You have all been naughty.
Naught. Naughty. Naughty.
So all you get is one track.
Even worse, I don’t even know its name.
I originally thought it was Madilu Coeurs but now, I am not so sure. Can anyone tell me whom it actually is since I am sure someone will listen to it and say “I know that”. I have listened to it a bunch and while I do not know much about the technical aspects of music, I think that this track sounds more Andrew Crawford studios than Congo so I am hoping that it qualifies to be posted up here. Please tell me what you think.
Aw shucks, you all know that I am pretty weak and can’t resist putting up another track. While this one comes from a band that is definitely not East African, it is amazingly in very proper Kenyan swahili from a group originally named Ice from Long Island, N.Y. that ended up doing their thing in Paris so I guess I can let it go up for your listening pleasure. Their music has been sampled by everyone, ladies and gentlemen, I present the Lafayette Afro Rock band.
Lafayette Afro-Rock Band – Aie (Mwana)
(Its technically not an East African track which is how I can rationalize not keeping my promise not to post more than one track.)
(Wow, a triple negative, I’ll leave that in there for laughs so that when I’m older, I can come back and see how bad my writing was).
Click here for all the other pre-1990 East African music I have posted in the past. Remember the rules people.
So, in lieu of a (second?) track, you get an couple of images; these are a couple of panoramas that I did over the summer and never got around to posting. They are both kind of large at 1.5MB so avoid them if you are on dial up.
RIM Park Indoor Soccer field.
Kitchener Cultural Festival 2006.
On the song, am bila clue…Mr. Msangi will probably know
i enjoyed it…mellow, i wish i could understand what they say, it always seems like they have a nice story to tell.
The panorama on the other hand? Kick ass. The lining up of the stalls… I saw this photo yesterday via muti…cool things.
impossible photo
Lafayette Afro Rock Band kicks. I’m on dialup & will have to pass on the panoramas.
I dig the site, especially the mystery tracks. I’m S L O W with the comments tho.
Thanks
Love the African track. Just found you today.
The Onyesha Mapenzi track is my kind of music. I’ve been puzzling over it since you put it up. I agree that at first the voice sounds like Maroon Commandos. But then, there are other elements that lead me in other directions. Just before the music interlude at 2 min, they say cheza zole zole. That is an old Morogoro Jazz (or maybe Super Volcano) style. I don’t think it is Morogoro but as it continues, it sounds more and more like Super Wanyika. The voices might be Issa Juma and Chou Chou. That’s my best guess. Then, as a long shot, it could be a group like Super Bwambe that had John Ngereza on guitar and Chou Chou as one of the vocalists.
[...] A couple of interesting tracks today and once again, one of then is a mystery track to me. I think that it might be one of the Wanyika groups but I could be wrong as I usually seem to be. Doug Paterson who runs a great East African music resource took the time to try and identify < a href=”http://www.ntwiga.net/blog/?p=188″ title=”">the last mystery track that I posted – you can check out his comments here [...]
Great song! I’ve never heard it before. The horns and guitar interplay towards the end give it away as Maroon Commandos (95% confidence level). I’d love to get more information about their early years and when this song was recorded. It has the sound of maybe 1982-83 but probably before Amua Nikuachie Kazi which is from that same period.
Steve,
In case it’s not clear what I was responding to, my comment #6 was in response to your question about Kilema.
Hi Steve! I have visted your site several times and I have enjoyed some of your articles the classic rumba. If you can find it, could you post a song titled “Choisi ou c’est lui ou c’est moi” by Les Bantous de la Capitale? I heard that song in the 1960s, and I wish I could hear it just one more time.
You are doing a great job.
Surprisingly enough, i have read all the 8 comments here and noone identified the mystery track!!! It is definitely TPOK Jazz with Franco. As to who was singing the vocals, I will have to leave that to TPOK discography experts like Fulbert Namwamba to tell us. Steve – you must have more information on this but if you don’t, I will do some research and report back once i find out.
[...] FinallyBenedict said Hi Steve! I have visted your site several times and I have enjoyed some of your articles the classic rumba. If you can find it, could you post a song titled “Choisi ou c’est lui ou c’est moi” by Les Bantous de la Capitale? I heard that song in the 1960s, and I wish I could hear it just one more time. [...]
Hi!
I run a website in KW called http://www.kwsoccer.org. I am currently designing a poster for my indoor season and I’d like to use a photo of the inside of Rim Park Soccer Field. Would you be able to send me the photo(s) before editing?
I can give you credit on the picture if you like.
Thanks!
Alex Leuschner
admin@kwsoccer.org