RANGO: “BRIDE OF THE ZAR” UK TOUR

Organisation: 30IPS

Time: 03 July 2010 11:15am - 24 July 2010 11:15am

Place: Various Locations Across the UK

30ips present:

RANGO: “BRIDE OF THE ZAR” UK TOUR

Following the release of their critically acclaimed album Bride of the Zar, Sudanese-Egyptian master trance musicians Rango embark on a national tour of the UK during July 2010, playing venues in Liverpool, Anglesey, Llangollen, Shropshire, Kendal, Hull, Manchester, London, Dorset, Salisbury, WOMAD and Nottingham.

Named after a 190-year-old xylophone reputedly inhabited by ancient spirits and mischievous entities, the Rango instrument first appeared in Egypt during the 1820s following Mohamed Ali's conquest of Sudan. Although popular at Sudanese wedding celebrations and street parties in the first half of the 20th century, it became all but extinct by the late 1970s due to religious intolerance and the growing dominance of Arabian pop music.

Their debut album features trance-inducing music from mystic healing ceremonies, hip-quaking Nubian wedding melodies, ritualistic tales of an Arabian Dracula and songs recounting the mysterious disappearance of sardine rations in the Egyptian army – all performed on vintage rango xylophone with spirit manifesting gourd resonators, simsimiyya & tanbura lyres retrofitted with electric pickups, and shakers made from recycled aerosol cans.

3 – 24 JULY 2010

For further information and a full list of venues please click here or contact Graham Breakwell:
T: 01743235384
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