Tamia & Pierre Favre - de la nuit... le jour (1988)

"What can a flame remember? If it remembers a little less than is necessary, it goes out; if it remembers a little more than necessary, it goes out. If only it could teach us, while it burns, to remember correctly."

—Giorgos Seferis

Tamia is no Dame Meredith Monk but, if I remember correctly, her vocal prowess is no less impressive in its own right. Like Monk, Tamia sings in an unknown tongue that appeals directly to the deep recesses of our psyche, inviting us into the unknown, the uncodified, and the unexplored.
Tamia, voice
Pierre Favre, percussion

1. Ballade
2. Wood Song
3. Maroua
4. De la nuit … le jour
5. Mit Sang und Klang
6. Yemanjá

Recorded October 1987
ECM New Series 1364
835 249-2