Mokoomba – Tusona: Tracings In The Sand

Vinyl LP pressing. Five years after the release of 'Luyando', Zimbabwe's most celebrated music export returns with their long-awaited follow-up album 'Tusona: Tracings in the Sand'. The six musicians from Victoria Falls are refining their unique sound: infectious Afro grooves deeply connected to Zimbabwe's cultural DNA. 'Tusana' is their most danceable album to date, a DIY production recorded in Zimbabwe. It features horns by Ghanaian highlife outfit Santrofi. Includes BBC Radio 6 Music playlisted single Nzara Hapana" Every Sunday, there is a gathering in the sweltering heat on grounds of an old local beer hall in the Chinotimba township in Mosi-o-Tunya (Victoria Falls). Entertainment is provided by various traditional groups including the Luvale Makisi masquerade. It is a day full of singing, drumming, dancing and storytelling. Mokoomba's lead vocalist Mathias Muzaza can often be found here singing with a voice both soaring and vulnerable. In the course of the afternoon the other band members - guitarist Trustworth Samende, bass player Abundance Mutori, keyboard player Phathisani Moyo, percussionist Miti Mugande and drummer Ndaba Coster Moyo - often join in with singing. The drum driven song "Bakalubale" featured on their new album invites you to this gathering."

1. Tamvela Mama
2. Nyansola
3. Ndipe
4. Manina
5. Munaye
6. Nzara Hapana
7. Makisi
8. Bakalubale
9. Kandonga
10. Makolo

Label: Out Here Records

Catalog: 37

Genre: International