Album Review: 'Palagoma' by Odd Okoddo @odd_okoddo via From Cool Waters @fromcoolwaters
"looks set to push the window of Afro-electronic music that little bit wider"
Words John Parry
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This third album from the afro-rhythm, world fusion group ODD OKODDO marks a coming together that has been simmering. Joining Kenyan luthier/singer Olith Ratego and German producer/drummer Sven Kacirek’s is veteran dodo musician Ogoya Nengo but she’s no stranger. Nengo, as well as Ratego, featured on Kacirek’s eclectic debut ‘The Kenya Sessions’ way back in 2011. Kacirek then produced Nengo’s Honest Jon’s released ‘Rang'ala’ album plus the follow up ‘Om Mande’ a few years later. So ever since Kacirek and Ratego formed ODD OKODDO in 2018, the moment they welcomed in Nengo’s commanding presence seemed inevitable.
