Umoja, the quintessential sunshine duo from wet fields of the Netherlands, returns with a deep, dark and dubby rendition. As a follow up to the 70’s west African Funk and Afrobeat influenced Je-Ka-Lo!, Vuelo Nocturno sets out to be a reassuring statement of the duo’s production wizardry. With this record, the duo have managed to synthesis Cumbia and Afrocentric music traditions into a cohesive body of work.
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all tracks produced & mixed by Umoja
Mastering: B.Eyele at the Pigeon Hole 
Artwork: Umoja
Label: INI Movement
Catalog: INI011

JUNO: http://www.junodownload.com/products/umoja-vuelo-nocturno/2270827-02/
BANDCAMP: http://inirecordings.bandcamp.com/album/vuelo-nocturno

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Elmore Judd - Bass Bully

BKO Quintet’s music is born from a meeting between five established artists.
This gathering provides a journey into the heart of the contemporary Mali. 

Ibrahima Sarr, powerful percussionist, masters with ease the sounds of the djembe drum and has traveled the world alongside Oumou Sangare.  Fassara Sacko whose voice takes you from aback, differs from other griots in traditional celebrations. Yoro Sidibé’s grandson, Nfali Diakité , with his infernal « tournes », also sings and plays his donsongoni in animist ceremonies celebrated by his peers.  Abdoulaye Kone, master of djelingoni develops a unique psychedelic style.  He is the descendant of Djeli Baba Sissoko, and has been solicited before this quintet by great artists like Tiken Jah Kafoly, Salif Keita to tour outside of the Mali borders.  Finally Aymeric Krol, experienced of internationals stages grooves on its strange drums. For the past 10 years he often settled in Bamako where he worked with several artists. Today, his encounter with Ibrahima Sarr gives birth to the project: BKO Quintet.

The first EP recorded « Live » in January 2012 in Bamako in the popular district of Medina Coura.  In the new edition, some tracks recorded in January 2013 have been added to the EP. The present arises from the past, this « inhabited » music is far from the « World » standardized sound.

After a European tour of 25 dates, BKO QUINTET decides to return in the studio during their tour to record a debut album that will be available in 2014.

03 Strange Wassolon

Akalé Wubé songs from the album "Sost" available for streaming.

Kidus à Cent Dix

Been working all day? Been sweating all week? Time to throw down the hammer and have a dansi time! 

In the spotlights: The irresistible dance music coming out of East Africa! Kenyan Benga, Congolese Rumba's, Muziki Wa Dansi from Tanzania, they all have something in common: Untamable Hi-hat samurai's, tireless guitar terriers, scattering songbirds forming a tidal wave of uplifting dance music. 

Umoja picked some their favorite songs & elements and went for a session to add some Umoja flavours. Keeping a wide range of tempo's and moods, there should be something for all your moves and moments. Put on your brightest socks, sprinkle some glitters and join the Dansi! 

Much love, 
Umoja

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Orchestre Kiam - Kamiki (Umoja Edit)

Barda – Gruta (Fertil Discos _ Net003)

Barda enters Fértil's musical universe and puts out seven top-nocht tracks in an album entitled 'Gruta'. Keeping a minimalist approach over danceable beats, Cecilia Gebhard invites us to a mental journey through Argentinian fictional caverns and stages, where the güiro combines cumbia with mountain ranges, where ukulele strings are mixed with Latin percussive sounds as the poetry and voice of the singer WENCESLADA meddle in the nu-folk song world in 'Nudo de un Árbol'. Special mention deserves the sound of the didgeridoo executed by Yoco Perez de Arce, at the beginning of the LP,  generating a darkly energetic, furious yet intimate atmosphere. Near the end of 'Gruta', the labyrinth of the fictional cave opens onto divergent paths in the tripartite track entitled 'Prisms on the Mountain' and SidiRum, another new Argentinean talents, offers its 'Núcleo' remix with luminous, deep, surround sounds, a breath of fresh air.


Barda - Nudo De Un Arbol (feat Wenceslada)

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Liquid Love

03 - Kurifuna

Mulatu Astatke (born 1943; surname sometimes spelled Astatqé) is an Ethiopian musician and arranger best known as the father of Ethio-jazz.

Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - An Epic Story

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