Babatunde Olatunji - Oya (Primitive Fire)

[DETROITBULLET]

HOT !

[CrystalRuby1]

I have the original album from the 50s! I was a teenager and I'm 67 years old now. I love it! The drums and the beat are fabulous!

[azuredamselfly]

Praise The Universe for Babatunde, his abilitites, spirit and heart.

[june3588]

I am a white woman in my 60's and this is also my music. So primal and fabulous - like heartbeats

[pacatopaz]

Baba is a spiritual master that happened to bring african drumming into America.

[TheZoogdier]

This is my music

[SoulCharging]

Thanks

[snuggles668]

HOTEP



[UnwrittenSymphony]

This sound reminds me of war... no clue why. Probabily movies and the likes.

[wileaglefeathers]

Listen to the master drummer and maybe you will learn to play as well as he does. Be a good listener!

[halpetteys]

We are the drum

[XXXDominaVV]

Oya MAMA Limpiame de todo mal y salvame de la pobresa... Oya is precious and the most beautiful of all.

[TheAngels71]

stiupit ...he is...

fackow

[Cowboycurtis888]

AFRICA: CERMONY SONG AND RITUAL. That's what this is. It's the precussion parts only...prettty badass.

[MsMerising]

Ashe!

[chimoio100]

zungo! anybody?

[mareannie]

I bought this album over 40 years ago and I still love it it is great I saw him in person in Elmira NY years ago love it love it

[northernpiper]

Babatunde is without a question what Elvis and Lennon were to music . A legend , a mentor and the Root to the Tree of Modern Music.

[Dialyca]

Amazing! I love this!

[vja4Him]

This drum music is awesome!

[Shanze89]

And I'd say Cavinator, the AFP's autochton, would be delighted to dance around a fire with this kind of primitive music !

[Elennae]

That's some great music for the AFP !!!

[pektus5]

spiritual drumming

[Kell1295]

I am LOOOOOVING this.

[jasonvilla1]

mi madre oya y mi padre shango

[Tikkitwo]

Brilliant and inspiring.

[olabodewins]

i am quite stunned there is a musical guru like babatunde olatunji. i bumped unto him today trying to find a very old song by salif keita. Comparing songs from mali/senegal to Olatunji's is like comparing RnB to Jazz. The Yoruba community in Africa did not do him enough justice. He must be celebrated even after death.

[isabelops]

When you open up to the drum, and you have nothing to hide, you set yourself free!

[glorplaxy]

This guy is not good. Seriously, why the hell are people always talking about him like he is some maestro? This is the same shit you hear at some crappy drum circle. He has no technique.

[FilloK83]

Maybe you don't know that Babatunde inspired many american 50's jazz musician. His role is fundamental for the fusion of different musical styles. Without african polyrhythms many musical styles couldn't exist; and Babatunde have had the great merit to bring african music in america. The rest is history. Ps think before writing something ;-)

[FilloK83]

Well, now is much clearer than before that you don't have respect for anyone or anything. Don't bother with another idiot answer, thank you.

[shlempnar]

@glorplaxy simplicity is not stupidity

[shlempnar]

@glorplaxy no, you really dont know what your talking about for quite obvious reasons.

have an interesting life ya big ol pee brain.

[shlempnar]

@glorplaxy

your just an ignorant prick. there is more to rhythm than going ape shit. this is music is tied up super tight.

[lionzion22]

@FilloK83

African music came to America when the first slave ships arrived. The guitar , fiddle, banjo, drums, xylophones, flutes, double bass, washtub bass, blues, jazz. It already existed in Africa and was brought to america and repackaged with new names.

[lionzion22]

@petiso8

Obviously you haven't heard all traditional African music.  Don't speak about what you don't know.

[lionzion22]

@petiso8

It's a good thing you removed that silly comment you just made. Educate yourself. Thanks.

[jcyberj]

I first heard him in 1959 on record. The USA was not as woridly and there was no Internet and jazz was king. Also, the music is just part of the picture. You must see the dance and hear the full performance. The album, Drums of Passion, is an immortal tribute to Dr. Michael Babatunde Olatunji's genius. Ask any one that knew him, played with him, took his classes, or understood what he was doing.

[SquishiBishie]

Insane polyrhythms?

[aseeyael1]

when i first listen to baba, i didnt realize how much power was in his drums. i actually when into a trance. ilove his drums i can handle it now. peace and love

[pimpo911]

me too, i meditate with this audio on and it feels great

[nobux60]

This drumming was originally recorded out in the open without any special effects of any kind. The drumming at the end sounds like wild animals running from the fire as it spreads toward the horizon. At one point at the end the drum sounds like a Zebra running.

[nobux60]

I bought this Drums Of Passion album in 1965, and it gave a lot of information about the drumming and singing on the back. This particular track "Oya" has an amazing history. According to the Album as of 1965, Oya was passed down through the generations and was about 630 years old. It depicts a tribesman kindling a fire in the beginning and then the fire ignites and begins to grows. As tthe fire spreads, the drumming increases until the fire spreads all the way to the horizon.

[lothiras2]

damn so f*cking good he was god!

[EmmaYesena]

Miss you so much Baba. The heartbeats on and on........

[pixiepqueen]

My mum bought this record in the early seventies, actually no, the record was Drums of Passion.. I grew up listening to this amazing musicxxxxxxx

[lucy1221]

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[kreollicious]

impressive

[smartman53]

Wow Man this sounds so very very GOOD to me Jerry Gatlin I am a Djembe Drummer myself and I play a little bit of Doumbek Drum too. 4-7-09.

[christinecassin]

papa is the greatest...2nd in line is mongo santa maria

[jeanneadele]

just danced myself into a sweat... thanks for posting!

[ichmagdichsehr]

genial

[TonyBtheEG]

groovy.

[yenyere]

what kind of druns are these? certainly not djembes!

The heavy ones in this pic are awesome...what are they called?

[grandeopera]

Drums of Passion has been one of my all time favorite albums. Many thanks for the post!

[OLATUNJI05]

awesome raw drum song....the ultimate!!

[omitade2]

Thank you for posting this. I have been a great fan for many years.