| Land | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1995 | |||
| Label | Warner Western [1] | |||
| Producer | Mike Wanchic, Reno Kling | |||
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Land is an album by the Native American musician Robert Mirabal, released in 1995. [2] [3] The album originated as a score for a dance piece by Eiko & Koma, which was first performed in 1991. [4] [5] [6] It was nominated for a First Americans in the Arts award. [7] Mirabal and Eiko & Koma adapted part of the score for later productions. [8]
Produced in part by Mike Wanchic, Land was recorded in Bloomington, Indiana, in a week. [7] [9] [10] [11] Mirabal wrote the score; he sang and played flute and his cousin Reynaldo Lujan sang and played drums. [12] [13] Land is about surviving in a harsh terrain. [14]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [15] |
| MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide |  [16] |
The Santa Fe New Mexican wrote that "Mirabal is bringing much-deserved attention to the Native American flute, an instrument with shrill and lonesome tones that is capable of expressing as much emotion in its gentle way as any European woodwind." [13] Tulsa World deemed the album "a fascinating work of simple, earthen music," writing that "both movements of 'Eikos Shaman' are heart-racing dances; the first movement builds a crescendo so effectively, you may rise from your chair unwillingly." [17] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette praised the "haunting score, at once contemporary and Native American timeless." [18]
AllMusic called Land "a splendid album from Robert Mirabal, here devoting himself to the traditional in terms of performance—the focus is less on flute than on drum and voice." [15]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Isidro's Song" | |
| 2. | "Yuta's Song" | |
| 3. | "Eikos Shaman" | |
| 4. | "Moonlight Song" | |
| 5. | "Eikos Shaman – Reprise" | |
| 6. | "Extinction" | |
| 7. | "White Buffalo" | |
| 8. | "Masa-Yumé" |
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