Francis Bebey

Francis Bebey was a noted writer and 'stunning' musician from Cameroon who sadly died in May 2001. Peter Gabriel speaks for all who encountered him at the Real World Recording Week in 1995 when he says "We were hypnotised...he embodied wisdom in lots of ways and it was a real delight". Karl Wallinger, Peter's co-pilot in the Recording Week sessions talks in The Big Blue Ball Podcast of his amazement at the music Francis produced from his tiny, single note, bamboo flute, describing the sound as "one of the prime numbers of music".

In this clip filmed at Real World in 1995 Francis Bebey shows us the technique of combining voice and flute to produce his magical music and gives us a little of the wisdom he embodied.

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