Name: Baleka
Brand: Zimba

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

NNR006

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Colour

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

180-gram vinyl.

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-08-16

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Light in the Attic

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

3760281255045

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Total Cap

1 / 12" / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Zimba

Genre US

African

Label US

Nyami Nyami Records

In the mid-70s, musician and songwriter Phil Arosa fled Southern Rhodesia’s apartheid (now Zimbabwe) to settle in the Netherlands and pursue his musical career under more mundane skies. Alongside his partner Marga, he started the band Zimba which played for ten years in clubs around the country. During those years, <i>Baleka</i> was the only studio recorded song and was released in 1983. This record went unnoticed at the time but this minimal and powerful mix of African rhythms with a New Wave voice and an irresistible mbira gimmick deserved better. The Comet Is Coming and Blackjoy (Siwo) from Paris have been asked to revisit this piece; the results are two very different versions of <i>Baleka</i> but definitely carved for the dancefloors.

Baleka

Music US