TE-KWARO ALANGO-EKUKU
Ekuka Morris Sirikiti
TE-KWARO ALANGO-EKUKU
Boomkat Product Review:
Fabled griot Ekuka Morris Sirikiti was responsible for an early Nyege Nyege back in 2018 with a self-titled collection of archive recordings made for Ugandan radio between 1978-2003. TE-KWARO ALANGO-EKUKU is his first ever studio album, a milestone for the thumb piano maestro, whose poetic, socially locked-in songs have never sounded so clear.
Cast your mind back to 2018 and you might recall 'Ekuka', a distorted, static-bleached anthology of home-taped radio broadcasts that featured the almost complete recorded output of Ugandan lukeme virtuoso Ekuka Morris Sirikiti - we described it at the time as sounding something like Konono Nº1 disrupted by Conet Project style shortwave transmissions. Ekuka had never kept any recordings of his music and was basically as shocked as we were when he finally heard the set; featuring broadcasts made between 1978 and 2003. In the end, the album's release triggered fond memories and coaxed him into the studio for the first time in his life; eager to record definitive versions of his classic compositions, spending two weeks reworking his favourite songs.
Without the layers of white noise, Ekuka's joyful voice bobs to the surface, crisply surrounding sparse woodblock and fizzing thumb piano chimes. His songs are rooted in the daily realities of life in Northern Uganda, unravelling village morality tales and relaying public service messages. On the album's single 'TEC ME OT JOK' - featuring Ekuka's brilliant first video - he sings about the relationship between a local witch doctor and his community, recounting a story about a man who buys a coat to steal beans on 'ICO AWILO KOTI ME KWALO ORANGA' and going over personal hygiene methodologies on 'CIL PACO'. But it's Ekuka's performance that has us transfixed; we could listen to him play lukeme for hours, the instrument sounds so rich that it practically materialises out of the speakers.
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Boomkat Product Review:
Fabled griot Ekuka Morris Sirikiti was responsible for an early Nyege Nyege back in 2018 with a self-titled collection of archive recordings made for Ugandan radio between 1978-2003. TE-KWARO ALANGO-EKUKU is his first ever studio album, a milestone for the thumb piano maestro, whose poetic, socially locked-in songs have never sounded so clear.
Cast your mind back to 2018 and you might recall 'Ekuka', a distorted, static-bleached anthology of home-taped radio broadcasts that featured the almost complete recorded output of Ugandan lukeme virtuoso Ekuka Morris Sirikiti - we described it at the time as sounding something like Konono Nº1 disrupted by Conet Project style shortwave transmissions. Ekuka had never kept any recordings of his music and was basically as shocked as we were when he finally heard the set; featuring broadcasts made between 1978 and 2003. In the end, the album's release triggered fond memories and coaxed him into the studio for the first time in his life; eager to record definitive versions of his classic compositions, spending two weeks reworking his favourite songs.
Without the layers of white noise, Ekuka's joyful voice bobs to the surface, crisply surrounding sparse woodblock and fizzing thumb piano chimes. His songs are rooted in the daily realities of life in Northern Uganda, unravelling village morality tales and relaying public service messages. On the album's single 'TEC ME OT JOK' - featuring Ekuka's brilliant first video - he sings about the relationship between a local witch doctor and his community, recounting a story about a man who buys a coat to steal beans on 'ICO AWILO KOTI ME KWALO ORANGA' and going over personal hygiene methodologies on 'CIL PACO'. But it's Ekuka's performance that has us transfixed; we could listen to him play lukeme for hours, the instrument sounds so rich that it practically materialises out of the speakers.
Boomkat Product Review:
Fabled griot Ekuka Morris Sirikiti was responsible for an early Nyege Nyege back in 2018 with a self-titled collection of archive recordings made for Ugandan radio between 1978-2003. TE-KWARO ALANGO-EKUKU is his first ever studio album, a milestone for the thumb piano maestro, whose poetic, socially locked-in songs have never sounded so clear.
Cast your mind back to 2018 and you might recall 'Ekuka', a distorted, static-bleached anthology of home-taped radio broadcasts that featured the almost complete recorded output of Ugandan lukeme virtuoso Ekuka Morris Sirikiti - we described it at the time as sounding something like Konono Nº1 disrupted by Conet Project style shortwave transmissions. Ekuka had never kept any recordings of his music and was basically as shocked as we were when he finally heard the set; featuring broadcasts made between 1978 and 2003. In the end, the album's release triggered fond memories and coaxed him into the studio for the first time in his life; eager to record definitive versions of his classic compositions, spending two weeks reworking his favourite songs.
