Stefan Schneider and Sven Kacirek's scintillating field recordings of the Mijikenda tribes, made in different spots in and around Mukunguni village, coastal Kenya, throughout September 2011: mostly healing music (especially for mental health issues), but also love-songs, and spiritual contributions to weddings and burials; mostly in the Sengenya style which evolved in the early twentieth century, adding pace, new Tsikitsi rhythms and extra drums to the traditional Dumbwi forms of the Duruma tribe.
LP tracklisting:
Ndema
Dena
Mambodze
Matatizo
Pepo
Mlume
Chela
Bung’o
Ngoma Wira
Bamba
Mwanzele
Tungwa
Gaserego
Kiringongo
Puredi