Michael Blake: Afrikosmos

Album by Antony Gray & Michael Blake

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Spotted Dikkop and Black Cuckoo
    1:26
  2. 2.
    Linong tsa Lesiba (Song of the Birds)
    1:09
  3. 3.
    African Doves
    1:50
  4. 4.
    if I had Wings
    2:31
  5. 5.
    Walking Song
    1:53
  6. 6.
    Stroll to the Spaza Shop
    1:43
  7. 7.
    Chorale
    2:17
  8. 8.
    Lyric Piece
    3:45
  9. 9.
    Call and Response
    1:19
  10. 10.
    Ntsikana's Bell
    1:47
  11. 11.
    John Knox Bokwe's Plea for Africa
    1:26
  12. 12.
    Heaven's Bow
    4:36
  13. 13.
    iKos'tina
    1:44
  14. 14.
    Variations on a Flute Tune
    1:24
  15. 15.
    Emerging Melody
    4:04
  16. 16.
    Stickfighting Song
    0:53
  17. 17.
    Herding Song
    1:18
  18. 18.
    Threshing Song
    1:24
  19. 19.
    To comfort a child (Lullaby)
    1:25
  20. 20.
    You are a real rascal
    1:23
  21. 21.
    Canon at the Octave
    1:14
  22. 22.
    Wedding Song
    1:10
  23. 23.
    Night Music
    9:43
  24. 24.
    Self Delectative Song
    1:27
  25. 25.
    Latshon'ilanga
    1:41
  26. 26.
    Song for the Evening
    1:45
  27. 27.
    Unevensong
    3:28

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Dance in Seakhi Rhythm
    3:21
  2. 3.
    Chaconne in Mbaqanga Style
    1:40
  3. 4.
    In Goema Style
    1:07
  4. 5.
    Tickey-draai
    1:07
  5. 6.
    Daar kom die Alibama
    1:11
  6. 7.
    Diary of a Dung Beetle
    3:38
  7. 8.
    Scents of Childhood 1
    1:33
  8. 9.
    Scents of Childhood 2
    1:52
  9. 10.
    Scents of Childhood 3
    7:37
  10. 11.
    Interlocking Hands
    1:15
  11. 12.
    Changing Times with Repeating Patterns
    2:37
  12. 13.
    Five Finger Patterns
    1:29
  13. 14.
    Weave
    2:18
  14. 15.
    Distant Cowbells
    2:38
  15. 16.
    Lusikisiki
    1:34
  16. 17.
    Giyani
    4:39
  17. 18.
    There cried a hippo
    3:17
  18. 19.
    Reedpipe Dance
    2:40
  19. 20.
    Four-note Patterns
    3:29
  20. 21.
    Slow Dance
    1:41
  21. 22.
    Lebombo Bone
    2:00
  22. 23.
    Broken Line
    6:05

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    The music flows jolly as it won't stop forever
    1:39
  2. 4.
    March
    1:30
  3. 5.
    Message from the Nduna
    2:06
  4. 6.
    Ituri Rain Forest
    1:36
  5. 7.
    Reflection
    3:05
  6. 8.
    Two Modes Intersecting
    2:15
  7. 9.
    In the Hexatonic Mode
    0:49
  8. 10.
    Major-Minor
    1:28
  9. 11.
    Patterns in a Heptatonic Field
    4:17
  10. 12.
    Keep left, pass right
    1:22
  11. 13.
    Geyser on! Hat off!
    1:00
  12. 14.
    Stay on path
    1:24
  13. 15.
    The Seven Steps
    1:15
  14. 16.
    Ostinato with Cross Rhythm
    1:04
  15. 17.
    Smoke and Mirrors
    1:06
  16. 18.
    Postcards from South Africa
    1:28
  17. 19.
    Une sonnerie pour G D
    7:27
  18. 20.
    High Fives
    3:18
  19. 21.
    Supermoon
    2:04
  20. 22.
    Sefapanosaurus
    1:41
  21. 23.
    Thirds
    1:28
  22. 24.
    Variations on 4ths and 5ths
    1:38
  23. 25.
    Fifths
    1:23
  24. 26.
    Seventh must fall
    3:41
  25. 27.
    Haiku
    1:57
  26. 28.
    Freedom Day Variations
    4:26

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