The “Preis Der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik” honors “The Kenya Sessions”. Sven Kacirek, Ogoya Nengo, Owino Koyo and all the other Kenyan Musicians, Pingipung and the Goethe-Institute Nairobi are very proud to be nominated for the Record Critics Award 2011.
We celebrate the Release of the Kenya Sessions Album, which came out on the Pingipung Label today. You can buy the album or the mp3 version at the Pingipung-Site, on iTunes, Amazon, on… Read the rest
Release Date: February 21, 2011 at Pingipung/Kompakt. More information about further releases of Sven.
The album is finished. It is not mastered yet but I finally drew up 13 different tracks that hopefully fit together pretty well. The album won t come out before October 2010 but the last days I have posted extracts… Read the rest
Here come track excerpts no. 4 – 6 :
Track No 4: Olith Ratego
Olith Ratego
Fieldrecordings:
Olith Vocal Take
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Track No 1 : Ogoya Nengo
Ogoya Nengo
Fieldrecordings:
Ogoya Vocal Take
Village Atmo/Preaching
Click here to watch the video of the recording session with Ogoya Nengo
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This is an idea for the last track of the album. The track is based on a field recording I did on a hot Sunday in 
Takaye Village, just a stone ´s throw away from… Read the rest
This is a first try based on the great Kayamba Recordings we did in Kwale. Don t miss 
the video of the recording session. It s amazing to see how 8 people play the Kayamba in unison.
kayamba track
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
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.
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