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''Tappeto Volante'' ("''Flying Carpet''") is the third and final album by Italian world music pioneers
Aktuala Aktuala were a pioneering band from Italy, formed in 1972. The name comes from the Esperanto for "contemporary". Their music has been categorised as world music, progressive rock, psychedelic, or avant garde, or "sounding like that of the Englis ...
. It was released on Bla Bla records in 1976. It is the second recording of percussionist
Trilok Gurtu Trilok Gurtu (born 30 October 1951) is an Indian percussionist and composer whose work has blended the music of India with jazz fusion and world music. He has worked with Terje Rypdal, Gary Moore, John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek, Joe Zawinul, M ...


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It is a mixture of live and studio recordings, mostly recorded in Morocco after a year spent traveling and playing there. The resulting recordings were then interspersed with studio recordings featuring electronic enhancements.Page at soundohm featuring comments by Cavallanti This latter studio compositional style point to Walter Maioli's next project, Futuro Antico in which such mixtures dominated. There are shorter tracks than on the previous recordings but they have segues making a collage effect.


Musicians

The musicians are:1993 Artis CD reissue notes * Walter Maioli: Arabic oboe, wooden flute, naj, bass flute, maranzano, bass harmonica, sil-sil, seeds, desert flute, sea triton, zampogna, reeds, whistles, bells * Daniele Cavallanti: soprano saxophone, dolak, derbuka * Antonio Cerantola: acoustic guitar * Kela Rangoni Macchiavelli: zanza, tamboura, maracas, seeds, rings * Fabrizio Cassanoi: sitar * Marjon Klok: harp, tamboura, bells, sil-sil, cymbals * Trilok Gurtu: tabla, snake drums, Moroccan bongos, cymbals, xylophone, cow bells, sil-sil, wood block


Track listing

The tracks are: # Churinga # Ohnedaruth # Ugula Baliue African Planet # Il Ritmo Del Cammello (''The Rhythm of the Camel'') # Hare # Mr Trilok # Chitarra E Piffero (''Guitar and Pipes'') # Echo Raga # Mediterraneo # Flash # Waruna # Aksak # Nettuno Dio Del Mare (''Neptune God of the Sea'')


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Page at soundohm


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