BLNRB: Welcome to the Madhouse

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All Music Guide - Rick Anderson
The "madhouse" referenced in this album's title is a townhouse in Nairobi, Kenya, where increasingly frenzied recording activity took place in a pair of makeshift studios in 2009. An interesting mix of artists from Berlin's incredibly fertile electro scene (including Modeselektor, Gebrüder Teichmann, and Jahcoozi) and Kenyan rappers (Nazizi, Mister Abbas, Kimya, Lon'Jon) and singers (Just a Band, Michel Ongaru) participated, and the music is understandably unpredictable, and delightfully inconsistent. Every track brings together a different combination of artists: there's hair-raisingly good rapping from the brilliant female MC Nazizi, in collaboration with Jahcoozi and ...
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All Music Guide - Rick Anderson
The "madhouse" referenced in this album's title is a townhouse in Nairobi, Kenya, where increasingly frenzied recording activity took place in a pair of makeshift studios in 2009. An interesting mix of artists from Berlin's incredibly fertile electro scene (including Modeselektor, Gebrüder Teichmann, and Jahcoozi) and Kenyan rappers (Nazizi, Mister Abbas, Kimya, Lon'Jon) and singers (Just a Band, Michel Ongaru) participated, and the music is understandably unpredictable, and delightfully inconsistent. Every track brings together a different combination of artists: there's hair-raisingly good rapping from the brilliant female MC Nazizi, in collaboration with Jahcoozi and Mister Abbas; on "Kumbuka," Jahcoozi, Michel Ongaru, and Mister Abbas pool their talents to create churning dubstep combined with African singing and English rapping; "Take It Higher" features music from Jahcoozi and Robo while the lyrics are provided by a rapper named Little King, who sounds like he's about ten years old but raps like a 20-year-old. Jahcoozi and Ukoo Flani create compelling dubstep in 6/8 (which one might have said was impossible) on "Zamaney." There are a couple of less compelling tracks (notably the rather tedious "Ma Bhoom Bhoom Bhoom" by Jahcoozi, Ukoo Flani, and Radi), but even those are really not bad at all -- and everything else is brilliant.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 8/16/2011
  • Label: Out Here Records
  • UPC: 880918016924
  • Catalog Number: 19
  • Sales rank: 177,023

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Goldbreaks Variation - Kimya (1:07)
  2. 2 Madhouse - Mister Abbas (3:32)
  3. 3 Dirty Laundry - Kimya (3:28)
  4. 4 Msoto Millions - Ukoo Flani (3:53)
  5. 5 Very Necessary - Teichmann (5:02)
  6. 6 Room For Me - Lisa Oduor Noah (3:40)
  7. 7 Ma Bhoom Bhoom Bhoom - Radi (5:46)
  8. 8 Everyday Without You - Teichmann (6:39)
  9. 9 Living Room - Teichmann (3:32)
  10. 10 Monkeyflip - Mister Abbas (5:14)
  11. 11 Goldbreaks - Kimya (4:09)
  12. 12 Take It Higher - Robo (2:52)
  13. 13 Kumbuka - Mister Abbas (4:55)
  14. 14 Richie Interlude - Teichmann (1:00)
  15. 15 Kibera Benga - Just a Band (4:43)
  16. 16 Away - Just a Band (3:56)
  17. 17 Zamaney - Ukoo Flani (4:42)
  18. 18 Whateverman Dub - Teichmann (6:32)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Little King Vocals
Dogs Vocals
Sasha Perera Vocals
Necessary Noize Vocals
Alai K Vocals
Michel Ongaro Vocals
Ukoo Flani Vocals
Nazizi Vocals
Mister Abbas Vocals
Lon'Jon Vocals
Kimya Vocals
Robo Vocals
Radi Percussion
William Warero Vocals
Maasai Mbili Vocals
Just a Band Vocals
Lisa Oduor Noah Vocals
Technical Credits
Richie Rich Track Annotations
Gebrüder Teichmann Track Annotations
Hannes Teichmann Composer, Liner Notes
Andi Teichmann Composer, Liner Notes
Modeselektor Instrumentation
Michael Heilrath Mastering
Jahcoozi Instrumentation
Sasha Perera Composer, Lyricist, Track Annotations
Sebastian Szary Track Annotations
Alai K Track Annotations
Michel Ongaro Composer, Lyricist, Track Annotations, Instrumentation
Jay Rutledge Executive Producer
Ukoo Flani Composer, Lyricist
DJ Zhao Graphic Design
Teichmann Lyricist, Instrumentation
Nazizi Track Annotations
Mister Abbas Track Annotations
Lon'Jon Track Annotations
Johannes Hossfeld Liner Notes
Clarence Kimani Composer, Lyricist
Alex G. Kamweru Cover Photo
Abdalla Khamis Abdalla Composer, Lyricist
Abbas Kubaff Composer, Lyricist
William Warero Composer, Lyricist
Maasai Mbili Composer, Lyricist, Track Annotations
Just a Band Track Annotations, Instrumentation
Lisa Oduor Noah Composer, Lyricist
Robin Nyanwea Composer, Lyricist, Track Annotations
Obuya "Chalo T" Owino Track Annotations
Nazizi Hirji Composer, Lyricist
Zacharia Ochien'g Composer, Lyricist, Track Annotations
John Friendrich Composer, Lyricist
Kevin Wyre Composer, Lyricist
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