• Source: La Terra (album)

      • La Terra ("The Earth") is the second studio album by Italian world music pioneers Aktuala. It was released on Bla Bla records in 1974. The cover features a medieval map of the world as it was known surrounded by the "world ocean". There are fewer, longer pieces than on the first record and they feature extended jams. Maioli writes that it was representative of the music played by the core group of Maioli, Cavallanti and Cerantola for two years; rehearsing and jamming in restaurants and psych wards until they got the perfect sound, and that it features the influences but not the performances of many of the other musicians who performed with them over that time. It is the first recording of master world percussionist Trilok Gurtu, who had to leave Italy shortly after the recording because of work visa expiry.


      Track listing


      "Mina"
      "Mud"
      "Sar"
      "La terra"


      Musicians


      Walter Maioli: Arabic oboe, wooden flute, naj, bass flute, maranzano, bass harmonica, reeds, whistles, bells
      Daniele Cavallanti: soprano saxophone
      Antonio Cerantola: acoustic guitar, balalaika
      Lino "Capra" Vaccina: Moroccan bongos, koborò, African drums, tabla, gong, xylophone, whistles, cymbals, musical bow, percussion
      Otto Corrado: soprano saxophone, flute, bells
      Attilio Zanchi: acoustic guitar
      Marjon Klok: harp, tamboura, bells
      Trilok Gurtu: tabla, snake drums, Moroccan bongos, cymbals, xylophone, cow bells
      With guests

      Marino Vismara: cello solo on "Mud"
      Maurizio Dones: viola solo on "Sar"


      References




      External links


      Page at italianprog.com
      Walter Maioli's page about Aktuala featuring La Terra
      Prog archives page with reviews and album art

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