Archive for December, 2009

Pictures put in on New Year’s Eve to remember the folks in africa

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Journey in the Nyanza region on March 11th, where we met with the nyatiti player Okumo Korengo :





The People at Ogoya Nengo’s Village:








Best wishes for the new year 2010 to all of you !!

Matondoni Video

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Here comes a new video about the recordings we did on march 25th in Matondoni, this small island close to Lamu.
The music of the traditional Kaswida group was so different from everything else, we had seen the… Read the rest

Lamu 2nd Version

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

This is a new version of the Lamu- flute track. I recorded some kind of solo handdrums in the middle part of the song. Though the track sounds different from the extracts I have already posted, I hope, that you… Read the rest

Lamu

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

On march 22nd I recorded a flute player in Lamu. Last week I played some simple beats on two different tamobourin drums, which I bought in Kenya, on top of the original recordings.
Yesterday I added a soft brush… Read the rest

Mbui, Mbutch & Mwatela Track Idea

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

On march 22nd Mbui and Mbutch invited us to meet their great band in a small village very close to Malindi. First we had to drink a glass of self made coconut schnapps (video)
Then Mbui, his father Mwatela… Read the rest