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Born on 13th February 1983, Edward Mwanza, known professionally as Mufrika (or African), is a Zambian songwriter and composer. Mufrika plays an African traditional musical instrument, taught to him by his father, called a Kalimba. The Kalimba is a type of plucked idiophone (or thumb piano with 14 keys 6 upper and 8 lower, and a calabash at the bottom) common throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. He also works as an artisan of lamellophones and has developed his own model of karimba - a species that has characteristics of both kalimba and mbira nyunga nyunga.
When we came across a video of Mufrika playing subtle melodies on his self-built kalimba on Instagram, we were truly mesmerized. There were numerous samples of Mufrika's masterful kalimba playing, but the one that struck our ears most was "Kugombe", a haunting piece of music with a soft, almost magical melody. We thought it would make a great afro-house track! So we reworked Mufrika's original song into an emotional, upbeat dance track and sent it to him. New vocals and kalimba tracks were recorded in a studio and the "Kugombe" was born! We are very happy to showcase the rare sounds of Zambian kalimba music through a unique collaboration with a Zambian artist!
"Kugombe" is an extract from our debut album "Bubbling", out on June 25th.
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