Along with the CD we now include a DVD 'An Oceanic Songline', where you can watch the musicians recording their parts in nature on their homelands.
Packaged in hand-made Mulberry Bark paper (Tapa Cloth), with a comprehensive 56 page booklet containing full language transcripts and english translations, credits and song dedications. Designed by IMA nominated designer Paul Chou with a heartfelt cover illustration featuring threatened oceanic nature by Jenn De Costa.
The album itself was recorded in nature with and on the homelands of over 100 indigenous artists across the Indian and Pacific oceans, featuring only traditional instruments and languages. Then mastered at Real World Studios UK with Oli Jacobs.
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Gasikara (Small Island mix)
Small Island Big Song ft' Sandro, Siao-chun Tai, Mau Power & Airileke
"My approach to music is it comes from the beat first. Like the heartbeat, the first rhythm, the first sign of life. The first drum I heard was the Gaba from my grand fathers, then came the Log drum the Garamut from my neighbours." Airileke
For our coral reefs
Sandro raps “the lemurs and turtles are crying”. This song is dedicated to the loss of habitats and species across our planet, in particular our corals. One of the world’s two great coral reefs runs along the west coast of Madagascar, Sandro’s homeland. The other, The Great Barrier Reef, is part of Mau Power’s homeland. Both are dying through warming oceans. Without a reduction in increasing ocean temperatures we will be responsible for not just the loss of another species but a whole genus.
lyrics
Rap by Sandro in Vezo
Maro tany ombako hafa avao Gaiskara.
Ahitanao foko maro : Vezo, Sakalava, Bara.
Gny vahiny tonga maro mandroso ka misalasala.
Ahita honko, riake, ao koa gny ala..
Gny tanananay madio, vezo mikarakara.
Ahitanao tsozombe, fano, fay tatama.
Ndao avia hijobo andrano soa hitantara.
Ahita horita, fia, vatohara.
Zahay vezo gasy raiky, rambeso tagna.
Ndao paré fa tsika henany zao koa hilitsy an'ala.
Oly e….. Gasikara zay…..
Oly e….. Tanindrazanay e….
Gny Maki agnaty ao le mihisa.
Maro gny magniry Gasikara paradisa .
Tompotany reo tsy taitse mamisavisa.
Bibi ntsika reo mihalany mihavitsy an'isa.
Feom-boro anaty ala zao le milame.
Baobab voankazo an'ala tsy lany e.
Tsy raha vitsy an'isa io, fa raha mameno tane.
Mahatama gny vahiny sy tompotane.
Mba fereneso, fa mijale.
Bibintsika reo ato mihalany e.
Gny Sifaky mitomany e.
Le milomay fa tsy hita tane ombane.
Ireo no mahatsara gny tane.
Gasikara nosy teako , nosy mamy, nosy mamy *6.
Oly e..... Gasikara zay......
Oly e.........Tanindrazanay e......
Mba fereneso, fa mijale
Bibintsika reo ato mihalany.
Gny Sifaky mitomany e,
Le milomay fa tsy mahita tane ombane.
Ireo no mahatsara gny tane.
There are lots of places but Madagascar is exceptional.
In Madagascar there are many tribes the Vezo, the Sakalava and the Bara.
Many foreigners don’t hesitate and come to visit Madagascar,
If you come here you will see the sea, the mangrove and the forest.
The place is good because the Vezo people care for the environment.
If you go to the beach you can see the whales, sea turtles and manta ray.
Come and see and swim and dive in the ocean, then you tell your friends,
You will see fish, Octopus and the reef.
We are Vezo, we are one people take my hand. Be ready now we go to the forest.
The monkeys play in the forest,
Everyone likes Madagascar paradise.
The Vezo people like to look after the animals, but the animals in the forest are disappearing,
To hear the sound of the birds in the forest is very good, look the Baobab trees in the forest are many.
Beacause of the Baobabs tourists come here, there are a lot of Baobabs everywhere.
The foreign and Malagasy people come to visit.
I say to those who kill the animals of our forest,
The animals are disappearing,
The turtles and the lemurs cry,
The animals leave but they cannot find a new place.
We must protect them because they make Madagascar better.
As I look into the past
I see our culture is a true culture
Our cultural way is strength
I come to understand
We need it. For the future
I look back to the past knowledge
Today, in this time, I understand
I see the way of our people our knowledge is very important
We must understand we are all one people
one family.
Kelabit traditional song by Alena Murang
Ri’e Ri’e
Ri’e Ri’e
Ri’e Ri’e
We’re dancing
We’re dancing
We’re dancing
credits
from Small Island Big Song,
released September 10, 2018
4. GASIKARA (Small Island mix)
English title – Madagascar
Composer – Airileke & Sammy Samoela
Lyrics - Sandro & Mau Power
Language – Vezo, Madagascar & Kalay Lagaw Ya Torres Strait Australia
Translator - Jean Niriko Makozy (Vezo, Madagascar)
Nature sound – Gabagaba peak hour, Papua New Guinea & Sarawak Rainforest, Borneo.
Featured Artists –
Airileke – Motu - Papua New Guinea - Traditional samples and beats
Sandro – Vezo - Madagascar - Rap
Mau Power - Kalay Lagaw Ya - Torres Strait, Australia – Rap
Sammy Samoela – Merina - Madagascar – Jejy
With –
Ben Hakalitz – Selau - Bougainville - Bamboo Bass
Arthur Borman – Bidayuh - Malaysia – Pratuokng
Alena Murang - Kelabit - Malaysia – Kelabit Chant
Tommy Billy – Warraber Island - Zenadth Kes/Torres Strait Australia - Calls
Charles Maimarosia – Are’Are - Solomon Islands - Au Rerepi
Dou Airi, Rose & David - Motu - Papua New Guinea – Vocals
Siao-Chun Tai – Paiwan - Taiwan – Vocals
