Mukunguni

Field recordings of the Mijikenda tribes, made in different spots in and around Mukunguni village. The album opener is solo dena, played to sound like a bat and heal the village sick, with the ear for frequency and timbre of a stringent minimalist. There are the piercing, reeded nzumari oboe and bung'o horn, sounding like fierce free-jazz improvisation; and two gently stunning marimba solos, with complex, overlaid melodies and rhythms, played in polyphonic accents, almost like talking drums.

• 01 Ndema
• 02 Dena
• 03 Mambodze
• 04 Matatizo
• 05 Pepo Mlume
• 06 Chela
• 07 Bungo
• 08 Ngoma Wira
• 09 Bamba
• 10 Mwanzele
• 11 Tungwa
• 12 Gaserego
• 13 Kiringongo
• 14 Puredi