Category: Iboga music (our Neo-Bwiti music and Bwiti music from Africa)
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Home Video Concert: Six Iboga Songs (Petr & Olive)
Today we’re putting ourselves out there a little bit. My wife, who loves dancing, and I recorded a small video concert featuring six Iboga songs. We originally wanted to do a live stream, but our internet connection had other plans… So instead, I’m publishing the video completely unedited, including a few little “mistakes” that happen…
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The song “Oh Mother of Elements” with a Ngombi harp (2025)
Another song featuring the African Bwiti 8-string Ngomo harp. This one was created during my journey through Peru in May 2025. While still on the journey, I found the time and peace to record and sing it in the Amazon rainforest, on the banks of the Ucayali River, accompanied by the thousands of butterflies flying…
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Ngombi harp recordings from year 2024
The best recordings with a Ngombi harp from year 2024. Spotify album “Iboga tě potěší… I. verze” from 2024 Chrisantem Macháček · Ave Regina Caelorum (Latinská modlitba) Chrisantem Macháček · Iboga tě potěší Chrisantem Macháček · Ibogová Medicína dobrá je Chrisantem Macháček · Ngomo, přijď sem k nám Chrisantem Macháček · Zá Fufun Sisim Chrisantem…
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How I started to learn to play a Ngombi harp (2022-2023)
Iboga “Ngomo” harp improvization (Recordings from years 2022-2023) Chrisantem Macháček · Ibogová hudba s Bwiti harfou Egnepe: Hodinová improvizace Chrisantem Macháček · Ibogová hudba s Bwiti harfou Egnepe: Kumacenge hymnus Chrisantem Macháček · Ibogová hudba s Bwiti harfou Egnepe: Áéíóů, Ave Kumacenge a improvizace Chrisantem Macháček · Ibogová hudba s Bwiti harfou Michaela: Volná improvizace…
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Sample of music from Bwiti ceremony “ngoze” (1 night ceremony) in Cameroon
It’s from New Year Ngozé in the Bwiti temple of Mbankomo, Cameroun, 1 January 2024. It’s a sample, not a full music recordings. Chrisantem Macháček · Bwiti Music – Christmas “Ngoze” ceremony in the temple of Mbankomo, Cameroon
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Our Neo-Bwiti music – basic explanation
Music is an essential part of Bwiti ceremonies in Africa and, of course, in our temple in the Czech Republic as well. I am probably the only one Czech “beti” (Bwiti harp ngombi player) and one of the few white Europeans. With no one else in the Czech Republic (maybe in Europe), you would experience…