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Volume 1: Sound Magic

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Released
  
24 September 1996

Length
  
65:53

Release date
  
24 September 1996

Recorded
  
???

Artist
  
Afro Celt Sound System

Label
  
Real World Records

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Producer
  
Ron Aslan, Martin Russell, Simon Emmerson, Jo Bruce

Volume 1 Sound Magic (1996)
  
Volume 2 Release (1999)

Genres
  
World music, Celtic fusion, Worldbeat, Afrobeat, Ethnic electronica

Similar
  
Volume 3: Further in Time, Volume 2: Release, Seed, Volume 5: Anatomic, Capture 1995‑2010

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Volume 1: Sound Magic is the first album by Afro Celt Sound System.

Contents

Track listing

  1. (a)"Saor (Free)" / (b)"News from Nowhere" – 8:21
  2. "Whirl-y-Reel 1 (Beard and Sandals Mix)" – 7:21
  3. "Inion (Daughter)" – 4:15
  4. (а)"Sure-As-Not" / (b)"Sure-As-Knot (Jungle Segue)" – 9:58
  5. "Nil Cead Againn Dul Abhaile (We Cannot Go Home)" – 7:20
  6. "Dark Moon, High Tide" (including "Farewell to Eireann") – 4:12
  7. "Whirl-y-Reel 2 (Folk Police Mix)" – 5:28
  8. "House of the Ancestors" – 8:01
  9. (а)"Eistigh Liomsa Sealad (Listen to Me)" / (b)"Saor Reprise" – 10:53

Personnel

  • Ronan Browne – flute, mandolin, harmonium, uilleann pipes
  • Jo Bruce – keyboards, programming
  • Kauwding Cissokho – kora
  • Massamba Diop – talking drum
  • Simon Emmerson – guitar, programming
  • James McNally – accordion, bodhran
  • Iarla Ó Lionáird – vocals
  • Ayub Ogada – vocals
  • Martin Russell – keyboards, programming
  • Davy Spillane – uilleann pipes

    • Additional personnel

  • Malcolm Crosbie – guitar
  • Simon Edwards – sintir
  • Gary Finlayson – banjo
  • John Fortis – bass, loops
  • Angus R. Grant – fiddle
  • Manu Katché – cymbals
  • Caroline Lavelle – cello
  • James MacKintosh – bongos
  • Ian MacLeod – mandolin
  • Levon Minassian – doudouk
  • Myrdhin – harp
  • Zil – vocal drone

    • Charts

    Album

    Songs

    1Saor/Free / News From Nowhere8:21
    2Whirl-Y-Reel 1 (Beard and Sandals mix)7:21
    3Inion (Daughter)4:16

    References

    Volume 1: Sound Magic Wikipedia
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