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,[citation needed] and it became the number-one album sold in the Netherlands in the month after its release date.[citation needed] The title of the album is Swahili for "unity".

Umoja
Studio album by
Released3 March 2006
Recorded2003–2005
Length60:05
LabelEMI
ProducerBLØF, Holger Schwedt
BLØF chronology
Het Eind Van Het Begin
(2005)
Umoja
(2006)
XXS
(2006)
Singles from Umoja
  1. "Aanzoek Zonder Ringen"
    Released: 9 January 2006
  2. "Hemingway"
    Released: 5 May 2006
  3. "Mens"
    Released: September 2006
  4. "Een Manier Om Thuis Te Komen"
    Released: 17 November 2006
  5. "Donker Hart"
    Released: 2007

A documentary about the album was made in September 2007.[citation needed]

Track listing

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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

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The thirteen countries where BLØF recorded Umoja

BLØF

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  • Paskal Jakobsen – vocals, guitar, mandolin
  • Bas Kennis – keyboards, accordion, backing vocals
  • Peter Slager – bass guitar
  • Norman Bonink – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional musicians

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Binnenstebuiten (Yele)

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  • 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

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Aanzoek Zonder Ringen

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  • 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

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  • 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 Bakker Lyrics translated by Annet Jimènez Rodriguez and Peter Slager

Wennen Aan September

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Dutch lyrics by Peter Slager, English lyrics by Adam Duritz

Geen Tango

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Lyrics translated by Mila Vidal Paletti, Cristina Branco, and Peter Slager

Vreemde Wegen

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Donker Hart

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  • 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

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  • Jigme Drukpa – vocals, dranyen, lingm
  • Ugyen Tshewang – cymbals
  • Dung Norbu – French horn
  • Tsagay – horn
  • Tashi Wangchuk – drum

De Hemel Is De Aarde

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Eén En Alleen

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References

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