Esau Mwamwaya | |
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Born | Lilongwe, Malawi |
Genres | Jazz, jazz fusion, Afro-Western, dance, hip-hop, pop, traditional, Malawian |
Occupations | Musician, composer |
Instruments | Singer, singer-songwriter |
Associated acts | Vampire Weekend, Ezra Koenig, M.I.A., BLK JKS, Santigold, Ruby Suns |
Esau Mwamwaya is a singer from Lilongwe, Malawi. He is best known for his collaboration, The Very Best with London based DJ/production duo Radioclit. His music has been described as an Afro-Western mix of dance, hiphop, pop and the traditional music of Malawi.
Esau Mwamwaya was born in Mzuzu, Malawi, but grew up in the capital, Lilongwe, where he played drums in various bands.[1] He played with numerous artists including Masaka Band and Evison Matafale.
In 1999 he moved to London and while running a second-hand furniture shop in Clapton, East London, Esau sold a bicycle to the producer from the band Radioclit, Etienne Tron. Radioclit's studio was on the same street as Esau's shop, and eventually, Esau became friends with both Tron and Johan Karlberg aka Radioclit.[1]
In 2008, the three men worked together to create a project known as 'The Very Best', releasing a critically lauded free mixtape through the label GREEN OWL([1]) in collaboration with other indie artists, including M.I.A., Vampire Weekend, Architecture in Helsinki, BLK JKS, Santigold and the Ruby Suns. The songs are sung in Chichewa, the national language of Malawi.[2]
On the heels of the mixtape, The Very Best produced their first full-length album, Warm Heart of Africa, released digitally in August 2009 and released physically in October 2009 by GREEN OWL and Moshi Moshi. The album features collaborations with Ezra Koenig and M.I.A.
The Very Best is also featured on a track on Crookers debut album, Tons of Friends.[3]
Winner of 9th Annual Independent Music Awards: World Beat song for "Warm Heart of Africa" featuring Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig
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The Very Best is a greatest hits album released by Australian band INXS in 2011. It initially peaked at #39.
Following the screening of INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, an Australian miniseries about INXS that commenced on 9 February 2014 on the Seven Network, the album re-entered the charts, peaking at #1. When the miniseries screened in New Zealand in August 2014, the album also charted, similarly peaking at #1.
The album was released in three formats; a single-disc version, a double-disc version and a double-disc version with a DVD.
No matter how it goes, how it goes, how it goes
I’m gonna hoop you right from your head to your toes
We’re gonna keep each other, keep each other, keep each
other
Right through the stormy weather to the sunshine
I love the rumbae, rumbae, rumbae ay
And when the rumba rhythm starts to play
I love the rumbae, rumbae, rumbae ay
And when the rumba rhythm starts to..
[Verse: MNEK]
No matter how it goes, how it goes, how it goes
I’m gonna hoop you right from your head to your toes
We’re gonna keep each other, keep each other, keep each
other
Right through the stormy weather to the sunshine
I love the rumbae, rumbae, rumbae ay
And when the rumba rhythm starts to play
I love the rumbae, rumbae, rumbae ay
And when the rumba rhythm starts to..
[Verse: MNEK]
No matter how it goes, how it goes, how it goes
I’m gonna hoop you right from your head to your toes
We’re gonna keep each other, keep each other, keep each
other
Right through the stormy weather to the sunshine
I love the rumbae, rumbae, rumbae ay
And when the rumba rhythm starts to play
I love the rumbae, rumbae, rumbae ay
And when the rumba rhythm starts to..
I love the rumbae, rumbae, rumbae
I love the rumbae, rumbae, rumbae
I love the rumbae, rumbae, rumbae ay
And when the rumba rhythm starts to..
I love the rumbae, rumbae, rumbae
I love the rumbae, rumbae, rumbae
I love the rumbae, rumbae, rumbae ay
And when the rumba rhythm starts to..