Umoja (album)

Umoja is the seventh album by Dutch band BLØF, released on 3 March 2006. It was produced with the help of numerous international 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 "unity".

A documentary about the album was made in September 2007.

Track listing

Personnel

BLØF

Paskal Jakobsen – vocals, guitar, mandolin

Bas Kennis – keyboards, accordion, backing vocals

Peter Slager – bass guitar

Norman Bonink – drums, percussion, backing 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 translated 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 – French 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

2006 albums

EMI Records albums

BLØF albums