasible!

See the Sound Sample page for sound samples and pictures of some of the instruments used on this album.

CD Cover Design and 'Shango Overdrive' Logo: Ed Dawson

Painting of Oshun: Aaron Miranda

'Shango Overdrive' Poster painting (in progress) by the children of Egbe Ifa Ogbonori members all over the world.

My profound thanks to Awo Falade, Baba Ayo Adeyemi, and Chief FAMA for lendng me their continous spiritual support in California, to Oluwo Phil Neimark and Iyanifa Vassa Neimark in Florida, and to all the Babalawos and Iyanifa in the USA, Nigeria, and Brazil who are helping me on my way!