Umoja (album) explained
| Umoja |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | BLØF |
| Cover: | Umoja (album).jpg |
| Released: | 3 March 2006 |
| Recorded: | 2003–2005 |
| Label: | EMI |
| Producer: | BLØF, Holger Schwedt |
| Chronology: | BLØF |
| Prev Title: | Het Eind Van Het Begin |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | XXS |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
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
| Track | Title | Made in | Recorded | Length |
|---|
| 01 | "Binnenstebuiten (Yele)" | Nairobi, Kenya | October 2003 | 6:03 |
| 02 | "Mens" | Antalya, Turkey | December 2003 | 3:56 |
| 03 | "Aanzoek Zonder Ringen" | Sado, Japan | September 2005 | 4:43 |
| 04 | "Hemingway" | Havana, Cuba | March 2004 | 3:41 |
| 05 | "Wennen Aan September" | New York City, United States | July 2004 | 4:19 |
| 06 | "Geen Tango" | Buenos Aires, Argentina | January 2005 | 4:37 |
| 07 | "Laag Bij De Grond" | Lagos, Nigeria | September 2004 | 4:21 |
| 08 | "Herinnering Aan Later" | Óbidos, Portugal | June 2004 | 3:19 |
| 09 | "Vreemde Wegen" | Celbridge, Ireland | October 2005 | 4:16 |
| 10 | "Donker Hart" | St. Petersburg, Russia | November 2005 | 4:07 |
| 11 | "Een Manier Om Thuis Te Komen" | Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan | May 2005 | 5:11 |
| 12 | "De Hemel Is De Aarde" | Adelaide River, Australia | September 2005 | 4:31 |
| 13 | "Eén En Alleen" | New Delhi, India | March 2005 | 7:01 | |
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
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 BakkerLyrics translated by Annet Jimènez Rodriguez and Peter Slager
Wennen Aan September
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
Lyrics translated by Mila Vidal Paletti, Cristina Branco, and Peter Slager
Vreemde Wegen
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
Eén En Alleen
