Aktuala is the first studio album by Italian world music

World music

World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...

 pioneers Aktuala

Aktuala

Aktuala were a pioneering world music band from Italy, although their often categorised as progressive rock, psychedelic, or avant garde. The name comes from the Esperanto for "contemporary"...

. It was released on Bla Bla records in 1972.

The inner sleeve of the record (depicted on Maoli's site below) features the large range of instruments used. Part of the point of the recording record was to to make music that was "multicultural for the global vilalge and escape the global 12-note even temperament monoculture" (nella pluricultura del villaggio globale, affinché non si arrivi ad una monocultura, standardizzata global, dettata da un'unica scala temperata di 12 note.)
The musicians are:

• Walter Maioli: Arabian oboe, bamboo flute, bass flute, piccolo, metal flute in C, harmonica, reeds, whistles, djembe, percussion
• Daniele Cavallanti: soprano sax, tenor sax, clarinet
• Antonio Cerantola: 6-string acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, balalaika, zither, dulcimer, viola, violin
• Lino “Capra” Vaccina: Moroccan bongos, koborò, African drums, tabla, gong, xylophone, whistles, cymbals, musical bow, marimba, percussion
• Laura Maioli: tambura, percussion, whistles

The tracks are:

1. When The Light Began
2. Mammoth R.C.
3. Altamira
4. Sarah′ Ngwega
5. Alef′s Dance
6. Dejanira

External links

• Page at italianprog.com
• Page at Prog archives