''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, 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. In Luhya it's known as Ishiriri. The Luo had a strong tradition of stringed instruments and was famou ...

* 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 is a double reed wind instrument played in Central Asia, West Asia, the Caucasus, Southeast Europe and parts of North Africa. It is also used in Sri Lanka. It is usually accompanied by a davul (bass drum) in Armenian, Anatolian and Ass ...

bağlama The bağlama or saz is a family of plucked string instruments and long-necked lutes used in Europe, Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East, Khazar, Central Asia including Germany, France, Belgium, TRNC, Netherlands, Albania, Greece,Bosnia, Serbia, Croat ...

, 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 o ...

** 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'' (2014 film), a Filipino anthology drama film based on short stories * "Tres" (song) by Juanes *"Tres", a song by Líbido from thei ...

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

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

** 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 orchestr ...

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 the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Formed in 1991, the band consists of rhythm guitarist David Bryson, drummer Jim Bogios, vocalist Adam Duritz, keyboardist Charlie Gillingham, David Immergl� ...

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

– vocals ** David Immerglück – electric guitar, mandolin Dutch lyrics by Peter Slager, English lyrics by Adam Duritz

''Geen Tango''

* 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''

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 – vocals * Custódio Castelo – Portuguese guitar Lyrics translated by Mila Vidal Paletti, Cristina Branco, and Peter Slager

''Vreemde Wegen''

* Terry Woods –

bouzouki The bouzouki (, also ; ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', , from Greek , from Turkish ) is a musical instrument popular in West Asia (Syria, Iraq), Europe and Balkans (Greece, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey). It is a member of the long-necked lute fam ...

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 , ), also known as Union pipes and sometimes called Irish pipes, are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. Their current name is a partial translation of the Irish language terms (literally, "pipes of the ...

tin whistle The tin whistle, also known as the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, a class of instrument which also includes the recorder and Native American flute. A tin whistle player is called a whistl ...

* Shane Martin –

bodhrán The bodhrán (, ; plural ''bodhráin'') 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 (material), goatskin head is tacked to one side (synthetic heads or ot ...

''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 – vocals, dranyen, lingm * 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 (music), drone while using a special breathing technique called circular breathing. The didgerido ...

* Mark Robinson – didgeridoo * Bronson – vocals,

clapstick Clapsticks, also spelt clap sticks and also known as , , 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. They ar ...

''Eén En Alleen''

* Pravin Godkhindi –

bansuri A bansuri is an ancient side-blown bamboo flute originating from the Indian Subcontinent. It is an aerophone produced from bamboo and metal-like material, used in many Indian and Nepali Lok songs. A ''bansuri'' is traditionally made from a ...

* Rafiuddin Sabri –

tabla A ''tabla'' is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music, where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments a ...

* 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 the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in 19th-century India. Khusrau K ...

* Santosh Mishra –

sarangi The sārangī is a bowed, short-necked three-stringed instrument played in traditional music from South Asia – Punjabi folk music, Rajasthani folk music, Sindhi folk music, Haryanvi folk music, Braj folk music, and Boro folk music (the ...

* Dhroeh Nankoe – vocals

References

{{Authority control 2006 albums EMI Records albums BLØF albums