Shanu
Monoswezi
The group’s music still smoothly envelops the beautiful Shona language singing and mbira (thumb piano) of Zimbabwean Hope Masike. However, there is clearly a 60s flavour with ‘Tsika Dzako’ having...
Shanu
Monoswezi
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The group’s music still smoothly envelops the beautiful Shona language singing and mbira (thumb piano) of Zimbabwean Hope Masike. However, there is clearly a 60s flavour with ‘Tsika Dzako’ having...
About
By its very nature Monoswezi is a musical collective in a perpetual state of evolution, and 'Shanu' charts the incorporation of new electronic elements into the band's trademark Afro-Nordic soundscape.
Monoswezi's fourth album on Riverboat Records, following the critically acclaimed 'The Village' (TUGCD1063), 'Monoswezi Yanga' (TUGCD1090) and 'A Je' (TUGCD1103) that sees Scandinavian minimalism and jazz seamlessly merge with traditional rhythms from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Undoubtedly Monoswezi's most adventurous and progressive album to date, it again sees lead vocalist Hope Masike raising the flag for female mbira (thumb piano) players worldwide.
Contents and tracklist
- Shanu
Awards and reviews
December 2021
The group’s music still smoothly envelops the beautiful Shona language singing and mbira (thumb piano) of Zimbabwean Hope Masike. However, there is clearly a 60s flavour with ‘Tsika Dzako’ having off-kilter drums and a Mellotron intro that almost sounds like a Beatles-esque ‘backwards tape’ moment.
