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Elegua Chant

from Roots to Circuits by Biomigrant

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Elegua is the gatekeeper, the Orisha who opens and closes the doors of destiny in the Yoruba tradition, across the african diaspora. I know him from Cuba, where the Bata percussionists must receive him before they can so much as touch a drum in ceremony. Santa Cecilia and San Isidro, the patron saints of music and the earth, respectively, were brought to me by an old woman in Mexico, who suggested I keep a candle for each. Shango is the warrior Orisha, Yemeja is the ocean mother, Nyame is god, the great spirit in Yoruba tradition, who we communicate with through the spirits and ancestors. You're hearing the percussion of Gilla, a master Garifuna drummer from the coast in Belize. We traded, I layed down a flute track on a beautiful album he's putting together, and he put down this phat beat. In the break, you hear a synth made from the song of Mexican crickets, and that baseline is from the purring of a cat in Oakland.

lyrics

Elegua, Shango, Shango, Shango,
Yemeja, San Isidro
Santa Cecilia, Santa Cecilia,
Nyame

Aqui the key given to me given to we Elegua set us free
Ahora si tengo la llave, la llave; ahora, aqui

What I mean to say, right here, right now, the key hidden deep in this sound
Ahora si tengo la llave, la llave

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from Roots to Circuits, released July 27, 2013
Garifuna primero drum- Gilla
Mike Wagoner- lo de mas

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