Extra Golden is a musical ensemble founded by two Americans and one Kenyan.

History

Bandmember Ian Eagleson studied Benga music from

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for his Ph.D. thesis, and received assistance from Otieno Jagwasi, a Kenyan musician who played in a group called Orchestra Extra Solar Africa. Eagleson traveled with Jagwasi to Africa to continue his studies in 2004, bringing studio equipments along. His friend Alex Minoff, of

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, visited him in April 2004, and the three of them recorded an album together during their stay, which was released on

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. Jagwasi died of liver failure in 2005, but the remaining two members collaborated further with Jagwasi's brother, Onyago Wuod Omari (a drummer in Orchestra Extra Solar Africa) and Opiyo Bilongo, an established Benga musician. Two more albums with this configuration arrived in 2007 and 2009.Dacks, Davi
"Extra Time For Extra Golden"
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'', April 2009.

Discography

*''Ok-Oyot System'' (

, 2006) *''Hera Ma Nono'' (Thrill Jockey, 2007) *''Thank You Very Quickly'' (Thrill Jockey, 2009)

References

External links

Extra Golden
on Myspace
May 2009 Interview
with

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TV Story about Extra Golden
on Al Jazeera's 'PlayList' Fusion Music Program {{Authority control Kenyan musical groups American world music groups Musical groups established in 2004