TWO NEW SONGS PLUS BONUS TRACKS: DIGITAL-ONLY ADVANCE RELEASE. FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY ON CDBABY!
Samba Mapangala offers an advance taste of the new studio album to be released in Spring 2011: Maisha Ni Matamu. The joyous title track, aimed squarely at East Africa’s dance floors, bears the message: Life is sweet, but short. Let’s have some fun – Come dance with me! “Zanzibar” is a souvenir from Samba’s voyage to that beautiful island to appear at the Sauti za Busara festival, where he encountered the venerable Tanzanian legend Bi Kidude in Stone Town. The mighty Orchestra Virunga is joined here by guest vocalist Awillo Mike Otieno of Kenya’s Ja-mnazi Afrika band, and Zaiko Langa Langa guitarist Beniko Popolipo, who contributes sizzling guitar solos on both songs.
The bonus tracks presented here are remixes and instrumental versions of some of Samba's most popular recent compositions: "Tafuta Kazi" and "Adija," remixed and enhanced with new guitar and sax solos (by Syran Mbenza and Jimmy Mvon