The Sound of our Ancient Ancestors

What did the first musical instruments look like? How were they played? Much of the prehistoric era is still shrouded in mystery. But with the help of music ethnologist and myNoise fan Alexandre Bartos, who kindly offered to share his unique collection of self-built primitive musical instruments, you can experience for yourself the sounds of our eldest ancestors. The result is both amazing and mystifying, as well as faithful to the spirituality of the wonderful recording session held in his southern France home.

Dating back to the Paleolithic era, bullroarers were primitive instruments that may have been used in a long-range communication system, but also to repel away curious, non-initiated wanderers from sacred rituals. Now imagine... bullroarers humming warding noises at the mouth of a cave, some 15,000 years ago, somewhere in the south of France. Inside cave walls, Shamans gather in secret. They believe in the healing properties of hollow tones, such as those produced by sea shells or mammoth husks when hollowed and blown, or flat stones when rapped. As the Shamans discuss their findings, they play their gathered instruments all together as one and discover for the first time in history a power that can shake the world from its foundations: harmony.

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