Catch Up - Zenj, Bongo and Bagamoyo
Aaaighttchyall. Sorry for my absence, but i had some travellin' to do....specifically, Zanzibar - Dar es Salaam - Bagamoyo - Dar es Salaam - Johannesburg - Cape Town - Johannesburg - Frankfurt - Rio de Janeiro. yes, it was a long trip! Frankfurt was lovely. I was so tired I slept in a park and then left. Thanks Varig......
I'm gonna try and make up for this lost time and fill in the empty spaces little by little......wrapped everything up in Zanzibar.
Matona and me on the last day - he gifted me halewa and I gifted him rough mixes of all the tracks we worked on together. My hard drive is heavy with new tracks to be edited and mixed........
In the last few days, it was a marathon of recording - both to finish my tracks and to finish Matona's.
Finally....something to listen to from all of this recording. Matona's Ud Solo.
Matona is fully bent on coming to Rio. I hope he comes. He says he doesn't mind sleeping in a hammock.......
Matona walking Leila through the track at the Dhow Countries Music Academy (by the way they have a job vacancy for director -check it on the site).
Leila doing vocals on our beni/ragga track.
Fadl on tabla.
Muda Criss laying down the vocals for our track at Akhenaton studio. He wrote about his father who is in prison unjustly in India for murder. He hasn't seen him for 10 years.
As I think I spoke of earlier, I had been invited by one Mr. Jhiko Manyika to spend some days at his house in Bagamoyo making music. We managed to do a track of his, another track with his cousin, Squeeza (his friends used to say that he squeezes the words and rhymes) who came out for a day from Dar to do a track and another track with Andrew, Jhiko's guitar player. Jhiko has to be one of the sweetest, most genuine people on the planet. I count myself very lucky and blessed indeed to have made his acquaintance. Thanks Jhiko!
Jhiko Manyika
Squeeza squeezing the rhymes
Andrew
To the very last minute, Fid Q called and sent text messages saying he was trying to come and make the hook up to record a track, but alas, it was not to be.....maybe next time.
I want to say thanks to some folks for their guidance, enthusiasm, interest, hospitality during my trip to Zanzibar - Matona!!! Ally "Star" - thanks for the talks sitting on the baraza late night and don't worry the monkey won't bite! Kheri, Hilda, Yasser (see you in Cairo), David, Juma 20, Muda Criss, Sweet Ray, Abeid, Yusuf (sorry for the screwed up link! It is http://www.busaramusic.com - go dere!), Adel, Mohammed for the biscuits and soda every other day, Khamis, Hamad, Fadl, Leila, Jhiko, Andrew, Shida, Kasim and last, but definitely not least, Ali for the mishkaki and chips.
I'm gonna try and make up for this lost time and fill in the empty spaces little by little......wrapped everything up in Zanzibar.
Matona and me on the last day - he gifted me halewa and I gifted him rough mixes of all the tracks we worked on together. My hard drive is heavy with new tracks to be edited and mixed........In the last few days, it was a marathon of recording - both to finish my tracks and to finish Matona's.
Finally....something to listen to from all of this recording. Matona's Ud Solo.
Matona is fully bent on coming to Rio. I hope he comes. He says he doesn't mind sleeping in a hammock.......
Matona walking Leila through the track at the Dhow Countries Music Academy (by the way they have a job vacancy for director -check it on the site).
Leila doing vocals on our beni/ragga track.
Fadl on tabla.
Muda Criss laying down the vocals for our track at Akhenaton studio. He wrote about his father who is in prison unjustly in India for murder. He hasn't seen him for 10 years.As I think I spoke of earlier, I had been invited by one Mr. Jhiko Manyika to spend some days at his house in Bagamoyo making music. We managed to do a track of his, another track with his cousin, Squeeza (his friends used to say that he squeezes the words and rhymes) who came out for a day from Dar to do a track and another track with Andrew, Jhiko's guitar player. Jhiko has to be one of the sweetest, most genuine people on the planet. I count myself very lucky and blessed indeed to have made his acquaintance. Thanks Jhiko!
Jhiko Manyika
Squeeza squeezing the rhymes
AndrewTo the very last minute, Fid Q called and sent text messages saying he was trying to come and make the hook up to record a track, but alas, it was not to be.....maybe next time.
I want to say thanks to some folks for their guidance, enthusiasm, interest, hospitality during my trip to Zanzibar - Matona!!! Ally "Star" - thanks for the talks sitting on the baraza late night and don't worry the monkey won't bite! Kheri, Hilda, Yasser (see you in Cairo), David, Juma 20, Muda Criss, Sweet Ray, Abeid, Yusuf (sorry for the screwed up link! It is http://www.busaramusic.com - go dere!), Adel, Mohammed for the biscuits and soda every other day, Khamis, Hamad, Fadl, Leila, Jhiko, Andrew, Shida, Kasim and last, but definitely not least, Ali for the mishkaki and chips.
posted by Maga Bo at 8:32 PM
2 Comments:
The oud solo sounds lovely. Look forward to hearing some of the finished tracks in the future. I have a feeling I might not be flying Varig on my next trip to Rio.
Man what a fantastic oud solo! Can't wait for the finished product: with or without further production, this is a lovely recording, and it's so suggestive of further possibilities. Man, zanzibar sounds like it's been a blast! Keep rockin it.
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