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Masikini Naye Mtu (The Poor are Also People)

by Jamaica Mnanda

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The music of Jamaica has been entertaining audiences on the streets of Kinondoni, Dar es Salaam for the last decade. Melding rhythms from the ‘traditional’ styles of vanga and chakacha, with distorted keyboards and lyrics delivered almost as raps, the Mchiriku style of Jamaica is unique to Dar es Salaam. Made up of a singer, drums, chair, maracas and Casio keyboard player, the band regularly plays on the streets of Dar es Salaam. Created with a make-do DIY aesthetic, the band have repurposed chairs, casio keyboards and the speakers usually used for the morning call to prayer to spread their sound. The songs were produced by John Mabula at 41 Recordz, Kinondoni Dar es Salaam.

Maskini Naye Mtu (The Poor are also People) features a remix from Troels B Knudsen - the renowned music producer and also known as Ctrls, 2400 Operator and Pyro. Troels B-Knudsen is something of an illustrious figure in the electronic music scene of his native Copenhagen. He started his production career in drum and bass as Pyro and released a slew of records on Trouble on Vinyl, Perspective and Flex records. He was a critical figure in the development of a growing Danish drum and bass scene of the early 90s, helping to develop the influential Nerve Recordings label. By the early 2000s he had begun to experiment with producing other genres. Initially producing house music as 2400 Operation with Daniel Savi, by 2010 he was establishing a name for himself in the techno scene as Ctrls.

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released January 9, 2021

Produced by John Mabula at 41 Recordz Tanzania.
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Mastered by Oscar Goldman at Irrational Media
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Jamaica’s music has been entertaining audiences on the streets of Kinondoni, Dar es Salaam for the last decade. Their style melds ‘traditional’ rhythms from vanga and chakacha styles with trademark distorted keyboards and lyrics delivered almost as raps-in an African punk DIY practice. ... more

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