musical link: Smörgåsbord I
I am afraid that it has to be all music, no talk this week. On to the show: I would still love to get some comments though. I read them all.
Bart at Surface Scan pointed me to this one: Mwana Masongo by Pan Asafrikanada.
Pan Asafrikanada - Mwana Masonga
(You can also find it here)
Tony Allen - Crazy Afrobeat off his off his 2002 CD titled Home Cooking
Wicky Mosh feat. Maji Maji -Atoti
TX Seleleka in Watoto: you can find the lyrics and their translation here.
Remmy Ongala Orchestra Super Matimila - Asili ya muziki
Next up, Watafiti in Umoja: you can find the track lyrics and translation here
From AfroJazzFunk Round 2, here are The Monstars with Funny Saga.
Nyboma Mwandido on Double Double. You can buy his music at Calabash Records and on Amazon.
Jamnazi Africa in Riziki
Musa Juma and Orchestra Limpopo
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David asked for Musa Juma in mp3 so here you go.
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As far as I am concerned, track of the day is Bamboo and Prezzo in Shika Nare
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22 Responses to “musical link: Smörgåsbord I”
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jke says:
April 30, 2007, 4:53 am -
Doug says:
April 30, 2007, 9:24 amRE: Mwana Masonga… OK, I can appreciate a new mix that brings a new sound, a new beat to an old tune but this one seems pointless to me. It’s 6:19 of a small part of Sukuma bin Ognaro’s Sukuma Songa. I’d rather hear the original. As an example of a great new mix project, I can point to Cheb i Sabbah’s two remixes of songs on Vieux Farka Toure’s new CD (samples available on eMusic.com).
Doug,
I did not know about the Ongaro track (and in all honesty, I am embarrassed to let it be known that I have none of his music …) so I really have nothing to compare it to. Not having heard the original track, I found the concept interesting especially since I really like long tracks.
It has been iTunes and vinyl/CD conversions up to this point for me but I am finally breaking and getting an eMusic account so I will check out Cheb i Sabbah’s work.
- Steve
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David says:
April 30, 2007, 12:15 pmNo talk but instead a feast…whose complaining. Thought for a minute we were going to get a few downloads of Musa Juma. Would shell out the necessarys & buy it myself if they sold it round these parts. Have you got copies of their CDs that your keeping to yourself Steve?
David
I added a Musa Juma mp3 for you.
- Steve
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musa okoth says:
April 30, 2007, 7:52 pmWow Steve!: This is indeed a feast as David says. You have quite outdone yourself this time thanx very much. I hear the “Riziki” track is quite the inthing in some Nairobi clubs. I wonder what the phrase at the end ” e mambala yi ekerano sidoia ee” means. It is neither Swahili nor Luo. Any ideas? I am still working on sending you “cucu wa gakunga” and i also found a les wanyika track called “matamshi yako rafiki” from zamani za kale which i will send to you.
David - if u need Musa Juma cds I can get u some. You can reach me at musa dot okoth at yahoo dot ca.
Musa,
thanks for the kind offer. I will definitely drop you an email.
Interesting thing about Riziki is that now that some time has passed, I think I like it better than I am not sober - I think that this is mainly because it is a much more relaxed style and the guitar work really does something for me.
No idea what that phrase means either. I thought that it was Luo when I first heard it. Can anyone help us translate it?
I will be waiting for the Wanyika track (any Wanyika track is gold to me!) and Ndichu.
- Steve
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mirembe says:
May 1, 2007, 12:29 amThanks for the posts! Nyboma link didnt work.
Thanks for the heads up as well Mirembe, Nyboma is now fixed as well.
BTW, a while back, you asked for the Kenyan National Anthem: here it is
- Steve
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aduna says:
May 1, 2007, 3:42 amThanks Steve. What a great selection.
I really like the Watafiti track. Unfortunately The Monstars’ link doesn’t work at home!
Thanks againMonstars link now fixed!
Thanks for the heads up!
- Steve
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David says:
May 1, 2007, 10:55 amWell wot a friendly place! Thanks for the Musa Juma Steve, sounds fantastic.
Musa, your offer is kind in the extreme. Will email you when I get more time at home to see how this can be done. -
Doug says:
May 3, 2007, 12:58 amSteve, I’m just reading your response after a few days. My comments weren’t intended to be harsh or critical. Actually, I find it very interesting to discover this kind of remix (much like your Jefferson Airplane “White Rabbit” remix) and I’m always appreciative when I hear something new like this. You can check out that Sukuma bin Ongaro track on Guitar Paradise of East Africa. And, yes, Sukuma is on eMusic.com as well. You don’t need to join emusic to listen to the samples either.
