title: Volume 1: Sound Magic
text: # Volume 1: Sound Magic
  
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  Volume 1: Sound Magic is the first album by Afro Celt Sound System.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Ronan Browne – flute, mandolin, harmonium, uilleann pipes
  * Jo Bruce – keyboards, programming
  * Kauwding Cissokho – kora
  * Massamba Diop – talking drum
  * Simon Emmerson – guitar, programming
  * James McNally – accordion, bodhran
  * Iarla Ó Lionáird – vocals
  * Ayub Ogada – vocals
  * Martin Russell – keyboards, programming
  * Davy Spillane – uilleann pipes
  
  ### Additional personnel
  
  * Malcolm Crosbie – guitar
  * Simon Edwards – sintir
  * Gary Finlayson – banjo
  * John Fortis – bass, loops
  * Angus R. Grant – fiddle
  * Manu Katché – cymbals
  * Caroline Lavelle – cello
  * James MacKintosh – bongos
  * Ian MacLeod – mandolin
  * Levon Minassian – doudouk
  * Myrdhin – harp
  * Zil – vocal drone
  