Monday, April 16, 2007

Safi! Kali!

Here's a 45 from Nairobi by Lawi Somona. I've posted both sides. Part 2 features the extended sebene. I love the melodic interweaving of the multiple guitars, with the bass and drums driving the groove forward.

This is one of those bands described on www.muzikifan.com, a great site with good discographies.

Fresh/Pure & Sharp (that's what Safi and Kali mean),
Lawi Somona Pt.1 & Pt.2

2 comments:

jon said...

nice stuff! the links for 1 and 2 are the same file it seems.
please check out the african singles i posted on my site this week. You may know more about them than me. ( not difficult )
Jon
http://jonsmixmess.blogspot.com/

Pieter said...

sorry-o! the link for Pt 2 is now fixed. enjoy!

Pieter

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