Renegades Steel OrchestraA Panorama Saga II
- BostonsOwn
- Aug 26, 2024
- 2 min read
eCaroh Price: $15.95
Track Listing:
Four Lara Four W. Scarborough (DeFosto) 10:20
Rant and Rave C. Herbert (Tambu) 10:41
Guitar Pan A. Roberts (Kitchener) 10:34
The Sound of the Ghost K. Roberts 11:34
Pan in a Rage W. Scarborough (DeFosto) 10:11
Pan for Carnival R. Robinson/A. Daniell 9:55
Iron Man A. Roberts (Kitchener) 10:22
Total playing time: 73:35 All selections arranged by Jit Samaroo
Review
In technical terms it has proved notoriously difficult to produce viable recordings of steel pan, one of Trinidad’s many unique musical offerings to the wider world. Just to capture the timbre of a few pans has defeated many an engineer, but faced with faithfully reproducing the incredible intensity of a 120-strong steelband playing tenor, cello, guitar and bass pans, along with the assorted instruments of the rhythm section, is a daunting task. Where many have failed, Sanch Electronix have produced a masterful coup in this recording of one of Trinidad’s most long-lived, well loved, famed and formerly infamous steelbands, the BP Renegades, nine-time winners of the national Panorama competition. These seven tracks allow all those who have never experienced the visceral thrill of a Panorama night under the stars at The Big Yard on the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port of Spain, to be there, if only vicariously. [SL/Caribbean Beat]
See also:
Renegades Steel Orchestra - Pan Man Vibration
A Panyard Anthology - Panorama 2002
A Special Brew - Steelbands of Trinidad & Tobago
Pan Sweet Pan
Jit Samaroo - Original Notes
AMOCO Renegades A Panorama Saga - Tribute to Jit Samaroo
BP Renegades Steel Orchestra - A Panorama Saga II
Renegades Steel Orchestra - Pan Man Vibration
Renegades Steel Orchestra - The Golden Era
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Samaroo Jets - Quintessence
Samaroo Jets - Two To Go
Samaroo Jets - Indian Music From the Silver Screen
Samaroo Jets - Classics on Pan
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