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Written by VMK
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Thursday, 10 September 2009 |
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NEW CD OUT NOW  Following the amazing worldwide success of their first album, the Zimbabwean vocal group Insingizi present fourteen new songs, a cappella or accompanied with African drums, clapping, whistles...
“After the success of the first album we were faced with a challenge to produce a CD that would have an even greater impact” says group leader Vusa Mkhaya Ndlovu.
“The songs on the new CD are a mixture of our own compositions as well as traditional songs that changed our music sense, such as ‘Londolozela’ and the hard-hitting war song, ‘Lamlela ndwandwe’. The other compositions were inspired by life in the townships and they reflect the day to day life in modern day Zimbabwe.”
From the aforementioned war song ‘Lamlela ndwandwe’ to the funeral song ‘Amagugu’, to the traditional wedding songs ‘Londolozela’ and ‘Umendo’, sung by jubilant families at traditional wedding ceremonies, the album highlights the different moods mbube music is capable of heralding.
Insingizi’s music is filled with hope, optimism and faith. Wherever they go, the purity of their vocal interplay is overwhelmingly beautiful, the lyric is ultimately hopeful, and the inherent tone of their message is true to their spiritual beliefs. The CD is now available in all reliable record stores worldwide. You can order your copy via ARC Music(www.arcmusic.co.uk). Computer freaks can download it from iTunes or amazon.
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Written by VMK
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Wednesday, 01 April 2009 |
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After five year of not recording new material for Insingizi we are back in the studio- www.das-kw.at - working on our new CD that will be released sometime this year. For more news and studio impressions go to the Insingizi website news!! |
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Written by VMK
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Friday, 06 February 2009 |
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The episode, titled “Drakensberg: Barrier of Spears,” is an unashamedly lush gift for armchair travelers. The dramatic basalt spires (source of the Afrikaans name Drakensberg, or dragon’s mountain, and the Zulu name uKhahlamba, or barrier of spears) are photographed from every angle while the African fauna frolic and the time-lapse clouds rush in. This conventional but still potent imagery is set to the a cappella drone of the vocal group Insingizi, which couldn’t sound more like Ladysmith Black Mambazo if it. ... Oh, it probably did. Published: February 5, 2009, New York Times |
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Written by VMK
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Wednesday, 04 February 2009 |
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Ö1 Programm Sa, 07.02.2009
17:05 Uhr
Diagonal - Radio für Zeitgenossen *
1. Martin Grubinger - Nachwuchsschlagzeuger aus dem Salzkammergut, der bereits im Alter von 25 Jahren in den berühmtesten Konzerthäusern der Welt gastiert, sich für Zeitgenössische Musik einsetzt und gesellschaftspolitisches Sendungsbewusstsein besitzt. Gestaltung: Eva Garthe
2. Skopje - die mazedonische Hauptstadt widerspiegelt in urbanistischen Fragen eine Identität zwischen sozialistischer Idealstadt und nostalgischen Bildern. Gestaltung: Gabriele Reiterer
3. Reisebericht aus einem Land am Abgrund. Der ursprünglich aus Zimbabwe stammende Sänger Vusa Mkhaya (Teil des A-cappella-Trios Insingizi) besucht ein Musikfestival in seiner Heimatstadt Bulawayo - zwischen Seuchen, galoppierender Inflation und Angst vor der Staatsmacht.
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