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]
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]
↑ Vranish, Jane (February 3, 1997). "Eiko and Koma Dance in a Desolate Landscape". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p.D2.
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