Umoja (album)

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Umoja
Studio album by BLØF
Released	3 March 2006
Recorded	2003–2005
Length	60:05
Label	EMI
Producer	BLØF, Holger Schwedt
BLØF chronology
Het Eind Van Het Begin (2005) Umoja (2006) XXS (2006)
Singles from Umoja
"Aanzoek Zonder Ringen" Released: 9 January 2006 "Hemingway" Released: 5 May 2006 "Mens" Released: September 2006 "Een Manier Om Thuis Te Komen" Released: 17 November 2006 "Donker Hart" Released: 2007

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,^{[citation needed]} and it became the number-one album sold in the Netherlands in the month after its release date.^{[citation needed]} The title of the album is Swahili for "unity".

A documentary about the album was made in September 2007.^{[citation needed]}

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

• Harry Kimani – vocals
• George Odero Achieng – orutu
• Ongeri "Magao" Magati – percussion
• Charles Obuya "Charlotti" Owino – percussion
• Wicyllffe Chagala "Kaboge" Idah – percussion
• Urvin Magarita – percussion

Lyrics translated by Harry Kimani

• Omar Faruk Tekbilek – zurna, bağlama, percussion

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

• 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

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

• Counting Crows
  • Adam Duritz – vocals
  • David Immerglück – electric guitar, mandolin

Dutch lyrics by Peter Slager, English lyrics by Adam Duritz

• 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

• 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

• Cristina Branco – vocals
• Custódio Castelo – Portuguese guitar

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

• Terry Woods – bouzouki, concertina
• Paul Harrigan – uilleann pipes, tin whistle
• Shane Martin – bodhrán

• Natalia Sergeeva – violin
• Liana Zingarenko – violin
• Olga Vikovisheva – viola
• Liubov Pavlova – cello
• Elena Abrosimova – double bass

Arrangement by Peter Bauwens

• Jigme Drukpa – vocals, dranyen, lingm
• Ugyen Tshewang – cymbals
• Dung Norbu – French horn
• Tsagay – horn
• Tashi Wangchuk – drum

• Mark Atkins – didgeridoo
• Mark Robinson – didgeridoo
• Bronson – vocals, clapsticks

• Pravin Godkhindi – bansuri
• Rafiuddin Sabri – tabla
• L. Kishore Kumar – sitar
• Santosh Mishra – sarangi
• Dhroeh Nankoe – vocals