- Source: Umoja (album)
Umoja is the seventh album by Dutch band BLØF, released on 3 March 2006. It was produced with the help of numerous international artists. 50,000 copies of the album were pre-sold before it was released, and it became the number-one album sold in the Netherlands in the month after its release date. The title of the album is Swahili for "unity".
A documentary about the album was made in September 2007.
Track listing
Personnel
= BLØF
=Paskal Jakobsen – vocals, guitar, mandolin
Bas Kennis – keyboards, accordion, backing vocals
Peter Slager – bass guitar
Norman Bonink – drums, percussion, backing 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
Hemingway
Eliades Ochoa – vocals, guitar
Alberto Rodriguez Pineda – tres
Haruhiko Kono – quiro
Gustav Klimt Kwartet
Arlia de Ruiter – first violin
Lorre Trytten – second violin
Mieke Honingh – viola
Bastiaan van der Werf – cello
Arrangement by Tom Bakker
Lyrics translated by Annet Jimènez Rodriguez and Peter Slager
Wennen Aan September
Counting Crows
Adam Duritz – vocals
David Immerglück – electric guitar, mandolin
Dutch lyrics by Peter Slager, English lyrics by Adam Duritz
Geen Tango
Carel Kraayenhof – bandoneón
Orquesta Tipica Sans Souci
Leonardo Ferreya – violin
Fabian Bertero – violin
Guillermo Ferreyra – violin
Sophie Lussi – violin
Felipe Ricciardi – bandoneón
Raúl Salvetti – bandoneón
Afredo Gomez – bandoneón
Eleonora Ferreyra – bandoneón
Silvio Acosta – double bass
Leonardo Fabricio Fernández – piano
Arrangement by Carel Kraayenhof and Tom Bakker
Laag Bij De Grond
Femi Kuti – vocals, saxophone
Saidi Obara – percussion
Adekunle Adeyemi – percussion
Tiwalade Ogunlowo – trombone
Emmanuel Abowoba – saxophone
Olugbenga Laleye – trumpet
Tayo Olajide – vocals, dancing
Anthonia Bernards – vocals, dancing
Yemi Oriyomi – vocals, dancing
Comfort Adenike Michael – vocals, dancing
Olayinka Anjorin – vocals, dancing
Herinnering Aan Later
Cristina Branco – vocals
Custódio Castelo – Portuguese guitar
Lyrics translated by Mila Vidal Paletti, Cristina Branco, and Peter Slager
Vreemde Wegen
Terry Woods – bouzouki, concertina
Paul Harrigan – uilleann pipes, tin whistle
Shane Martin – bodhrán
Donker Hart
Natalia Sergeeva – violin
Liana Zingarenko – violin
Olga Vikovisheva – viola
Liubov Pavlova – cello
Elena Abrosimova – double bass
Arrangement by Peter Bauwens
Een Manier Om Thuis Te Komen
Jigme Drukpa – vocals, dranyen, lingm
Ugyen Tshewang – cymbals
Dung Norbu – French horn
Tsagay – horn
Tashi Wangchuk – drum
De Hemel Is De Aarde
Mark Atkins – didgeridoo
Mark Robinson – didgeridoo
Bronson – vocals, clapsticks
Eén En Alleen
Pravin Godkhindi – bansuri
Rafiuddin Sabri – tabla
L. Kishore Kumar – sitar
Santosh Mishra – sarangi
Dhroeh Nankoe – vocals
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bernie Sanders
- Umoja (album)
- Umoja
- Ernest Wilson (singer)
- Uhuru na Umoja
- BLØF
- Valerie Coleman
- Life (Simply Red album)
- BLØF discography
- Eddie Marrero
- Eliades Ochoa
