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Grandmaster Masese: New African Soundz Singles No​.​1

by Grandmaster Masese

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    Two songs on a seven inch in a limited edition of 150 copies.

    This will mark the first vinyl release of exclusively obokano music in nearly 50 years. We are very proud to have made this happen.

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Grandmaster Masese is a poet/writer,actor/teacher/musician from Nairobi, Kenya. He plays the Obokano, an eight stringed lyre of the Gusii people of Western Kenya.

The instrument is notable not only for its giant size, but also for it's distinctive other wordly bass heavy buzzing sound. Masese is among just a handful of remaining Obokano players and one of the few visible young players in the entire world.

Masese breaks boundaries of current African music by fusing new and traditional sounds. A true "urban griot," Masese takes his giant instrument wherever he goes and will play it for anyone interested.

We are proud to bring Masese's music to international audiences and even more proud to commit this music to vinyl. This is likely the first vinyl release of exclusively Obokano music from Kenya in more than 50 years.

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released March 24, 2019

Grandmaster Masese - Vocal, obokano

Recording and editing - Pete Larson
Video - Colin Crowley, Tomo Tsukahara

Photo - Miles Larson

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"Dagoretti" is the confluence of three large pathways in Nairobi connecting all of Kenya together. It is also the Swahilified pronounciation of "The great." We like to think that we put out great records that connect distant places together.

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