Music by David Balasanyan 
Artwork by Ara Haytayan ''Shorzha''
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David Balasanyan - Shorzha (2021) Electroacouctic

Music and piano by David Balasanyan
Cover photo by Areg Balayan
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David Balasanyan - My Son Was Born, Second Artsakh War (2020) Electroacoustic

© Music and piano by David Balasanyan and Vardan Harutyunyan
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© All rights reserved, 2018

David Balasanyan/Vardan Harutyunyan -  Rebirth

Dreamings

New demo by Cookie Tongue {mix w/drums}
Omer Gal - instruments, vocals 
engineered and mixed by Alex Laipenieks at Owl Sight Recorders, Oakland CA



Sorry Trunk (demo)

Remarkable Trousers

Passo e Mezo - Anon (early 16th cent) Played by Jones-Stubbs

Chosen Few & I-Roy "Do your thing" Step softly
Ramon & the Crystalites "Golden chickens" Derrick Harriott production
Alick Nkhata "Taxi driver" Shalapo *
Shalawambe "Kamusisi" Shani!
Mahotella Queens "Ngibuz'indlela (Show me the way)" Buya buya: come back *

Hank Jones meets Tidiane Seck & the Mandinkas "Sarala" Sarala
Djénéba Koné "Sida bana" Bara
Ahmed Mukhtar and Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde "Quietness" Al-hambra *
Nadir Ben "Baghi ntoub" Maturity *

Chano Pozo "Tumba palo cucuye" Legendary sessions
Grupo Son San "Aguacatizate" Esto es pa' gozá *
Estrellas del Caribe "Catalina" La Teriapia del Palenque *

Jimmy Yancey "State Street special" Boogie Woogie piano 1940

* reviewed this month on muzikifan.com

	


do your thing

Djodjo Ikomo was born 12 March 1952, his first hit song "Sema sema" was recorded with orch Tabou National. In 1973 he joined orchestre Veve of Kiamuangana Verckys. In 1975 he formed Bana Moja with his cousin Djama. Leaving Zaire they moved to Kampala, Uganda. The group evolved into Bana Ngenge as they moved to Nairobi around 1976. For details on these bands see my "Congo in Kenya" page on http://muzikifan.com/shika.html. Later in life, on returning to Kinshasa, he sang with Pepe Kalle and also OK Jazz.

Djo-Djo Ikomo with Orch Lokito "Moseka" ASLP 912
Jojo Ikomo & his orchestre "Cherie flower" ASL 1976
Bana Ngenge "Kayumba" 1976
Bana Ngenge "Kingo muambe" 1977
Bana Ngenge "Kombe kombe" 1976
Bana Modja "Maya tu" 1982 Kina Rama LP
Djodjo Ikomo & orch Vévé "Maina" 1973

Special thanks to Alan Wheeler for supplying the 45s

DjoDjo_Ikomo

Another Dragon in the Garden

Lost reel of James Baldwin reading from his essay "The uses of the Blues" mixed with experimental music and excerpts of Leadbelly, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday.

James Baldwin reads "The Uses of the Blues"

EARPHEMERA PODCAST: performative artifacts with emblematic soundscapes. Supporting the podcast one wheelchair trip at a time.

James Baldwin reads "The Uses of the Blues"

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