Umoja (album)
Umoja is the seventh studio album by the Dutch rock 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.
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 – vocals
- George Odero Achieng – orutu
- Ongeri "Magao" Magati – percussion
- Charles Obuya "Charlotti" Owino – percussion
- Wicyllffe Chagala "Kaboge" Idah – percussion
- Urvin Magarita – percussion
''Mens''
- Omar Faruk Tekbilek – zurna, bağlama, percussion
''Aanzoek Zonder Ringen''
- Kodo
- * 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 – vocals, guitar
- Alberto Rodriguez Pineda – tres
- Haruhiko Kono – quiro
- Gustav Klimt Kwartet
- * Arlia de Ruiter – first violin
- * Lorre Trytten – second violin
- * Mieke Honingh – viola
- * Bastiaan van der Werf – cello
Lyrics translated by Annet Jimènez Rodriguez and Peter Slager
''Wennen Aan September''
- Counting Crows
- * Adam Duritz – vocals
- * David Immerglück – electric guitar, mandolin
''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
''Laag Bij De Grond''
- Femi Kuti – 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
''Vreemde Wegen''
- Terry Woods – bouzouki, concertina
- Paul Harrigan – uilleann pipes, tin whistle
- Shane Martin – bodhrán
''Donker Hart''
- Natalia Sergeeva – violin
- Liana Zingarenko – violin
- Olga Vikovisheva – viola
- Liubov Pavlova – cello
- Elena Abrosimova – double bass
''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
- Mark Robinson – didgeridoo
- Bronson – vocals, clapsticks
''Eén En Alleen''
- Pravin Godkhindi – bansuri
- Rafiuddin Sabri – tabla
- L. Kishore Kumar – sitar
- Santosh Mishra – sarangi
- Dhroeh Nankoe – vocals