Ikenga

Southern Hemisphere Soul
Release date: December 2005
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1
Les Boys Kinois
Song starts with a mid tempo 6/8 structure and quickens into 'Seben' or upbeat pattern- screaming Guitar lines, pumping Basslines and catchy Tribal chant, ends in a feverish Guitar solo by the great Willie Makola (Quartier Latin)
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5:25
2
Simoum Al-Sahara (The desert wind)
An instrumental piece steeped deeply in North African structure but rebelling by clinging to Celtic, Jazz and Psychaedelic influences.
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4:27
3
Kinshasa Swing
A hard driving track characterised by the Trademark high speed Guitar Riffs and power-packed Bass-Line/Percussions behind high voltage Congolese chant- not for the faint-hearted.
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2:48
4
Ikenga Sunrise
A narrative piece with a background musical structure in the West African Highlife - characterised by bouncy percussions a thumping Bassline and delicate 'Palmwine' Guitar riffs.
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4:01
5
Southern Hemisphere Soul
An Afro-Jazz piece in the style of The Legend Fela Kuti characterised by a sequence of instrumental solos, a driving Brass chorus line, powerful Bass-Line and serious Percussions.
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5:49
6
Songs at Sunset
A soulful African Folk medley, The vocals being in the male choral style popular with several African Tribes. These songs being a Traditional medley made popular as a vehicle of expression by the Igbo's during the Nigerian Civil war.
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8:01
7
Bikoutsi Bamenda
An Acoustic piece in the style of the Southern Cameroun, comprising delicate Acoustic 'Palmwine' Guitar lines backed by unalduterated Native percussions.
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3:42
8
Rocky road to Gboko
An ancient Folk ditty modified to an African percussive background. Featuring Irish Fiddler Barry Lang (Skinner's Rats)in a short but feverish piece with Native percussions in the Shwange style of the Tiv Tribe of Nigeria.
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2:32
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