KENYA SPECIAL 2 by V/A

SKU90830
ArtistV/A
TitleKENYA SPECIAL 2
LabelSOUNDWAY RECORDS
Catalog #SNDWLP 084
Tag
ReleaseW 41 - 2016
FormatVinyl - UK3LP
EAN Barcode5056032304604
Benelux exclusive, Import
 € 36,50 incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

  1. The Lulus Band - I Can Feel It
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/1_the_lulus_band_-_i_can_feel_it.mp3
  2. The Bahari Boys - Simba Yuna Nguruma
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/2_the_bahari_boys_-_simba_yuna_nguruma.mp3
  3. Kamaru Celina Band - Mukurara Nake
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/3_kamaru_celina_band_-_mukurara_nake.mp3
  4. Orchestra Conga Internationale - Nakupenda Sana
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/4_orchestra_conga_internationale_-_nakupenda_sana.mp3
  5. Rift Valley Brothers - Mucang'ang'o Ugiraga Mukindirio
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/5_rift_valley_brothers_-_mucangango_ugiraga_mukindirio.mp3
  6. L'Orch Central International - Jane Jaber
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/6_lorch_central_international_-_jane_jaber.mp3
  7. Eagles Lupopo 77 - Mrembo Pesa
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/7_eagles_lupopo_77_-_mrembo_pesa.mp3
  8. Afro 70 - Libondela
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/8_afro_70_-_libondela.mp3
  9. Lulus Band - Daina
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/9_lulus_band_-_daina.mp3
  10. Orchestre Todi Nationale - Misumba
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/10_orchestre_todi_nationale_-_misumba.mp3
  11. Peter J Tsotsi & The Eagles Lupopo - Fanya Imani
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/11_peter_j_tsotsi_amp_the_eagles_lupopo_-_fanya_imani.mp3
  12. Kilwa Jazz - Shirikisho
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/12_kilwa_jazz_-_shirikisho.mp3
  13. Orch Simba Wanyika - Nakupenda
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/13_orch_simba_wanyika_-_nakupenda.mp3
  14. Afro 70 - Nina
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/14_afro_70_-_nina.mp3
  15. Sammy Katana - Vilole (Maisha Ya Mjini)
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/15_sammy_katana_-_vilole_maisha_ya_mjini.mp3
  16. African Vibration - Hinde
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/16_african_vibration_-_hinde.mp3
  17. Mac & Party - Harambe
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/17_mac_amp_party_-_harambe.mp3
  18. Orchestre Mangelepa - Nseya
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/18_orchestre_mangelepa_-_nseya.mp3
  19. Awengele - Awengele
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/19_awengele_-_awengele.mp3
  20. Hafusa Abasi & The Yahoos - Ewe Mola
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/k/90830_kenya_special_2/20_hafusa_abasi_amp_the_yahoos_-_ewe_mola.mp3

Description

The compilers of Kenya Special 2 have gone to great lengths to disclose a small part of what is slowly being accepted as an essential element of East Africaï's cultural heritage: the history of recorded popular music

To many outside of East Africa, the Kenya Special Soundway compilation released in 2013 was their introduction to the full spectrum of the musical landscape of 1970s and 80s Kenya. The promotion of Kenyan music on an international level from the mid-eighties onwards had often been within a narrative of 'otherness', where releases were marketed as world music, focusing on a few genres with clearly defined sounds, such as benga and Swahili rumba. Kenya Special did more or less the opposite by highlighting songs and bands that couldn't easily be categorized. Many of the featured songs seemed to bend the rules, break away from existing genres and sometimes borrow from foreign music trends. Whereas the world music campaigns of the 1980s were moderately successful in drawing in young audiences, the more recent wave of reissues has caught on with a demographic that's one or two generations younger than those listeners that were originally interested in the music that was recorded in Kenya from the 1960s to the 1980s. The approach to musical rediscovery that is behind Kenya Special has its origins in a youthful movement of vinyl collecting (and to some extent club culture), which has, in the past decade and a half, carved out its own niche alongside the established music industry.

Despite the renewed interest in music from Kenya's past, finding these tracks and their rights holders hasn't become any easier. Only a handful of music archives around the world harbour collections of Kenyan music, and just a few private collectors in Kenya and abroad have been sharing catalogue info online or privately. One of the problems with East African music of this era is that much of it was originally released only on 45 rpm, seven-inch vinyl singles, many of which were only ever produced in tiny runs of a few hundred. 45s with their thin, paper sleeves do not age as well as LPs and are often far more susceptible to the elements

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