29/06/2013

Music: Owiny Sigoma Band - Harpoon Land



Kenya meets UK in a band and isn't it the perfect sound?

The band will play at Atoms for Peace's concerts all summer... In Paris on July 6th, then Amsterdam and of course London.


Owiny Sigoma Band - Harpoon Land - Official Video




Shot on a phone by Louis Slipperz. Big up.

Taken from Owiny Sigoma Band's second album 'Power Punch' released on Brownswood Recordings.

Purchase the album:
iTunes // http://bit.ly/10xX76D
Amazon // http://amzn.to/Z7RA5D
Direct from Brownswood Recordings // http://bit.ly/10xXdv4


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Biography
In 2009, a handful of London-based musicians travelled to Nairobi in Kenya to collaborate with local musicians there. The project was set up by Hetty Hughes and her friend Aaron Abraham, co-founders of a voluntary organisation called Art of Protest established in order to promote local musicians and rappers. Hetty and Aaron were disheartened by the way they were being sidelined and overlooked, sothey set about inviting some London-based musicians to visit Nairobi and collaborate. It was a loose arrangement… there was no specific agenda other than to bring the musicians together, exchange ideas and enjoy the results.


Jesse Hackett (keys)
Louis Hackett (bass)
Sam Lewis (guitar)
Chris Morphitis (bouzouki/guitar)
Tom Skinner (drums)
Joseph Nyamungo
Charles Okoko

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