''Umoja'' is the seventh album by Dutch band

BLØF BLØF is a Dutch rock band from Vlissingen, Zeeland, founded in 1992 by Peter Slager. Current members are Peter Slager (bass), Paskal Jakobsen (lead vocals and guitar), Bas Kennis (keyboards), and Norman Bonink (drums). Former members are Henk ...

, 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, and it became the number-one album sold in the Netherlands in the month after its release date. The title of the album is Swahili for "unity". A documentary about the album was made in September 2007.

Track listing

Personnel

BLØF

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

Additional musicians

''Binnenstebuiten (Yele)''

Harry Kimani Harrison Mungai "Harry" Kimani (born c. 1982) is a Kenyan musician and composer. Biography Kimani grew up with music, teaching himself to play the guitar by watching an older brother perform. He attended Kirangari High School in Nairobi, where he ...

– vocals * George Odero Achieng –

orutu The ''orutu'' is a one-stringed vertical fiddle originated in the pre-colonial societies of Western Kenya, especially amongst the Luo community. The Luo had a strong tradition of stringed instruments and was famous for their skills with harps and ...

* Ongeri "Magao" Magati – percussion * Charles Obuya "Charlotti" Owino – percussion * Wicyllffe Chagala "Kaboge" Idah – percussion * Urvin Magarita – percussion Lyrics translated by Harry Kimani

''Mens''

* Omar Faruk Tekbilek –

zurna The zurna (Armenian language, Armenian: զուռնա zuṙna; Classical Armenian, Old Armenian: սուռնայ suṙnay; Albanian language, Albanian: surle/surla; Persian language, Persian: karna/Kornay/surnay; Macedonian language, Macedonian: з ...

bağlama The ''bağlama'' or ''saz'' is a family of plucked string instruments, long-necked lutes used in Ottoman classical music, Turkish folk music, Turkish Arabesque music, Azerbaijani music, Kurdish music, Armenian music and in parts of Syria, Iraq ...

, percussion

''Aanzoek Zonder Ringen''

Kodo __NOTOC__ Kodo may refer to: Japan * ''Kōdō'' (香道), ceremonial appreciation of incense * Nippon Kodo (日本香堂), an incense company * Kodō (taiko group) (鼓童), a ''taiko'' drumming group * Kodo-kai (弘道会), a yakuza criminal orga ...

** Tsubasa Hori – oke gun ** Eiichi Saito – oke daiko ** Yoshie Sunahata – oke daiko ** Tomohiro Mitome – chu daiko ** Kazuki Imagai – chu daiko ** Mitsuru Ishizuka – hirado

''Hemingway''

Eliades Ochoa Eliades Ochoa Bustamante (born 22 June 1946) is a Cuban guitarist and singer from Loma de la Avispa, Songo La Maya in the east of the country near Santiago de Cuba. He began playing the guitar when he was six and in 1978 he was invited to joi ...

– vocals, guitar * Alberto Rodriguez Pineda –

tres Tres may refer to: * Tres (instrument), a Cuban musical instrument * Tres, Trentino, municipality in Italy * "Tres" (song) by Juanes * "Tres", a song by Líbido from their album ''Hembra'' * TrES, the ''Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey'' * Templi R ...

* Haruhiko Kono – quiro * Gustav Klimt Kwartet ** Arlia de Ruiter –

first violin The concertmaster (from the German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (U.K.) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (or clarinet in a concert band). After the conductor, the concertmaster is the second-most signifi ...

** Lorre Trytten – second violin ** Mieke Honingh – viola ** Bastiaan van der Werf – cello

Arrangement In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orches ...

by Tom Bakker Lyrics translated by Annet Jimènez Rodriguez and Peter Slager

''Wennen Aan September''

Counting Crows Counting Crows is an American rock band from San Francisco, California. Formed in 1991, the band consists of guitarist David Bryson, drummer Jim Bogios, vocalist Adam Duritz, keyboardist Charlie Gillingham, David Immerglück, bass guitarist Mil ...

Adam Duritz Adam Fredric Duritz (born August 1, 1964) is an American singer, best known as the frontman for the rock band Counting Crows, of which he is a founding member and principal composer. Since its founding in 1991, Counting Crows has sold over 20 mi ...

– vocals **

David Immerglück David A. Immerglück (born May 3, 1961)''U.S. Public Records Index'' Vol 1 & 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010. is an American multi-instrumentalist who is best known as a guitarist in the alternative rock bands Counting Crows, ...

– electric guitar, mandolin Dutch lyrics by Peter Slager, English lyrics by Adam Duritz

''Geen Tango''

* Carel Kraayenhof –

bandoneón The bandoneon (or bandonion, es, bandoneón) is a type of concertina particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay. It is a typical instrument in most tango ensembles. As with other members of the concertina family, the bandoneon is held bet ...

