Umoja (album)

Umoja is the seventh album from the Dutch band BLØF, released on March 3, 2006. It was produced with help of many foreign artists. It had already been sold 50.000 times before it was released, and was the number one album sold in the Netherlands in the month after the release date. The title of the album is Swahili for 'be one'.

A documentary about the album was made in September 2007.

Tracklist

Personnel

BLØF

  • Paskal Jakobsen – vocals, guitar, mandolin
  • Bas Kennis – keyboards, accordion, vocals
  • Peter Slager – bass guitar
  • Norman Bonink – drums, percussion, vocals
  • Additional musicians

    Binnenstebuiten (Yele)

  • Harry Kimani - vocals
  • George Odero Achieng - orutu
  • Ongeri "Magao" Magati - percussion
  • Charles Obuya "Charlotti" Owino - percussion
  • Wicyllffe Chagala "Kaboge" Idah - percussion
  • Urvin Magarita - percussion
  • Lyrics translated by Harry Kimani

    Mens

  • Omar Faruk Tekbilek - zurna, bağlama, percussion
  • Aanzoek Zonder Ringen

  • Kodo
    • Tsubasa Hori - oke gun
    • Eiichi Saito - oke daiko
    • Yoshie Sunahata - oke daiko
    • Tomohiro Mitome - chu daiko
    • Kazuki Imagai - chu daiko
    • Mitsuru Ishizuka - hirado
  • ! (album)

    ! is an album by The Dismemberment Plan. It was released on October 2, 1995, on DeSoto Records. The band's original drummer, Steve Cummings, played on this album but left shortly after its release.

    Track listing

  • "Survey Says" – 2:08
  • "The Things That Matter" – 2:25
  • "The Small Stuff" – 3:02
  • "OK Jokes Over" – 4:27
  • "Soon to Be Ex Quaker" – 1:26
  • "I'm Going to Buy You a Gun" – 3:06
  • "If I Don't Write" – 4:28
  • "Wouldn't You Like to Know?" – 2:50
  • "13th and Euclid" – 2:18
  • "Fantastic!" – 4:14
  • "Onward, Fat Girl" – 2:46
  • "Rusty" – 4:29
  • Personnel

    The following people were involved in the making of !:

  • Eric Axelson bass
  • Jason Caddell guitar
  • Steve Cummings drums
  • Travis Morrison vocals, guitar
  • Andy Charneco and Don Zientara – recording
  • References


    "@" (album)

    "@" is a studio album by John Zorn and Thurston Moore. It is the first collaborative album by the duo and was recorded in New York City in February, 2013 and released by Tzadik Records in September 2013. The album consists of improvised music by Zorn and Moore that was recorded in the studio in real time with no edits or overdubs.

    Reception

    Allmusic said "@ finds two of New York City's longest-running fringe dwellers churning out sheets of collaborative sounds that conjoin their respective and distinct states of constant freak-out... These seven improvisations sound inspired without feeling at all heavy-handed or urgent. More so, @ succeeds with the type of conversational playing that could only be achieved by two masters so deep into their craft that it probably feels a lot like breathing to them by now".

    Track listing

    All compositions by John Zorn and Thurston Moore

  • "6th Floor Walk-Up, Waiting" - 12:25
  • "Jazz Laundromat" - 4:58
  • "Dawn Escape" - 9:39
  • "Her Sheets" - 4:19
  • Album

    Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century, first as books of individual 78rpm records, then from 1948 as vinyl LP records played at 33 13 rpm. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though in the 21st century albums sales have mostly focused on compact disc (CD) and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used in the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl.

    An album may be recorded in a recording studio (fixed or mobile), in a concert venue, at home, in the field, or a mix of places. Recording may take a few hours to several years to complete, usually in several takes with different parts recorded separately, and then brought or "mixed" together. Recordings that are done in one take without overdubbing are termed "live", even when done in a studio. Studios are built to absorb sound, eliminating reverberation, so as to assist in mixing different takes; other locations, such as concert venues and some "live rooms", allow for reverberation, which creates a "live" sound. The majority of studio recordings contain an abundance of editing, sound effects, voice adjustments, etc. With modern recording technology, musicians can be recorded in separate rooms or at separate times while listening to the other parts using headphones; with each part recorded as a separate track.

    Umoja

    Umoja is the Swahili word for "unity". It may also refer to:

  • MV Umoja, a Lake Victoria ferry in East Africa
  • Umoja, a name given to one of the 60 class locomotives of the East African Railways
  • Operation Umoja Wetu, the name for the 2009 Eastern Congo offensive
  • Umoja, Nairobi, a suburb in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya
  • Umoja, Kenya, an all-female village founded on the principles of women's rights.
  • Umoja Village, a former shanty town in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, Florida
  • Umoja (StarCraft), a Terran colony in the StarCraft science-fiction series.
  • Umoja (album), released in 2006 by Dutch pop band Bløf
  • Umoja Party, a now-defunct political party active in Washington, D.C., from 1994 to 2000
  • Umoja, is a clothing company registered as a Limited liability company in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • Umoja (ERP), an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution that includes software designed to facilitate and streamline information between all business functions within the United Nations Secretariat.
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