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After more than 25 years of mixing African and Celtic music in equal measures Baka Beyond has become one of the finest danceable bands around, creating the sound of the global village.Not just a touring band, Baka Beyond have a unique relationship with their inspiration – the Baka Pygmies of Cameroon – sending royalties to help their development projects, and even touring with Baka musicians.

Spirit of the Forest. From the Album Spirit Of The Forest Listen Now Buy song $1.29. Your Amazon Music account is currently associated with a different marketplace. To enjoy Prime Music, go to Your Music Library and transfer your account to Amazon.com (US). Spirit of the forest Lyrics: Color of the wind /:vanessa williams /:72 / Think you own whatever land you land on / Earth is just a dead thing you can claim / But i know every rock and tree.

Baka Beyond was conceived in 1992 by British musicians Martin Cradick and Su Hart after a 6 week visit to the Baka Forest People deep in the heart of the Cameroon rainforest. They were struck by the Baka’s generosity of spirit and joy of life in hard circumstances which is reflected in their music. Martin and Su wanted to bring the spirit of this music back home so they recorded the album “Spirit of the Forest” released under the name “Baka Beyond” which pushed them into worldwide recognition. If you want to get their music you can order it online and receive it fast and safe thanks to the best shipping labels amazon.

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In order to make sure that the Baka get their fair return for their compositions they also founded the charity, “Global Music Exchange”.

So started this very positive African – European collaboration.

Since these early beginnings when the term “world music” barely existed, Baka Beyond has evolved into a multicultural, dynamic live stage show with worldwide album sales. Band members have hailed from Brittany, Cameroon, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Congo, Uganda and Ghana as well as Britain. Each musician brings their own influence and talent to the music creating a unique spectacle and honouring a lesson learned from the Baka people, “everyone is to be listened to”.

The current touring unit are bringing the Spirit of the Forest to festivals in UK and USA. Martin Cradick (guitar), Su Hart (vocals) and Clyde Kramer (drums) have all spent time living and playing music with the Baka Pygmies in their rainforest home. Ayodele Scott (percussion) brings the rhythms and colour of his native Sierra Leone into the mix, while all these elements are grounded by the solid Congolese grooves of Kibisingo (bass). The lineup is completed by Ellie Jamison (vocals) who is returning to Baka Beyond after a bit of a break to bring 3 children safely into the world (You can hear her on the Baka Beyond albums “Sogo” and “East to West”).

“. . . if you are not dancing, maybe you should have someone check your pulse.”
“The party atmosphere was irrepressible” Evening Standard
“A guaranteed good night out” Bristol Rocks

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Baka Gbiné
This is the band of Baka musicians that Martin recorded in their rainforest home to produce the album Gati Bongo. Their music was the original inspiration for Baka Beyond and Martin Cradick recently toured in Cameroon with them as they returned home from their performance at the Under the Volcano Festival.

In February 2012 Martin Cradick recorded a new album, Kopolo with the Baka musicians on the Cameroon/Congo border. It is a follow up to the successful “Gati Bongo” album. Listen to it HERE

In 2006 7 Baka musicians from Baka Gbiné came to tour with Baka Beyond in UK. This was captured in the live CD “Baka Live”
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Baka Beyond, whose music is a fusion of Celtic, Gaelic and West African sounds hit the UK with a new album and a much-anticipated Spring tour.

Baka Beyond, the band renowned for their intoxicating brew of Celtic, Gaelic and West African music, release a new album and embark on a much-anticipated UK tour. The new album is titled Rhythm Tree and marks a landmark collaboration between band members and the Baka Pygmies of Cameroon. Widely acclaimed for their high energy, multicultural live stage shows and seminal world music recordings, Baka Beyond has established a worldwide reputation over the decade or more since they released their influential Spirit of the Forest album. Band members hail from Brittany, Cameroon, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Ghana as well as Britain, and meld the rhythms and melodies of Africa with Celtic traditions old and new. Martin Cradick, guitarist and founder member of Baka Beyond, says:

“Rhythm Tree is the culmination of over 10 years of work for me. It’s where the music of the Baka and of Baka Beyond comes back together.”

It is almost 12 years since the album Spirit of the Forest was released, helping define the term 'world music' and pushing Baka Beyond into worldwide recognition. From these beginnings, recorded in a bedroom studio and based on live jams recorded while living with the Baka Pygmies in the rainforests of South-East Cameroon, Baka Beyond has evolved into a multicultural, dynamic live stage show.

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“It was the amazing bird-like singing or yelling that first attracted me,” says Su Hart, Baka Beyond’s lead singer. “The women get together before the dawn to sing, enchant the animals of the forest and ensure that the men’s hunting will be successful. Song and dance are used by the Baka for healing, for rituals, for keeping the community together and also for pure fun! We try to do the same in Baka Beyond.”

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Although in the early days the live ‘Baka Beyond’ was mainly British musicians reproducing the recordings on Spirit of the Forest, over the years the band has grown to include members from Brittany, Cameroon, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Ghana as well as Britain. Each musician brings their influence and talent to the music to create a unique spectacle honouring a lesson learned from the Baka people, “everyone to be listened to”.

The rhythms and melodies of the African players, every one an acknowledged virtuoso with a parallel career in their own right, meet with the Celtic traditions, ancient and modern, of the European musicians. Over time the musicians have got to know each other and each others way of playing: Baka Beyond live or in the studio are a living lesson in communication, in passing the energy around. “It’s great to play with so many talented musicians,” says Seckou Keita, Senegalese kora maestro and percussion player for Baka Beyond. “We have worked very hard together and this really makes the music work on stage and in the studio.”

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