* 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''

Femi Kuti Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti (born 16 June 1962), popularly known as Femi Kuti, is a Nigerian musician born in London and raised in Lagos. He is the eldest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and a grandchild of political campaigner, women's r ...

– 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''

Cristina Branco Cristina Branco (born 28 December 1972 in Almeirim, Ribatejo, Portugal) is a Portuguese musician. She was drawn to jazz and styles of Portuguese music before settling on fado, a choice made after being introduced to the music of Amália Rodrig ...

– vocals * Custódio Castelo –

Portuguese guitar The Portuguese guitar or Portuguese guitarra ( pt, guitarra portuguesa, ) is a plucked string instrument with twelve steel strings, strung in six course (music), courses of two strings. It is one of the few musical instruments that still uses wat ...

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

''Vreemde Wegen''

Terry Woods Terence Woods (born 4 December 1947 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish folk musician, songwriter/singer and multi-instrumentalist. He is known for his membership in such folk and folk-rock groups as The Pogues, Steeleye Span, Sweeney's Men, T ...

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bouzouki The bouzouki (, also ; el, μπουζούκι ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', from Greek ), also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and ...

concertina A concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica. It consists of expanding and contracting bellows, with buttons (or keys) usually on both ends, unlike accordion buttons, which are on the front. The ...

* Paul Harrigan –

uilleann pipes The uilleann pipes ( or , ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. Earlier known in English as "union pipes", their current name is a partial translation of the Irish language terms (literally, "pipes of the elbow"), from their ...

tin whistle The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, putting it in the same class as the recorder, Native American flute, and other woodwind instruments that meet such criteria. ...

* Shane Martin –

bodhrán The bodhrán (, ; plural ''bodhráin'' or ''bodhráns'') is a frame drum used in Irish music ranging from in diameter, with most drums measuring . The sides of the drum are deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side (synthetic heads or othe ...

''Donker Hart''

* 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''

Jigme Drukpa Jigme Drukpa is a Bhutanese musician and singer of traditional folk songs, born in 1969 in the small village of Wongchelo, in Pemagatshel, eastern Bhutan. He graduated from Sherubtse College in 1993, and undertook postgraduate studies in Norway. ...

– vocals,

dranyen The dramyin or dranyen (; dz, dramnyen; ) is a traditional Himalayan folk music lute with six strings, used primarily as an accompaniment to singing in the Drukpa Buddhist culture and society in Bhutan, as well as in Tibet, Ladakh, Sikkim and ...

lingm The lingm ( Dzongkha , ) is a bamboo flute indigenous to Bhutan. The lingm, the dramyin (lute) and the chiwang (fiddle) comprise the basic instrumental inventory for traditional Bhutanese folk music. There are two varieties of lingm: the ''dong li ...

* Ugyen Tshewang – cymbals * Dung Norbu – French horn * Tsagay – horn * Tashi Wangchuk – drum

''De Hemel Is De Aarde''

* Mark Atkins –

didgeridoo The didgeridoo (; also spelt didjeridu, among other variants) is a wind instrument, played with vibrating lips to produce a continuous drone while using a special breathing technique called circular breathing. The didgeridoo was developed by ...

* Mark Robinson – didgeridoo * Bronson – vocals,

clapstick Clapsticks, also spelt clap sticks and also known as bilma, bimli, clappers, musicstick or just stick, are a traditional Australian Aboriginal instrument. They serve to maintain rhythm in voice chants, often as part of an Aboriginal ceremony ...

''Eén En Alleen''

Pravin Godkhindi Pravin Godkhindi (born 28 October 1973) is an Indian classical Hindustani flute (bansuri) player. He has mastered both the tantrakari and gayaki style of playing on the flute. He was called a top ranking artist in Hindustani bansuri, by Aka ...

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bansuri A bansuri is an ancient side blown flute originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is an aerophone produced from bamboo and metal like material used in Hindustani classical music. It is referred to as ''nadi'' and ''tunava'' in the ''Ri ...

* Rafiuddin Sabri –

tabla A tabla, bn, তবলা, prs, طبلا, gu, તબલા, hi, तबला, kn, ತಬಲಾ, ml, തബല, mr, तबला, ne, तबला, or, ତବଲା, ps, طبله, pa, ਤਬਲਾ, ta, தபலா, te, తబల� ...

* L. Kishore Kumar –

sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in medieval India, flourished in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in ...

* Santosh Mishra –

sarangi The sārangī is a bowed, short-necked string instrument played in traditional music from South Asia – Punjabi folk music, Rajasthani folk music, and Boro folk music (there known as the ''serja'') – in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. It is ...

* Dhroeh Nankoe – vocals

References

{{Authority control 2006 albums EMI Records albums BLØF albums