Hallelujah_Chicken_Run_Band-Take_One-2006-BCC

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2008-06-24

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Artist  : Hallelujah Chicken Run Band
Title   : Take One
Genre   : Ethnic
Year    : 2006
Date    : 06/2008
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks  : 18
Label   : Analog Africa No.2
Source  : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length  : 64:38 min
Size    : 85,10 MB


Tracklist:
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01.mudzimu ndiringe                       03:17
02.kare nanhasi                           03:36
03.ngoma yarira                           02:14
04.manheru changamire                     03:37
05.tamba zimba namashe                    03:21
06.mutoridodo                             02:13
07.mukadzi wangu ndomuda                  03:28
08.sekai                                  02:46
09.gore iro                               03:23
10.murembo                                03:02
11.mwana wamai dada naye                  03:27
12.musawore moyo                          03:36
13.alikulila                              02:55
14.ndopenga                               03:34
15.ngatiende kumusha                      03:31
16.shumba inobva mu gomo                  03:20
17.tinokumbira kuziva                     03:23
18.chaminuka mukuru                       09:55
                                         -------
                                          64:38 min



Here a classic re-issue of early-70s
tunes from The Hallelujah Chicken Run
Band, presented in a CD titled "Take One."

These tracks represent the recording
debut of ZimbabweÆs musical and re-
volutionary hero Thomas Mapfumo, and
they are a revelation that have lost
none of their rhythmic freshness and
unique groove over the years.
This is inspiring, dynamite stuff
musically and historically.

The tale of the band is legendary:
founded during the brutal, racist
colonial regime of Rhodesia, the group
formed when the white-owned Mangura
opper Mine hired them as a pick-up
group to perform for exhausted miners
at the end of their shifts.
Inspired by Mapfumo and guitarist Joshua
Hlomayi Dube, the group proceeded to
create an dynamic new musical form that
was captured on tape by Teal Records.

The recordings feature a driving rhythm
section anchored by crisp, intricately-picked,
multiple electric guitars.
Often working in 6/8 time, the melodies are
all layered over beautiful harmonic vocals
and Stax-style horn blasts.
The 2006 release is re-mixed to a warm and
enticing glow.

The vibe on these recordings evolved into
MapfumoÆs heralded Chimurenga music, the
soundtrack for the Zimbabwean Revolution
(since betrayed, of course, despite MapfumoÆs
efforts from exile).
Mapfumo wrote himself into history when he
continued to compose music during the late
-1970s while imprisoned by the Rhodesian
government for his revolutionary and
anti-racist activism.

This is a supreme recording
---listen to it and youÆll understand.

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