Without the layers of white noise, Ekuka's joyful voice bobs to the surface, crisply surrounding sparse woodblock and fizzing thumb piano chimes. His songs are rooted in the daily realities of life in Northern Uganda, unravelling village morality tales and relaying public service messages. On the album's single 'TEC ME OT JOK' - featuring Ekuka's brilliant first video - he sings about the relationship between a local witch doctor and his community, recounting a story about a man who buys a coat to steal beans on 'ICO AWILO KOTI ME KWALO ORANGA' and going over personal hygiene methodologies on 'CIL PACO'. But it's Ekuka's performance that has us transfixed; we could listen to him play lukeme for hours, the instrument sounds so rich that it practically materialises out of the speakers.
Boomkat Product Review:
Fabled griot Ekuka Morris Sirikiti was responsible for an early Nyege Nyege back in 2018 with a self-titled collection of archive recordings made for Ugandan radio between 1978-2003. TE-KWARO ALANGO-EKUKU is his first ever studio album, a milestone for the thumb piano maestro, whose poetic, socially locked-in songs have never sounded so clear.
Cast your mind back to 2018 and you might recall 'Ekuka', a distorted, static-bleached anthology of home-taped radio broadcasts that featured the almost complete recorded output of Ugandan lukeme virtuoso Ekuka Morris Sirikiti - we described it at the time as sounding something like Konono Nº1 disrupted by Conet Project style shortwave transmissions. Ekuka had never kept any recordings of his music and was basically as shocked as we were when he finally heard the set; featuring broadcasts made between 1978 and 2003. In the end, the album's release triggered fond memories and coaxed him into the studio for the first time in his life; eager to record definitive versions of his classic compositions, spending two weeks reworking his favourite songs.
Without the layers of white noise, Ekuka's joyful voice bobs to the surface, crisply surrounding sparse woodblock and fizzing thumb piano chimes. His songs are rooted in the daily realities of life in Northern Uganda, unravelling village morality tales and relaying public service messages. On the album's single 'TEC ME OT JOK' - featuring Ekuka's brilliant first video - he sings about the relationship between a local witch doctor and his community, recounting a story about a man who buys a coat to steal beans on 'ICO AWILO KOTI ME KWALO ORANGA' and going over personal hygiene methodologies on 'CIL PACO'. But it's Ekuka's performance that has us transfixed; we could listen to him play lukeme for hours, the instrument sounds so rich that it practically materialises out of the speakers.
Edition of 200 copies. Printed on reverse board sleeve and including a download of the album dropped to your account.
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Boomkat Product Review:
Fabled griot Ekuka Morris Sirikiti was responsible for an early Nyege Nyege back in 2018 with a self-titled collection of archive recordings made for Ugandan radio between 1978-2003. TE-KWARO ALANGO-EKUKU is his first ever studio album, a milestone for the thumb piano maestro, whose poetic, socially locked-in songs have never sounded so clear.
Cast your mind back to 2018 and you might recall 'Ekuka', a distorted, static-bleached anthology of home-taped radio broadcasts that featured the almost complete recorded output of Ugandan lukeme virtuoso Ekuka Morris Sirikiti - we described it at the time as sounding something like Konono Nº1 disrupted by Conet Project style shortwave transmissions. Ekuka had never kept any recordings of his music and was basically as shocked as we were when he finally heard the set; featuring broadcasts made between 1978 and 2003. In the end, the album's release triggered fond memories and coaxed him into the studio for the first time in his life; eager to record definitive versions of his classic compositions, spending two weeks reworking his favourite songs.
Without the layers of white noise, Ekuka's joyful voice bobs to the surface, crisply surrounding sparse woodblock and fizzing thumb piano chimes. His songs are rooted in the daily realities of life in Northern Uganda, unravelling village morality tales and relaying public service messages. On the album's single 'TEC ME OT JOK' - featuring Ekuka's brilliant first video - he sings about the relationship between a local witch doctor and his community, recounting a story about a man who buys a coat to steal beans on 'ICO AWILO KOTI ME KWALO ORANGA' and going over personal hygiene methodologies on 'CIL PACO'. But it's Ekuka's performance that has us transfixed; we could listen to him play lukeme for hours, the instrument sounds so rich that it practically materialises out of the speakers.
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