Songs for Survival

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Amazon - Tribe - Songs for Survival
Studio album by
Various artists
Released15 September 2008 (2008-09-15) (digital)
13 October 2008 (CD)
Recorded2005–2008
GenreExperimental
Length88:35
LabelKensaltown Records
ProducerMartin Terefe (Executive producer)
Molly Oldfield (Executive producer)
and others

Bruce Parry Presents Amazon - Tribe - Songs for Survival is a double album released by Kensaltown Records in support of a tribal peoples charity.

Background

The album was released in support of

Tribe and Amazon
. All of the music on the album is exclusive and was written for the project. Many of the songs on the record contain samples recorded by Bruce Parry whilst living with tribal communities. The first track on the album by supergroup Apparatjik was used for the credits roll on the BBC series Amazon with Bruce Parry.

The album was released digitally on 15 September 2008, which was also the debut of the Amazon series on

Amazon.co.uk.[4]

Every track on the album is exclusive, and was written especially for the project. Around £45,000 has been raised for Survival International through album purchases.

The album was put together by Molly Oldfield, daughter of musician

Oxford University with Joe Goddard) who sampled music from the Babongo tribe in Gabon, Africa. Mike Oldfield's "Song for Survival" was composed in 2007, he sampled the islanders of Anuta
singing in church, this was the second track to be received for the project.

Apparatjik

"Ferreting", the theme to Amazon, is performed by Apparatjik, a supergroup composed of Guy Berryman, Magne Furuholmen, Jonas Bjerre (of Coldplay, a-ha and Mew respectively) and Martin Terefe.[6] This was the first release by the group who have now released two full albums.

Track listing

Amazon

  1. Apparatjik - "Ferreting" (4:49)
  2. Dawn Kinnard - "Love is My New Drug" (3:17)
  3. Babongo
    tribe - "One People" (2:50)
  4. KT Tunstall - "The Hidden Heart" (4:23)
  5. Jason Mraz & Brett Dennen - "Long Road to Forgiveness" (4:11)
  6. Jeremy Warmsley ft. Mystery Jets & Adem - "Grains of Sand" (4:00)
  7. Tom Baxter - "Make a Stand" (3:33)
  8. Johnny Borrell feat. the Suri tribe - "Carrikfergus" (3:35)
  9. Skin/Robot Club/Ian Matthews feat. the Adi tribe - "Simmer Down" (4:04)
  10. Yusuf Islam
    - "Edge of Existence" (4:17)

Tribe

(Songs using tribal samples collected by Bruce Parry on his travels)
  1. Joe Goddard feat. the Babongo tribe (Hot Chip Remix) - "Babongo Tribe Remix" (6:04)
  2. Adam Freeland feat. the Suri tribe - "KIN" (5:00)
  3. Hybrid
    feat. the Suri tribe - "Komuru" (5:55)
  4. Roger Sanchez feat. The Adi Tribe – "Noneya" (7:51)
  5. The Egg ft Various tribes - "Trails and Tribulations" (5:11)
  6. The Go! Team feat. the Babongo tribe - "Templates from Home" (3:10)
  7. Penan
    tribe - "Don't Touch the Dusty Fruit" (3:50)
  8. Blue States feat. the Kombai tribe - "Hello Kombai" (4:04)
  9. Way Out West feat. the Babongo tribe - "Evelina" (4:27)
  10. Mike Oldfield feat. the Anuta tribe - "Song for Survival" (4:04)

References

  1. ^ "Bruce Parry presents Amazon / Tribe Songs for Survival". Kensaltown Records. Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
  2. ^ "Songs for Survival". iTunes. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  3. ^ "Songs for Survival". Play.com. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  4. ^ "Songs for Survival". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  5. ^ Potton, Ed (2008-10-04). "Bruce Parry swaps mud for music". The Times. London. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  6. ^ "Coldplay and A-ha team up". Teletext. Archived from the original on 2008-08-26. Retrieved 2008-08-22.

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