OK World (24Bit)

Im crazy happy about the project OkWorld! Its been a long time dream for me to put a band like thos together. Since i began travelling woth music, I have met so many fantastic musicians and heard so much unique msuic rooted in local traditions, In Eritrea,Lebanon,Morocco,Mozambique, Syrua,Turkey,Tunis,India,China,Japan,Brazil just to mention a few places i visited outside my own scene in Oslo, Norway. Deeply inspired by all the music, talent, and good people, firstly I had the wish to learn by playing with these people, and secondly, I had a stronge urge to present this music to more people. In my opinion, music is the oldest and mpst important language on earth. Music links us together, whoever, and whereever, we are. Traditional music proves that clearly. We are all connected with amazingly parallell elements in African,American,Asian and even Northern music. We can only imagine that journey.

Okword are:

Georges Nehme - vocals (Beyrut)

Maryam Saleh - vocals (Kairo)

Josemi Carmona - guitar(Madrid)

Shri Sriram - bass&flute (London)

Bugge Wesseltoft - piano (Oslo)

Vivek Rajagoplana - mredangam &ganjiira (Mumbay)

Khaled Yassine - darabouka,bendir & cahon (Beyrut)

Amade Cossa - djembe, congas & shakers (Maputo)

Recorded in Johannesburg and Maputo