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- Artist: Afro Celt Sound System
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- Release Date: 1996
- Genre: Rock
Review
You may never have thought of Celtic and African rhythms as complementing one another, but this very interesting effort takes both idioms into new territory with some engaging results. The outcome is a sort of hip-hop jig and reel, like the Chieftains meet the Chemical Brothers. Masamba Diop's masterful talking drum creates an exotic pulse under Myrdhin's fine Celtic harp, and it sounds like a party at some global crossroads. Indeed, the most fascinating aspect of Afro Celt Sound System's Volume 1: Sound Magic is the very real sense that a common language can be found between any cultures, no matter how divergent they may seem. This effort is worth a listen just for its audacity alone. ~ Tim Sheridan, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Saor/Free/News From Nowhere | Afro Celt Sound System | (8:21) | |
| Whirl-Y-Reel 1 | James McNally, |
Afro Celt Sound System | (7:21) |
| Inion/Daughter | Afro Celt Sound System | (4:15) | |
| Sure-As-Not/Sure-As-Knot | Afro Celt Sound System | (9:58) | |
| Nu Cead Againn Dul Abhaile/We Cannot Go Home | Afro Celt Sound System | (7:20) | |
| Dark Moon, High Tide | Davy Spillane, |
Afro Celt Sound System | (4:12) |
| Whirl-Y-Reel 2 | Davy Spillane, |
Afro Celt Sound System | (5:27) |
| House of the Ancestors | Afro Celt Sound System | (8:01) | |
| Eistigh Liomsa Sealad/Listen to Me/Saor Reprise | Afro Celt Sound System | (10:53) |
