Dark Sunrise

Musi-O-Tunya And Rikki Ililonga
Now-Again
World | Jul 2013

Reviews

Don Farrell
Reviewed 2013-08-11
Musi-O-Tunya (' the smoke that thunders' local name for Victoria Falls)
Zambian Zam Rock, fuzz guitar psychedelic rock from 1973-76 from Rikki Ililonga. Hear Hendrix, Cream, James Brown, & Traffic [Disc 1] with the band
****1: 6:20 mid tempo, funky psychedelic rock, locked percussion, great e guitar with horns, nice male vocals call & response with chorus
****2: 7:55 thumb piano intro then faster percussion, big bass & e guitar wah wah with male vocals
3: 7:52 mid to faster, brass, percussion with fuzz guitar & male voc/wails
4: 5:08 mid to faster, fuzzed out guitar, bass, drum kit, horns & minimal vocals
5: 8:19 mid tempo, fuzzed out guitar, bass, drum kit, soprano sax? min vocals
6: 5:41 mid tempo, fuzz with recording distortion?, male vocal, horns, nice e guitar last half
7: 7:00 fast pounding beat, male vocal call & response with chorus, horns
8: 3:36 mid tempo, male voc/wail
9: 2:49 mid tempo, minimal male voc/wail, big bass with e guitar
10: 3:51 fast, big bass, male voc/wail call & response, nice e guitar, strange whistles/bird calls?
***11: 3:53 mid tempo, big percussion, male voc/chant/wail call & response, strange whistles/bird calls?
12: 3:43 slow to mid, big bass, male voc/chant/wail, guitar noodling
13: 4:25 slow to mid, male voc/chant/wail


[Disc 2] Rikki Ililonga's solo work from albums "Zambia" & "Sunshine Love"
***1: 4:35 mid to faster, screaming e guitar, repeated 'Sansa Kuwa' intro then vocal
*2: 4:56 slower, twangy guitar, percussion, more folk rock style in English
***3: 3:31 slower, acoustic guitar & harmonica folk rock style in English, melancholic
**4: 4:44 mid to faster, screaming e guitar, big bass, male vocal in English
***5: 4:13 fast, screaming e guitar, big bass, male vocal in English
6: 4:56 mid tempo, INSTRUMENTAL
7: 3:53 mid tempo, folk rock, male vocal in English
8: 2:59 mid tempo, male vocal, folk rock, bass, percussion
9: 3:19 slower to mid, brass, male vocal
**10: 4:48 slow, blues, guitar & harmonica, male vocal in English
11: 4:15 slower to mid, spoken word in English first minute then vocal
12: 4:00 mid to faster, big bass, screaming e guitar, vocal in English
13: 2:36 slower, electronic effects noodling, then slow & low vocal
14: 3:44 mid tempo, electronic effects noodling, e guitar, vocal in English
15: 1:49 slow to mid, mellow guitar, male vocal
16: 3:14 mid to faster, psych rock, vocal in English
17: 4:13 mid to faster, psych rock, vocal in English, real nice e guitar
18: 3:24 mid to faster, folk rock, vocal in English

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Track listing

1. Tsegulani
2. Mpondolo
3. Walk & Fight
4. The Sun
5. Dark Sunrise
6. One Reply
7. The Wings Of Africa
8. Jekete Yamankowa Pt 1
9. Jekete Yamankowa Pt 2
10. Chalo Chawama
11. Ng'ombe Shala
12. Mpulula
13. Smoke
14. Sansa Kuwa
15. Sheebeen Queen
16. Stop Dreaming Mr D
17. The Hole
18. Hot Fingers
19. Se Keel Me Queek
20. The Nature Of Man
21. Musamuseka
22. Zambia
23. The Queen Blues
24. Love Is The Way
25. Lovely Woman
26. Munzi Wa Kangwana
27. Working On The Wrong Thing
28. Ulemu
29. Sunshine Love
30. Take It Light
31. Angel Black