Irresistible dance- and trance-go-go-music of, that’s right: the Wagogo people of Tanzania. Msafiri Zawose grew up in an exceptional musical family, with his father as principal player (in the likes of Peter Gabriel’s Real World stables). Msafiri has now finished a splendid CD himself: 'Uhamiaji', on the very worldly-wise Soundway label.
In the press
Mojo: ****; Songlines: 'It's the perfect collusion between traditional and contemporary, Europe and Africa, acoustic and electronic.'
Fun fact
Be sure to google (beforehand): instruments like zeze, limba, ngoma, ndono, malimba, kayamba and, that’s right: flut!