Artist: Geoffrey Oryema Title: Discography Year Of Release: 1994-2018 Label: Saint George; Real World Records; Sonodisc Genre: World, Folk, African Quality: FLAC (tracks) Total Time: 5:22:39 Total Size: 1.87 GB WebSite: Album Preview
Geoffrey Oryema Biography Most artists have to pay their dues, but very few have to be smuggled out of their birth countries to avoid death on the way. But for Geoffrey Oryema, that was the only way to survive. Born in Uganda, he was the son of a civil servant who was a police chief and then a cabinet minister and from his father he learned the local folk music, as well as the nanga (the harp), in addition to studying Western music in school. However, these were dangerous times in the country, with the mad dictator Idi Amin in power, and in 1977, Oryema's father fell victim, being one of many who was murdered by the armed forces. Oryema knew he was likely to be killed soon, unless he got out. Thanks to friends, he was smuggled across the border to Kenya in the trunk of a car to safety. Or, rather, relative safety. He was in a place with no family or friends and began his wanderings, which saw him eventually making his way to Paris.
In the early '80s, Paris was Africa central, at least as far as music went. But it was the Africa of the dancefloor, given a quick studio spit-and-polish with synthesizers and drum machines — all very far from the more introspective musicality of Oryema's songs. However, he persisted, becoming influenced as much by rock & roll as anything else, eventually creating a shimmering kind of strongly rooted African pop which attracted the Real World label. He was paired with producer Brian Eno for Exile, which was very much the curate's egg — good in parts, especially Oryema's parts, but too atmospheric elsewhere. With that under his belt, he began to play the WOMAD international circuit of world music festivals, returning to the studio for 1993's Beat the Border, where his lush melodies and open-voiced singing created a lush whole. Four years later came the third album, Night to Night, which was decidedly more Western in its influences, melding Africa, Europe, and the U.S. into a whole (in part thanks to producer Daniel Lanois), without dilution of any of the strands. Now based in the French province of Normandy, he continued to live quietly, releasing Spirit in 2000. ~ Chris Nickson
1994 - Un Indien Dans La Ville FLAC Tracklist: 1.01 - Manu Katché & Geoffrey Oryema & Tonton David - Un Indien Dans La Ville (5:14) 1.02 - Manu Katché & Geoffrey Oryema & Tonton David - Chacun Sa Route (3:01) 1.03 - Manu Katché & Geoffrey Oryema & Tonton David - Mother & Father (3:46) 1.04 - Manu Katché & Geoffrey Oryema & Tonton David - Sunshine (5:10) 1.05 - Manu Katché & Geoffrey Oryema & Tonton David - Hello You (4:20) 1.06 - Manu Katché & Geoffrey Oryema & Tonton David - La Misère (4:10) 1.07 - Manu Katché & Geoffrey Oryema & Tonton David - You And I (4:11) 1.08 - Manu Katché & Geoffrey Oryema & Tonton David - Douce Enfance (1:31) 1.09 - Manu Katché & Geoffrey Oryema & Tonton David - Innocence (6:20) 1.10 - Manu Katché & Geoffrey Oryema & Tonton David - Veillée (3:47) 1.11 - Manu Katché & Geoffrey Oryema & Tonton David - Chacun Sa Route (Club Remix) (4:58) 1.12 - Manu Katché & Geoffrey Oryema & Tonton David - La Misère (Club Remix) (3:59)
