The Source of Sound

sat 3 dec 2016 03:00 hrs

The Source of Sound involves the material, the movement and the vibration of which music arises.

The music cassettes of Uganda.

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Now that after the record the music cassette that Philips invented in 1963 is making a comeback as well, this Source of Sound is dedicated to recording medium the cassette, which made an important contribution to the existence of all kinds of local music genres for the last decades of the twentieth century. For the first time, musicians and small publishers could easily record and spread their music in limited amounts. The quality of sound was poor and the tape could get hopelessly tangled, but even in remote areas a battery-fueled cassette player could be found. For example in Uganda, the country featured in this broadcast.

Uganda was torn by war, terror and economic troubles, but still the cassette sales and copying sailed, mostly through shabby kiosk on intersections, buss stations and shopping areas. What was sold, mainly reflected local music of the region with just a small number of samples of famous Congolese, Kenyan and Reggae musicians.

In this broadcast, you can listen to the greats of Acholi nanga songs, Mallan and Ogwang Clipper, the Likembe bands of the Awach Boys, King Jazz and the Kiwanza Boys, Acholi’s from North Oeganda, the flowing Baganda rhythms of Florence Namirimu, the Uganda Professional Dances, the Kadongo Kamu pop music of Fred and Prossy Sebatta, and Alice Nabatta from Kampala.

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