Six Finished Nyanza Tracks (Extracts)

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

Ogoya Nengo
Ogoya Nengo Video

Okumo Korengo
Okumo Korengo Video

Owino Koyo
Owino Koyo Video

Jack Nyadundo Orchestra
Jack Nyadundo Photos

Olith Ratego

Joseph Oganga
Joseph Oganga Video

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Okumo Korengo

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

The kenyan guitar-like instrument called Nyatiti is one of the most important instruments of the Nyanza Region. On march 11th we met with two different Nyatiti players. First we went to the village of Joseph Oganga. (Watch the video)… Read the rest

Joseph Oganga Extract

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

And this is a longer version based on the recordings we have done with Joseph Oganga right before we met with Owino Koyo on march 11th. I think the version is still a little bit to cheesy and a… Read the rest

Nyatiti Recording at Aluny Village

Friday, July 17th, 2009

March 11th was one of the most exciting days during our stay. In one day we met with Ogoya Nengo, Joseph Oganga, Owino Koyo and last but not least Okumo Korengo.
We came upon Korengo at… Read the rest

Nyatiti Player Joseph Oganga

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

A new video snippet of our visit at Joseph Oganga’s garden, where he played Nyatiti, an instrument which reminds of a guitar. A few days ago Sven posted a new adaption (see below) of the Nyatiti Player singing on… Read the rest

Nyatiti Remix

Monday, May 25th, 2009

The day before I recorded the old man, we met with the traditional nyatiti player Joseph Oganga. Usually Oganga is singing while he accompanies himself by playing nyatiti.
Whenever I asked him either to sing or to play… Read the rest

Album Sessions No. 1

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

10 days ago Sven began to work on the kenyan album. From today he will post some audio examples once a week. Hopefully these extracts give you an impression about the album process. Of course the mp3s are not perfectly… Read the rest

atmo recordings and a jam session

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Our last day at Kisumu: In the morning Sven went for a walk to the center of Kisumu and recorded some of the atmosphere and soundscapes.
Atmo Kisumu
In the evening some young guys… Read the rest

Kisumu countryside sessions

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009



What a day! Tabu, George, Patrick, Joseph, Agnieszka and Sven went to the country side of Kenya, very close to the Lake Victoria. Joseph is working on a research project about the history and… Read the rest

work and dancing in Nairobi

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Sven has set up his equipment at the auditorium and is rehearsing for the concert. He has already met with a young Nyatiti player from Nairobi called Ratai and finally Sven and Ratai did the first recording for the barabara-project.… Read the rest