VA - Before Benga Vol. 1 - Kenya Dry [Original Music]

01. unknown - thum nyatiti solo
02. chemutoi ketienya & girls - chemirocha [jimmy rodgers]
03. barack omondi & party - mary apondi
04. dick ngoy & party - elias odede
05. jimmy amukamua - khukhava minyinzi
06. wilson labso & party - kigyokte
07. john oriem & brothers - tereranga
08. peter kimuri & patrick roy roger - kirinyaga ni igai retu
09. francis macharia - gikuyu na mumbi
10. francis macharia - wanjiru wanjiru
11. elijah ishmael - jumbe nipeleke kwetu
12. humphrey eshitool - jirani na waganga
13. humphrey eshitool - safari kibosho
14. herbert misango - msichana auma
15. herbert misango - wazee wa kisa
16. w. john odole - tumshukuru mungu
17. w. john odole - kerena
18. willamu osale - usimalize mali
19. willamu osale - vijana niambie
20. edouardo masengo & bernard mwale - hata unacheza
21. nairobi shoeshine boys - mtoto analia mana yuko waoi
22. joseph ndato & daniel katuga - nikuelezeje
23. esther john & fadhill william & ben nicholas & fundi kondi - mwana mali wa maridadi
24. daniel katuga & fundi kondi - ewe nyota zuhura
25. wayo trio w. fundi kondi - sitakwenda lena dar es salaam



RE-UP of this superlative compilation, featurng the unplugged jams. be chure to peep the previous posts on Original Music if ya slept. thx again to spinning

VA ~ Before Benga Vol. 2: The Nairobi Sound [Original Music]

01. Fundi Konde - Wekundu Si Hoja
02. Jim Lasco - Samueli Ndeje
03. Jim Lasco - Baba Kumbuka
04. John Wijenje - Mtoto Kukosa Masomo
05. Edward Nandwa - Ofafa Jericho
06. Edward Nandwa - Wanajiita Sisi Wahuni
07. John Mwale - Wandugu Mnisaidie
08. John Mwale - Shirikisho la Africa
09. Nashil Pichen & Peter Tsotsi - Mulofwa Mmoja
10. Nashil Pichen & Peter Tsotsi - Jane Umrongo
11. Nashil Pichen & Peter Tsotsi - Goodbye & Farewell
12. Nashil Pichen, Peter Tsotsi & Equator Sound Band - Mpenzi Nimerudi
13. Fadhili William & the Black Shadows - Malaika
14. Fadhili William & the Black Shadows - Hakuna Mwingine
15. Fadhili William & the Black Shadows - When You Visit Taita
16. Adolph Banyora & African Beat Jazz - Niko Pekee
17. Daudi Kabaka & George Agade - Helule Helule
18. Daudi Kabaka & George Agade - Western Shilo
19. Isaya Mwinamo - Ukosefu wa Kazi
20. Isaya Mwinamo & his Merry Men - Bamba ya Afrika
21. Isaya Mwinamo - Nimeacha Ulevi Catherine
22. Isaya Mwinamo - Lipa Kodi ya City Council
23. Isaya Mwinamo - Kipchoge Keino Amefaulu



happily continuing the demystification of mississippi records' piratical proliferation. this is olde news to many, but it seems a lot of kids still don't know, so here goes another piece of the 'puzzle'. there's simply no reason not to dig the roots if yer feelin the fruits. curated by John Storm Roberts, himself one of my favourite kind of pirates. liner notes included. shout out to spinning

VA - Jamiila: Songs from a Somali City [Original Music, 1987]

OMA 107

Side 1

a1. Jamiila [5'37]

• Kusow Kurtunwaarey [vocal]
• Amin Xaaji Cusmaan [guitar]
• Cubdulaahi Iman Zamir [electric organ]

a2. Laac [6'14]

• Amin Xaaji Cusmaan [vocal & kaban]
• Xasan Xaaji Maxamed [taruumbo flute]

a3. Dakhtar [4'10]

• Amin Xaaji Cusmaan [vocal & guitar]

a4. Yaabint [4'31]

• Kusow Kurtunwaarey [vocal]
• Amin Xaaji Cusmaan [guitar]
• Nuur Maxamed Curuba [electric organ]

Side 2

b1. Muumina [4'04]

• Kusow Kurtunwaarey [vocal]
• Amin Xaaji Cusmaan [guitar]
• Cubdulaahi Iman Zamir [electric organ]

b2. Ma Korto [5'11]

• Amin Xaaji Cusmaan [vocal & kaban]
• Xasan Xaaji Maxamed [taruumbo]

b3. Laiilaaf [6'05]

• Amin Xaaji Cusmaan [vocal & guitar]

b4. Siina Miiri [4'11]

• Cabdulaahi Iman Zamir [vocal]
• Amin Xaaji Cusmaan [guitar]
• Nuur Maxamed Curuba [electric organ]

These love songs are recorded in 1987 in a southern Somali city called Baraawe [Brava], 120 miles south of Mogadishu. The instruments are interesting: a small Japanese made electric organ with mechanical rhythm machine, taruumbo flute made now a days of plastic tube, 6 string guitar and traditional string instrument Kaban, which is an ud-like lute. The music is wonderful mixture of different ethnique influences: the electric organ comes from India [previously the harmonium], guitar from Europe, the flute is African and the Ud comes from Arabic culture. And it works. The free use of the small electric Casio-type organ & drum machine give a 'video game' feeling to this rudimentary & totally unheard Taarab. A wonderful recording, many of the songs sounding as if the Residents invaded Somalia