Used to say, used to stay, Mboranji Mboranji 

Mboranji (ft. David Ralak)

“Sleep, child sleep”.
It starts with putting to sleep all open responsibility, 
to embrace the shifting terrain through your approaching night’s path.
“Sleep, child, sleep,
Mother, papa too, they have gone to the well.
To take a sip off the water, and sway to the night’s rhythm.
To see, love, and break their old bones with dance”

Sleep, trouble, sleep.
Tonight is a night of fun.
And if you need a lullaby, I will sing you one,
Because I know a tune, from my dreams as a child,
I love it so dear, It is called Ndoro.

Psyotic Night

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[Psyotic Night EP] Ndoro

Something for the downtempo heads. Entheogenic.

DEITY of JUNGLE

Kenyan Disco

Aduari YAWA!

John Udulele - Aduari YAWA!

The streams of Givudemesi were a constant source of life. Except when they were dry. And they have been dry for a while. So we went away, hoping to find other streams, hoping to stay alive. But we died along the way, and now the music we carried is all that lives on.

Va yengo means those belonging to the homeland.

Inspired by the coastal sounds of Kenya, it is a lamentation, sung in Lurogori (maragoli), a luhya dialect. It speaks of the struggles that people of the homeland have gone through.
(The flute sound is actually a descant recorder, in case you're wondering :))

Vana va yengo

Vana Va Yengo

Focus, Africa, and build your home, because no one will do it for you.

Focus Africa

I wanna love you, just let me love you.
I wanna love you the way I know you will love.

nguyanze

Joy and loving kindness, that is all I need.

Joy & Loving Kindness

KICK MUSIC

Kixk

Meira

Simila is a Musician/Producer/Dj from Nairobi, Kenya. He fuses ethnic sounds from his Luhya tribe of western Kenya, creating a vibrant afro charged electronic sound. He is also a multi instrumentalist, specialising on playing ethnic vibes, from omutibo to Benga.
He goes around Kenya to record indigenous sounds and music, for preservation and posterity, under the project Music From East Africa. He is also working to create a Kenyan Dance Music style from experimenting with Benga Music, an upbeat dance style from postcolonial Kenya.

He draws his inspiration from African icons like Ayub Ogada, Hugh Masekela, Fela Kuti, Bi Kidude and many more!

For more info, contact sidneysimila@gmail.com.

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