Umoja (album)

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Umoja
Studio album by BLØF
Released	March 3, 2006
Recorded	2003–2005
Length	60:05
Label	EMI
Producer	BLØF, Holger Schwedt
BLØF chronology
Het Eind Van Het Begin (2005) Umoja (2006) XXS (2006)
Singles from Umoja
"Aanzoek Zonder Ringen" Released: January 9, 2006 "Hemingway" Released: May 5, 2006 "Mens" Released: September 2006 "Een Manier Om Thuis Te Komen" Released: November 17, 2006 "Donker Hart" Released: 2007

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'.

A documentary about the album was made in September 2007.

Track listing[]

Track	Title	English translation	Made in	Recorded	Length
01	Binnenstebuiten (Yele)	Inside out	Nairobi, Kenya	October 2003	6:03
02	Mens	Human	Antalya, Turkey	December 2003	3:56
03	Aanzoek Zonder Ringen	Proposal without rings	Sado, Japan	September 2005	4:43
04	Hemingway	Hemingway	Havana, Cuba	March 2004	3:41
05	Wennen Aan September	Getting used to September	New York City, United States	July 2004	4:19
06	Geen Tango	Not a tango	Buenos Aires, Argentina	January 2005	4:37
07	Laag Bij De Grond	Close to the ground	Lagos, Nigeria	September 2004	4:21
08	Herinnering Aan Later	Memory of later	Óbidos, Portugal	June 2004	3:19
09	Vreemde Wegen	Unknown roads	Celbridge, Ireland	October 2005	4:16
10	Donker Hart	Dark heart	St. Petersburg, Russia	November 2005	4:07
11	Een Manier Om Thuis Te Komen	A way to get home	Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan	May 2005	5:11
12	De Hemel Is De Aarde	Heaven is earth	Adelaide River, Australia	September 2005	4:31
13	Eén En Alleen	One and alone	New Delhi, India	March 2005	7:01

Personnel[]

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BLØF[]

• Paskal Jakobsen – vocals, guitar, mandolin
• Bas Kennis – keyboards, accordion, vocals
• Peter Slager – bass guitar
• Norman Bonink – drums, percussion, 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 translation 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 – 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[]