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Extra Golden

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Styles: Afro-Pop, Worldbeat, Indie Rock

Group Members: Ian Eagleson, Alex Minoff, Onyango Wuod Omari, Otieno Jagwasi

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 ...Read full biography

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OK-Oyot System

Released: 2006

Label: Thrill Jockey

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Ok-Oyot System is a wonderful collaboration between Americans Ian Eagleson and Alex Minoff of Golden and Kenyans Otieno Jagwasi and Onyango Wuod Omari of Orchestra Extra Solar Africa. The sessions grew ...Read full review

Thank You Very Quickly

Released: 2009

Label: Thrill Jockey

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Extra Golden's first two offerings were exciting, wildly successful experiments in integration and transcultural music-making. OK-Oyot System, released in 2006, was an honest and ear-opening attempt at ...Read full review

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