Extra Golden - Ok-Oyot System
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Artist: Extra GoldenEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-05-09
Music Label: Thrill Jockey
Soundtracks:
- Ilando Gima Onge
- It's Not Easy
- Ok-Oyot System
- Osama Rach
- Tussin' & Fightin'
- Nyajondere
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Music Review: A successful fusion of Kenyan Benga and classic rock
Rating: 4 Stars
I have eclectic tastes, and at a conceptual level, I am interested any time I hear about a musician or group trying to fuse disparate musical styles. Unfortunately, when most people try to fuse American styles with music from other cultures, more often than not, the results are just kitsch. There is nothing kitsch about this strong album blending the sounds of Kenyan Benga music and classic rock. Some tracks are closer to Benga, and some are closer to classic rock, but they all blend styles. In fact, the title track sounds almost Cuban, and reminiscent of Marc Ribot y los Cubanos Postizos. The important thing, though, is that the album maintains a consistent groove, never too fast, and never too slow, built around strong but not flashy guitar work. Fans of Toubab Krewe, Tinariwen, Nigerian juju music (like King Sunny Ade), the Ry Cooder/Ali Farka Toure album, etc., will find much to enjoy here, as will any fan of classic rock with open ears.
In fact, albums like this should not be surprising. Rock is based on blues, which is directly descended from African folk music. That explains why Ali Farka Toure sounded so much like John Lee Hooker without any conscious influence. That is why we hear such a strong blues thread in the music of Boubacar Traore. As American music has spread its influence around the world, African musicians have incorporated it into their own, and one cannot listen to juju music without hearing strong American influences. So, perhaps this type of project was inevitable. Hopefully, future American-African collaborations will be as successful. Previously, the best of those collaborations have been acoustic, like those of Bob Brozman, but hopefully groups like Extra Golden will convince other musicians that rock and African music can be blended effectively.
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Description of Ok-Oyot System
Extra Golden is a collaboration between Alex Minoff of Weird War, Ian Eagleson of Golden, and Otieno Jagwasi and Onyango Wuod Omari of Orchestra Extra Solar Africa, from Kenya. Their sound is a unique mix of Weird War's boogie rock and benga, an upbeat style of guitar dance music, similar to rumba, that has been popular in Kenya since the 1960s. Deluxe vinyl edition is limited to 1,000 copies.Alternative Rock CDs
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