Extra Golden
Extra Golden
Top Songs
| 1 | Thank You Very Quickly | ||
| 2 | Ukimwi | ||
| 3 | Anyango | ||
| 4 | Piny Yore Yore | ||
| 5 | Fantasies of the Orient |
Albums
Mar 2009 • 6 songs
Oct 2007 • 8 songs
May 2006 • 6 songs
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Biography
A cross-continental collaboration, Extra Golden began with Ian Eagleson's documentation of the Benga music of Kenya and Nairobi for his doctoral thesis. Starting in 2000, Eagleson was assisted in his work by Kenyan musician Otieno Jagwasi, who played in a band with drummer Onyango Wuod Omari called Orchestra Extra Solar Africa. Eagleson returned to Africa in 2004 for further study, but this time, he brought a portable studio along with him. In April of that year, Eagleson's bandmate from Washington, D.C.'s Golden, Alex Minoff (also of Weird War), decided to visit Nairobi and E...