Pieces of Africa 2LP

Pieces of Africa 2LPThe first ever vinyl edition of Kronos Quartet's Pieces of Africa features the acclaimed album on two 140 gram LPs. This potent new brew of folk influences, Minimalism, and European forms by eight black, brown, and white African composers, as Time described it, became a cross cultural and commercial landmark: the first album to top both the classical and world music Billboard charts.

Ivorian bassist Matthieu N’guessan

autobiographical vignettes

" NPR's All Things Considered says it's "a landmark in African rock music

" The New York Times calls it "beautiful

Dorothy Parker

" "The record is like an homage to electric guitar

who previously collaborated with Bjrk on her Vespertine album

and activist groups like ACT UP and Gran Fury

Venna (saxophone)

features fourteen compositions

beautiful and ritualistic about coming back to that form

full and clear with every instrument given a chance to shine in every song