2001 - Spirit FLAC Tracklist: 1.01 - Geoffrey Oryema - Rwot Obwolo Wan (The Chief Deceived Us) (4:47) 1.02 - Geoffrey Oryema - Spirit of My Father (4:21) 1.03 - Geoffrey Oryema - Listening Wind (4:11) 1.04 - Geoffrey Oryema - Mara (4:28) 1.05 - Geoffrey Oryema - Omera John (My brother John) (5:13) 1.06 - Geoffrey Oryema - Save Me (6:26) 1.07 - Geoffrey Oryema - No Ballads Ballad (7:02) 1.08 - Geoffrey Oryema - See Me Lakayana (4:03) 1.09 - Geoffrey Oryema - Magical Stone (4:07) 1.10 - Geoffrey Oryema - I Struck The Wall (3:49) 1.11 - Geoffrey Oryema - John mon frère (3:39) 1.12 - Geoffrey Oryema - Lapin au sésame (3:42) 1.13 - Geoffrey Oryema - Omera John (My Brother John) (Thunderpuss Remix) (4:42)
2015 - Night to Night FLAC Tracklist: 1.01 - Geoffrey Oryema - Sardinia Memories (After Hours) (2:31) 1.02 - Geoffrey Oryema - Medieval Dream (6:24) 1.03 - Geoffrey Oryema - At My Window (4:17) 1.04 - Geoffrey Oryema - Careless World (4:06) 1.05 - Geoffrey Oryema - Miracle Man (2:46) 1.06 - Geoffrey Oryema - Naa Dream (3:19) 1.07 - Geoffrey Oryema - Lpj Christine (3:49) 1.08 - Geoffrey Oryema - Dancing Steps (Ballad) (3:37) 1.09 - Geoffrey Oryema - To the Metro (4:38) 1.10 - Geoffrey Oryema - Gari Moshi (3:26) 1.11 - Geoffrey Oryema - Passage at Dusk (5:25) 1.12 - Geoffrey Oryema - Sardinia Memories (Early Evening) (3:57) 1.13 - Geoffrey Oryema - On This Night (4:22) 1.14 - Geoffrey Oryema - Bye Bye Lady Dame (3:38)
2016 - Words FLAC Tracklist: 1.01 - Geoffrey Oryema - Forever (3:21) 1.02 - Geoffrey Oryema - Tyena Rem (4:23) 1.03 - Geoffrey Oryema - Words (3:53) 1.04 - Geoffrey Oryema - Revenir à Paris (3:16) 1.05 - Geoffrey Oryema - An Akuri (2:58) 1.06 - Geoffrey Oryema - With You (3:24) 1.07 - Geoffrey Oryema - Flying (4:27) 1.08 - Geoffrey Oryema - Butterfly Kiss (3:53) 1.09 - Geoffrey Oryema - Nakupenda Sana (3:19) 1.10 - Geoffrey Oryema - Le blanc de John (2:39) 1.11 - Geoffrey Oryema - Lonely Traveller (4:04) 1.12 - Geoffrey Oryema - Masaï Moran (2:52)
2018 - Beat The Border FLAC Tracklist: 1.01 - Geoffrey Oryema - The River (6:31) 1.02 - Geoffrey Oryema - Kel Kweyo (4:10) 1.03 - Geoffrey Oryema - Market Day (3:18) 1.04 - Geoffrey Oryema - Lapwony (3:57) 1.05 - Geoffrey Oryema - Umoja (4:15) 1.06 - Geoffrey Oryema - Gang Deyo (4:34) 1.07 - Geoffrey Oryema - Hard Labour (4:29) 1.08 - Geoffrey Oryema - Payira Wind (4:16) 1.09 - Geoffrey Oryema - Lajok (2:48) 1.10 - Geoffrey Oryema - Nomad (3:21) 1.11 - Geoffrey Oryema, Loy Ehrlich - Lapwony (Loy Ehrlich Mix) (3:43) 1.12 - Geoffrey Oryema, Joaquin Joe Claussell - Kel Kweyo (Joaquin Joe Claussell Remix) (8:25)
2018 - Lapin FLAC Tracklist: 1.01 - Geoffrey Oryema - Lapin (3:45)
2018 - The River FLAC Tracklist: 1.01 - Geoffrey Oryema - The River (The Eno Mix) (3:50) 1.02 - Geoffrey Oryema - The River (Edit) (3:56) 1.03 - Geoffrey Oryema - Suzanne (4:27) 1.04 - Geoffrey Oryema - Land of Anaka (5:19)
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