Msaga Pore – Zaire Ngoma II

It has been almost two years since we released Msaga Pore’s first full-length album – now the band from Kilifi in coastal Kenya is back with a new record full of complex rhythm structures based around their big, bass-driven Mbumbumbu drums. Band leader Mzee Saruni and his family play a unique style of traditional Giriama music (Giriama are one of the Mijikenda, the nine tribes of the Kenyan coast), called Zaire Ngoma – An uplifting and energetic conversation between their home-built drums , shakers and of course each other, calling on everyone to gather, dance and drink mnazi (palm wine) until there is none left. Raw and infectious!