Yimbila y Sona is the first mixtape by the MHDL Collective, released on 25th October 2021. The name of the mixtape was chosen by Tamara Rettino after researching the Kongo Yawa symbol referred to during class - 'The Four Moments of the Sun'.
She wrote this about it: 'I found this article on the Kongo Yawa (
www.webarchaeology.com/html/kongocos.htm) that has an interesting take. I love the idea of SINGING the point, creating ritual space and manifestation through the voice. It reminds me of the line in Kate Bush's Line The Cross and the Curve..."You must sing back the symbols...and this curve is your smile, and this cross is your heart, and this line is your path." '
From the article:
"Drawing a "point", invoking God and the ancestors, formed only a part of this most important Kongo ritual of mediation. The ritual also included "singing the point". In fact, the Bakongo summarize the full context of mediation with the phrase "singing and drawing [a point]: yimbila y sona.
released October 25, 2021
Part 1
00:00 - Early AM (Alana Lambert)
00:45 - Miami Balcony Morning (Chris Estes)
05:34 - The Moment We Are In - Corn Moon At Dreamland (Tamara Rettino)
08:59 - A Call, The Summoning (Kelly Green)
10:30 - Javapocalypse (Pete Parrella)
13:47 - Dogs (Marianne McCarthy)
14:04 - Sonic Postcard (Tamara Rettino)
17:28 - Burning Disco (Sara Cooper performs a graphic score by Marianne McCarthy)
19:10 - October Winds (Alana Lambert)
Part 2
00:00 - The Fire (Chiara Ambrosio)
02:38 - Tibetan Bowls and Panda Drum (Chris Estes)
07:36 - The Harder Story (Marianne McCarthy)
08:14 - Departure (Tamalyn Miller)
10:03 - Prayers From The Cusp Of A Breath (Tamara Rettino)
10:46 - Call Me Earth (Mikey Kirkpatrick)
15:20 - Dear Theo (Monica Seggos)
16:18 - Minute of Reflection and Despair (Chris Crites)
17:18 - Blockparty (Marianne McCarthy)
17:52 - I, The Sonic Threshold (Monica Seggos)
18:22 - Flute Player In The Wind (Mikey Kirkpatrick)
24:40 - Four Moments Of The Sun - Meditation on the Kongo Yowa (Tamara Rettino)
26:24 - Final Chorus (Alana Lambert)
Cover Artwork by Pete Parrella
MHDL Collective is an international collective of musicians, sound artists, sonic sculptors and deep listeners who meet through Mikey Kirkpatrick's Music, Healing and Deep Listening classes for New York's Morbid Anatomy. Join the classes and MHDL Collective via
www.morbidanatomy.org/classes
Thank you to Peter Parrella, Tamara Rettino, Marianne McCarthy, Monica Seggos, Melody Dalton, Natalie Kirby, Tamalyn Miller, Kelly Green, Chris Crites, Emily Rowe, Christopher Estes, Alana Lambert, Jennifer Audette, Ame Simon, Tiffany Hopkins, Tanya Peixoto, Ashwin Samuel, Chiara Ambrosio, Aki Fujimoto, Nawroz Oramari, Othon Mataragas, Joanna Ebenstein and all at Morbid Anatomy.