| Musi-O-Tunya And Rikki Ililonga / Dark Sunrise |
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| Album: | Dark Sunrise | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Musi-O-Tunya And Rikki Ililonga | Added: | Jul 2013 | |
| Label: | Now-Again | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-08-11 | Pull Date: | 2013-10-13 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Oct 6 | Sep 29 | Sep 22 | Sep 15 | Aug 18 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 14, 2023: | Music Casserole Mpondolo | 4. | Oct 03, 2013: | The Sunset Life Mpondolo | |
| 2. | Feb 05, 2022: | Music Casserole The Queen Blues, Mpondolo | 5. | Sep 28, 2013: | Jhammy The Hole | |
| 3. | Mar 07, 2015: | Music Casserole Ng'ombe Shala | 6. | Sep 28, 2013: | Music Casserole Mpondolo |
| Album Review |
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| Don Farrell Reviewed 2013-08-11 | ||
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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 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Tsegulani | 16. | Stop Dreaming Mr D | |||
| 2. | Mpondolo | 17. | The Hole | |||
| 3. | Walk & Fight | 18. | Hot Fingers | |||
| 4. | The Sun | 19. | Se Keel Me Queek | |||
| 5. | Dark Sunrise | 20. | The Nature Of Man | |||
| 6. | One Reply | 21. | Musamuseka | |||
| 7. | The Wings Of Africa | 22. | Zambia | |||
| 8. | Jekete Yamankowa Pt 1 | 23. | The Queen Blues | |||
| 9. | Jekete Yamankowa Pt 2 | 24. | Love Is The Way | |||
| 10. | Chalo Chawama | 25. | Lovely Woman | |||
| 11. | Ng'ombe Shala | 26. | Munzi Wa Kangwana | |||
| 12. | Mpulula | 27. | Working On The Wrong Thing | |||
| 13. | Smoke | 28. | Ulemu | |||
| 14. | Sansa Kuwa | 29. | Sunshine Love | |||
| 15. | Sheebeen Queen | 30. | Take It Light | |||
| 31. | Angel Black | |||||