01: "Omé Kayo"................. (4:41)
 02: "Cum Sancto Spiritu"....... (4:00)
 03: "Indie-Hip"................ (6:38)
 04: "Koumaya".................. (5:35)
 05: "Crystal Pyramid".......... (4:45)
 06: "Thunder".................. (4:46)
 07: "Toreador"................. (4:39)
 08: "Qué Viyéra"............... (4:43)
 09: "Mr. Beaker"............... (3:41)
 10: "Onta"..................... (6:28)
 11: "Kunda Tayé"............... (4:18)
 12: "Fast Boat"................ (2:29)
 13: "Terre-Mère"............... (4:28)
 14: "Omé Yo Kanoubé"........... (4:41)

From the Composers { Read }

Just like the show, the music on this album evoke a marriage of different styles and cultures. We have taken bits and pieces from a wide variety of genres to create a musical hybrid that is both visual and atmospheric. We drew the inspiration from tribal music - that is, the sounds and instruments of different peoples around the world, from North America's First Nations to the Incas and as far as the Indian subcontinent - and incorporated it with our more contemporary sound. Enjoy the journey! — Bob & Bill

Special Thanks { Read }

We would like to express our profound gratitude to Alain Vinet, Guy Laliberté, Neilson Vignola, Robert Lepage, Jean-François Bouchard, Stéphane Mongeau and Gilles Ste-Croix for believing in us. Thank you for giving us full support, a free rain and a wonderful, enriching experience working on the TOTEM team. Special thanks to Stéphane Bergevin and Mathieu-Gilles Lanciault; to the musicians and singers for their brilliant performance, talent and professionalism; and to all the artists in TOTEM who are an absolute pleasure to talk and interact with. Thanks to our assistant, Thierry, for supporting us so admirably throughout the whole project and to the whole creative team for innumerable hours inspirational exchange. Thanks to Jacques Boucher and the entire audio team for filling the bigtop with our music every night. To Rob Heaney: thanks for you enthusiasm and for always being there. We must also thank Claude Simard and Anne-Cécile Gouel for their remarkable work behind the scenes. And finally a big thank-you to Christian Laveau and family for advising us and helping us respectfully incorporate traditional Native American musical elements. — Bob & Bill

From the Musical Director { Read }

Having worked with me on a number of special events for Cirque du Soleil, Bob and Bill - or MY BOYS as I like to call them - were ripe and ready for the great adventure that is TOTEM. Their talent, adaptability and kindness were appreciated by all throughout the entire creative process. Because they already had produced the KOOZA album, recording the TOTEM one was an easy decision. I would like to give them my heartfelt thanks for the opportunity to co-produce this album this incredible soundtrack which takes un on a journey through traditional African, Native American, Spanish and Indian sounds brought together with a modern twist. I would also like to join them and thank everyone mentioned for trusting me so wholeheartedly in this creative adventure... LONG LIVE TOTEM! — Alain Vinet

Vocalists { Read }

Vocals — esi acquaah-herrison (1,4,8,10,14) // christian laveau (1,8,10,11,14) // daniel taylor (2) // rachel cogan (3,4) // nick d'virgilio (7,11) // filippo crotti (7,12) // marcos marin (7) // marc lessard (11) // francine poitras (13) // preach ankobia (3)

Back Vocals — marie-christine depestre (1,2,13,14) // rachel cogan (1,2,3,5,7) // guy debuc (1,14) // marc lessard (1,2,10,13,14) // marcos marin (1) // julien bonvoisin (1,13) // christian laveau (1,2,6,7,10,13,14) // sountougoumba djeli-tapa (2) // esi acquaah-harrison (3,4,5,6,14) // nick d'virgilio (3,7,13,14) // ismail hakki fencioglu (3) // coco thompson (4,10) // alexander adhami (7) // organia gross-louis (10) // mathieu lavoie (13)

Musicians { Read }

Drums — marc lessard (1,3,4,7,8,10,11,14); nick d'virgilio (5,6,12,13,14) // Percussions — marc lessard (1,3,5,7,8, 10,11,12,13,14); james mack (1,3,4,6,7,11,12,13,14); christian laveau (1,4,10,14); guy dubuc (7,10) // Keyboards — guy dubuc (1,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13,14); charles dennard jr (6,10) // Guitars — joshua geisler (1,5,6,7,8,12,14); marc lessard (1,3,4,10,11,12); guy kaye (6,10,14); huu bac quach (6); nick d'virgilio (7); marcos marin (7) // Bass — guy dubuc (1); marc lessard (1,4,7,8,10,11); julien bonvoisin (6,7,12,13); jean-françois lemieux (14)

Bansuri — joshua geisler (1,4,5,11,13) // B3 Organ — charles dennard jr (12) // Talking Drum — moïse yawo matey (13) // Kena — huu bac quah (1) // Kanun — didem basar (11) // Trumpet — maxim st-pierre (1,5,12) // Trombone — muhammed abdul al-khabyr (1,5,12) // Electric Sitar — joshua geisler (3,5,13) // Genassi Recorder — rachel cogan (3,4,6,8,13,14) // Tenor Recorder — rachel cogan (6,10) // Bass Recorder — rachel cogan (11) // PVC Pipe — rachel cogan (13) // Oud — ismail hakki fencioglu (3,5,6,7) // Rauschpfeie — wayne hankin (3,4,13) // Guitarron — julien bonvoisin (7) // Charango — joshua geisler (7); willy rios (13) // Giant Test Tubes — nick d'virgilio (9) // Beakers — james mack (9) // Test Tube Flutes — rachel cogan (9) // Small Flute — wayne hanklin (13) // Brass section and String Orchestration — stéphane lessard (1-5,8,10,11,13) // Contractor — phillipe dunnigan // Violins — phillipe dunnigan, veronica thomas, christian prévost, chantal bergeron // Violas — ligia paquin, madeleine messier // Cellos — sheila hannigan, julie trudeau, carla antoun(8)

{ Original Cover }

Cirque du Soleil Musique {2004+}
Released: October 6, 2010

• Catalog #: CDSMCD-10034-2 • UPC: 8-43277-03173-1