Umoja (album)

Umoja is the seventh album from the Dutch band BLØF, released on March 3, 2006. It was produced with the help of many foreign 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 'be one'.

Umoja
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 3, 2006
Recorded2003–2005
Length60:05
LabelEMI
ProducerBLØF, Holger Schwedt
BLØF chronology
Het Eind Van Het Begin
(2005)
Umoja
(2006)
XXS
(2006)
Singles from Umoja
  1. "Aanzoek Zonder Ringen"
    Released: January 9, 2006
  2. "Hemingway"
    Released: May 5, 2006
  3. "Mens"
    Released: September 2006
  4. "Een Manier Om Thuis Te Komen"
    Released: November 17, 2006
  5. "Donker Hart"
    Released: 2007

A documentary about the album was made in September 2007.

Track listing

TrackTitleEnglish translationMade inRecordedLength
01Binnenstebuiten (Yele)Inside outNairobi, KenyaOctober 20036:03
02MensHumanAntalya, TurkeyDecember 20033:56
03Aanzoek Zonder RingenProposal without ringsSado, JapanSeptember 20054:43
04HemingwayHemingwayHavana, CubaMarch 20043:41
05Wennen Aan SeptemberGetting used to SeptemberNew York City, United StatesJuly 20044:19
06Geen TangoNot a tangoBuenos Aires, ArgentinaJanuary 20054:37
07Laag Bij De GrondClose to the groundLagos, NigeriaSeptember 20044:21
08Herinnering Aan LaterMemory of laterÓbidos, PortugalJune 20043:19
09Vreemde WegenUnknown roadsCelbridge, IrelandOctober 20054:16
10Donker HartDark heartSt. Petersburg, RussiaNovember 20054:07
11Een Manier Om Thuis Te KomenA way to get homeWangdue Phodrang, BhutanMay 20055:11
12De Hemel Is De AardeHeaven is earthAdelaide River, AustraliaSeptember 20054:31
13Eén En AlleenOne and aloneNew Delhi, IndiaMarch 20057:01

Personnel

The thirteen countries where BLØF recorded Umoja.[1]

[2]

BLØF

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

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

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

Lyrics translation by Mila Vidal Paletti, Cristina Branco and Peter Slager

Vreemde Wegen

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 – horn
  • Tsagay – horn
  • Tashi Wangchuk – drum

De Hemel Is De Aarde

Eén En Alleen

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References

  1. Official website on Umoja
  2. Umoja (Media notes). BLØF. 2006.CS1 maint: others (link)
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