BaraBara.fm - A Journey into the Sound of Kenya http://www.barabara.fm In this work documentation blog you can find traditional kenyan music, recorded and combined by Sven Kacirek and Agnieszka Krzeminska Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:03:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Back in Takaye Village: The barrel organ still exists … Read the rest

]]> http://www.barabara.fm/2011/09/11/back-in-takaye-village-the-barrel-organ-still-exists/ Arrived in Nairobi … Read the rest

]]> http://www.barabara.fm/2011/09/03/arrived-in-nairobi/ Second Trip to Kenya

On September 1st, Sven is travelling to Kenya again. Together with Stefan Schneider (To Rococo Rot, Mapstation) he will go to Mukunguni Village, where he has already been in 2009.

Stefan and Sven are recording a new album… Read the rest

]]> http://www.barabara.fm/2011/08/30/second-trip-to-kenya/ German Record Critics honors “The Kenya Sessions”

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.

]]> http://www.barabara.fm/2011/08/30/german-record-critics-honors-the-kenya-sessions/ Music Video: Ali Khamed Orchestra & Sven Kacirek

]]> http://www.barabara.fm/2011/03/29/music-video-ali-khamed-orchestra-sven-kacirek/ The Kenya Sessions Album Release Party 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

]]> http://www.barabara.fm/2011/02/21/the-kenya-sessions-album-release-party/ Save the date: The Kenya Sessions Release on Feb 21st 2011

Release Date: February 21, 2011 at Pingipung/Kompakt. More information about further releases of Sven.

]]> http://www.barabara.fm/2011/01/06/save-the-date-the-kenya-sessions-release-on-feb-21st-2011/ New York Concerts with Ogoya and Olith The New York based music festival E se in Manhatten invited Sven to play there in December. Sven planned to perform there with Ogoya Nengo and Olith Ratego.
After weeks of collecting documents and… Read the rest

]]> http://www.barabara.fm/2010/12/20/new-york-concerts-with-ogoya-and-olith/ first music video featuring the instruments

]]> http://www.barabara.fm/2010/11/06/a-music-video-featuring-the-instruments/ Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung awards the barabara.fm project On Septmeber 28 the German “Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung” awarded a price to the barabara.fm-project in the presence of Bundeskanzler Angela Merkel.
More Information on their Website and the Werkstatt N Website.

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]]> http://www.barabara.fm/2010/10/05/rat-fur-nachhaltige-entwicklung-awards-the-barabara-fm-project/ GPS-Section revised Please visit our LAST SEEN AT Page for revised reports on the gps positions troughout Kenya. The Satelite view allows to zoom in and out and move around the adjoining places from on high.

 

 

 

]]> http://www.barabara.fm/2010/09/24/gps-section-revised/ Press Review Interview with Sven Kacirek about the BaraBara.fm project at the audiovoltaics digital music culture.
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]]> http://www.barabara.fm/2010/09/15/press-review/ Album Overview III 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

]]> http://www.barabara.fm/2010/05/30/album-overview-iii/ Album Overview II Olith Ratego Fieldrecordings: [dewplayer:http://www.barabara.fm/videoblog/music/olith-vocals.mp3] Olith Vocal Take Read the rest]]> http://www.barabara.fm/2010/05/28/album-overview-ii/