Thursday, November 29, 2012
Okwueme '99'
Side A
Okwueme
Eli Ikwerre Marunma
Wenyi-Mo
Mind Your Way
Owa-Marule Nai-Mahara
Side B
Oge Asomeri
Njor-Vuenwu
Chidugwayi
Eli Rumuji Wegbom
Jump for joy to Nigerian praise singing and traditional drumming, spinning in hypnotizing cycles. I'm actually feeling dizzy. Despite the balance of lilty harmony and aggressive pulsing, this tape, produced outside Port Harcourt, takes me want a siesta.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Very excited to announce the next Awesome Tapes From Africa release. Dur-Dur Band Volume 5 comes out March 19
Thursday, November 08, 2012
Mamadou Camara dit Bikadi—Sognina
Face A
Sunday, November 04, 2012
Hirut Bekele
Side A
Track 1
Track 5*
Side B
Track 8
Track 10
Track 11
Track 12
*Never heard a krar sound quite so much like its great-great-grandson the banjo.
Oh dang. Happy belated Halloween. Toward that end you'll find magnificent vocalist Hirut Bekele flexing supernatural powers among a haunted organ. But this goes much deeper than cute accompaniment. There's a stunning selection of compositions here. Spare but virtuosic orchestrations via krar and aforementioned organ create psychotropic room-filling sonics captured by the rough recording.
Another lovely recording gifted by our homie in Addis named Kidus, some of you may know him.
Extra credit: documentary about Hirut Bekele. Appreciate the stunning songs and rare footage despite your rusty Amharic.
Side B
Track 8
Track 10
Track 11
Track 12
*Never heard a krar sound quite so much like its great-great-grandson the banjo.
Oh dang. Happy belated Halloween. Toward that end you'll find magnificent vocalist Hirut Bekele flexing supernatural powers among a haunted organ. But this goes much deeper than cute accompaniment. There's a stunning selection of compositions here. Spare but virtuosic orchestrations via krar and aforementioned organ create psychotropic room-filling sonics captured by the rough recording.
Another lovely recording gifted by our homie in Addis named Kidus, some of you may know him.
Extra credit: documentary about Hirut Bekele. Appreciate the stunning songs and rare footage despite your rusty Amharic.
