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  "name": "Zulu izibongo (praise-poetry)",
  "family": "global",
  "lineage": "Zulu izibongo praise-poetry tradition continuous from pre-colonial Zulu royal-court praise-singer (imbongi) practice through 19th-century Shaka-kaSenzangakhona-era continuous performance into modern South-African Zulu cultural-practice; the imbongi is the hereditary praise-poetry-and-political-orator role",
  "recipe": "classic Southern African modern zulu izibongo, praise Song, sub saharan African branch, oceania pacific praise song, west African griot ballad poetry, African pop isicathamiya māori waiata mōteatea / patere griot praise song. extended whistle, declaimed, straight onset, interlocked note trading. johannesburg gallo studios 1932-present mid tier johannesburg gallo african studios. ORTF stereo pair, portable field-recorder pre. 24-bit digital.",
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    "archetype": "arch_ethnographic_field_digital",
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    "tuning": "yoruba_juju_fuji_polyrhythmic",
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    "room": "johannesburg_gallo_african_studios",
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      "voice_ensemble_config": "voice_ensemble_solo_unaccompanied",
      "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_single_lead",
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      "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_speech",
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    "chain_mic": "condenser_sdc",
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    "chain_console": "clean"
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