Doug
For me, a huge part of this website is the learning experience. When I started doing this more than a year ago, I knew the music but nothing at all about the music. Now, I know a little more and every interaction I have with experts such as yourself allows me to learn yet a little bit more.
Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
- Steve
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musa okoth says:
May 4, 2007, 1:19 pmYou see Steve if u give us more tracks, u get a whole blogload of comments.
so, please sir, can we have some more?!!! (apologies to charles dickens and oliver!!!)
Musa,
So, its now 2 weeks since you made these requests: are you happy with the results?
By the way, thanks for the pileload of tracks. Cucu wa Gakunga goes up the week of May 18th!!
- Steve
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JKE says:
May 4, 2007, 2:33 pmYou know there’s a special date every Furahiday marked on my timetable to visit this blog for some musical updates!
Oh and btw, I ordered the “Rhumba On The River” book the other day (thx for the hint, Steve) + came across this trouvaille on Ebay … US$ 31!
@Doug: I still remember your site from ~ 1997, so nice. Do you have any contact with other producers such as Günther Gretz (of PAM) or Alistair Johnston?
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Doug says:
May 5, 2007, 11:21 amFor JKE, the site (www.eastafricanmusic.com) is still there but, unfortunately, it hasn’t progressed much beyond 1997. Those were the days when I only half-gainfully employed so I had plenty of time to work on it.
I’ve met Gunter long ago but don’t really know him personally. Alastair and I correspond regularly and occasionally collaborate on a project like his Polygram Kenya discography. And I stay in close contact with my friend, Werner Graebner, the editor of the Zanzibara series. His new Zanzibara 3: Ujamaa will be coming out shortly (in Europe anyway) with some classic Tanzanian dance music of the 60s. -
JKE says:
May 6, 2007, 10:13 amThx 4 the update!
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n says:
May 23, 2007, 10:12 pmI think that there was a new version of “Double-Double” some time ago, maybe by the Soukous Stars (or maybe just Lokassa). Could you post that one too?
Thanks and keep up the good work!
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Nathan says:
June 8, 2007, 1:22 pmThanks for all the great musical links (and stories). I am wondering if the link to the Riziki song (Jamnazi) was working at some point. It seems to lead nowhere. Ama ilikuwa ni kionjo tuu!
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Steve Ntwiga Mugiri » musical link: Watafiti, Mlimani Park Orchestra & Maroon Commandos says:
August 24, 2007, 11:56 pm[...] link: Watafiti, Mlimani Park Orchestra & Maroon Commandos 24 08 2007 I posted a track from Watafiti back in April of this year and it might be time for another one. The guitar work on [...]
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fisher says:
September 2, 2007, 12:38 pmSteve - I’ve been a bit out of the loop but I just found my way back to this post. I totally agree that the track we posted/remixed (Mwana Masongo) was a bit long on its own and the original is still smoking but check this out.
It’s a mixed cd I put together for some friends who donated to a bike-a-thon I was part of for $$ for bicycle ambulances in Uganda. Anyways, you and your readers are welcome to peruse the page - preview the mix and if anyone feels moved to donate - there are some links there.
I’ll be in Guelph in a few days - if I get to Kitchener maybe we could connect.
Thanks for the great work on your site and the recent video footage is awesome!
Kwa heri.
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Steve Ntwiga Mugiri » Archives » musical link: Smörgåsbord IV says:
November 5, 2007, 8:43 pm[...] As I say goodbye, have to point out this out: I just found this comment by DJ Fisher aka Bart from surfacescan that I missed before linking to a pan-African mix he did. You absolutely need to listen to this. [...]
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Denis says:
November 10, 2007, 9:00 amHey Steve,
Quite a number of your musical links can not play. They say that url not found. I really want to listen to the DDC milimani song Sauda. Remember Papii Kocha and his song Fanta? do you by any chance have it? But thanks for the great job you have done with the deep cultural resource that was and is African Music -
Eric says:
December 22, 2007, 7:16 pmHi Steve,
That Jamnazi track is so cool, I wonder weather I can get more links to other material from these guys? where can I get their CD here in the US?
anyone?Good work bro,
Tks
You can buy the CD at Sterns.
- Steve
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ricky says:
July 10, 2009, 3:55 pmi think the fading lyrics are sang in “Teso” a tribe in Uganda I remember some words being familier
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Nice, thx for the updates!
Bart’s house approach reminds me of some projects I’ve been procrastinating for a while now…