Anyango

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Anyango
Birth nameEriko Mukoyama
Origin Tokyo, Japan
Genres World music
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter,female Nyatiti player
Instrument(s)Vocals, Nyatiti, piano
Years active1981–present
LabelsJOWImusic
Website anyango.com

Eriko Mukoyama, known as Anyango, is a female nyatiti player who is well known in Kenya.

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Biography

Eriko Mukoyama was born in Tokyo in 1981. [1] [2] In 2001 intended to go to New York City to learn music. But her plans were thwarted by the September 11 attack. She later went to a Kenyan traditional music concert in Tokyo, and its beat changed her life. [1] [2] Normally only men play the Nyatiti, so she became known as the first female Nyatiti player. [1] [2] She was named as an inspiration by the Kenyan musician Suzanna Owiyo, who took up the nyatiti again. [3] [4]

Activities

She was born in 1981 in Tokyo. Since high school, she has been aiming to become a singer and started her musical activities as a leader and vocalist of her band "Taika." [2] In 2001, she went to the United States for music training, but encountered the day of September 11 attacks and abandoned her training in the United States and returned to Japan. She found her musical direction in the Kenyan music she happened to meet in Japan and devoted herself to practicing her percussion. [1] [5] In 2004, she went to Kenya to study music, ignoring the opposition of the people around her. While searching for a balance between a singer and an instrument, she fatefully meets the Nyatiti, a Luo folk instrument. [1] [2]

In March 2005, she traveled from Japan to Kenya and began practicing the Nyatiti in Nairobi. Unsatisfied, she decides to live alone in a village called the birthplace of the Nyatiti and begin her training in the Nyatiti. In May 2005, she arrived in a village in West Kenya, begging a Nyatiti master to become a disciple, but she refused. Because the Nyatiti was a sacred instrument that only selected men of the Luo people could play. The name of the Nyatiti master is Okum K'Orengo. He declined her offer repeatedly. But he finally allowed her to live in the village. Training of the Nyatiti by herself has begun. In July 2005, he saw her enthusiastic appearance and began teaching the Nyatiti. His practice was getting harder and harder day by day. As the Nyatiti improved, she became known as Okum's daughter, Siaya's daughter. On November 26, 2005, a certification test was held in the village to recognize her as a traditional Nyatiti player. The concert was attended by elders from the villages of Luo and several Nyatiti masters. At that certification, she became the first woman in the world to be allowed to play the Nyatiti. [2] In 2007, as a Japanese woman playing the Nyatiti and singing in Dholuo, she became famous in Kenya after being widely reported on Kenyan TV, radio, and newspapers. The Kenya Tourism Board appointed her as a " Kenyan Japanese Cultural Goodwill Ambassador." She performed at a UN ceremony in front of African leaders for the third consecutive year. [6]

In May 2010, she released her second solo album titled "Horizon."In August 2010, [8] she appeared on the stage at the Fuji Rock Festival, which is the largest outdoor music event in Japan. In December 2010, the second album "Horizon" was selected as one of "2010 CDJournal best disk 100" in CDJournal, which is the most famous music magazine in Japan. [9] In February 2011, she left for France to make a new album. Sally Nyolo, who was a member of Zap Mama, produced this Album and recorded with Anyango at four places in France and Cameroon. In July, she released her CD "Koe wo Kikasete" and published a book "Motto Toku e." The book was ranked first in the music section of "Amazon Japan." In September, she will release her third album "Teï molo." [10] [11] In November, she appeared on TV Asahi's "Tetsuko's Room." In August 2012, she published a book, "Anyango no Shin-Yume wo Tsukamu Hosoku", which was ranked first in the non-fiction section of "Amazon Japan." In July, she visited France and performed in Paris and Bordeaux. In October, she performed in Izumo-taisha Grand Shrine, which is one of the most ancient shrines in Japan. [12] In 2013, regular concert named "Anyango Promenade" was held in Japan. This event was also a memorial event of Kenya's 50th Independence Jubilee. In March, she performed at "Mvet Art Festival" in Strasbourg France. [12] In May her interview was published in "Japan Journal", and she appeared on the cover of that issue. During her World Tour 2013, She performed in Italy, Germany, France, and Kenya. She had acted a radio personality of NHK WORLD Swahili for 3 years. A documentary of Anyango "Alluring African Music" was broadcast via NHK WORLD TV channel on June 1 and 2. All-acoustic solo mini-album "ALEGO ～Nyatiti no Furusato～" was released on October 6. [13] In November 2014 she made her first appearance in Uganda at the annual Milege World Music Festival in the Entebbe Botanical Gardens as part of her 2014 East Africa Tour. She released the fifth album "Kilimanjaro" on September 28. [14] In August 2015, she performed at "Sing for Peace and Hope Concert" on the United Nations Peace Memorial Ceremony Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Tokyo. and she released her sixth Album "Savanna" in autumn. [15] In August 2016, she released her best album "The Safari of Eriko Mukoyama" in Kenya,Tanzania,Uganda, [16] and she released DVD "Anyango Live in Tokyo" in Japan. In addition, she performed at the reception parties of "TICAD VI" and "Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize", which were held in Nairobi. She appeared on NHK BS1 "International report 2016 WORLD LOUNGE" on September 14. In 2017, her best album "The Safari of Eriko Mukoyama" was also released in Japan on January 1. She appeared on Mainichi Broadcasting System (TBS series) New Year special program "2017 Actually This Person. The World Only One" on January 2. And she has started to appear regularly in NHK Radio Swahili "NHK WORLD RADIO JAPAN." She appeared on NHK WORLD TV "Taking Tradition to the World" on February 3. In November, she was awarded "Higashi-Kuninomiya Culture Award" for her 10-year goodwill cultural contributions toward Japan and Kenya relationship. In 2018, she appeared on NHK WORLD TV "Direct Talk" on May 22. She published a collection of essays, "Nyatiti No Uta" which describes the wonderfulness of life that she learned from interacting with Kenyan people, along with Nyatiti's music on December 10. In 2019, she released the world remix dance music "KAMBA NANE Anyango Club Remix", which was 7-inch record created by Japan, Cameroon, Kenya, and Senegal. [17]

On May 9, 2021, she released the first full-length album "KANKI" in five and a half years, was a new fusion of world music with Japanese Lyrics. [18] And Anyngo's "KANKI" was ranked first in the new arrival ranking in the global music category of "Amazon Japan." [19]

Discography

Nyatiti Diva

"Nyatiti Diva" [7] released in September 2009, is her first album.
All tunes are acoustic sound without electric, they are traditional Luo songs arranged by Anyango.

  1. Thum Nyatiti　
  2. Dodo
  3. Matatu ni notte　
  4. Janeko / Ja Ugenya (Live at Kericho)　
  5. Nabed nade gijo pinje　
  6. Koblo　
  7. Kimi no koe　
  8. seda (Live at Siaya)　
  9. Weche ng'eny　
  10. Nyadundo gacha ywak pile　
  11. Ne nyako ma go ogol ogol　
  12. Thum mora　
  13. Thum Nyatiti （Pakruok）

HORIZON

"HORIZON" [8] released in May 2010, is her second album.
This album has evolved in more pop and groovier as accompanied with her back band and chorus.
Some tunes are traditional Luo songs, except "Nkosi sikelel'i Afrika," arranged by Anyango, and some tunes are new songs written by her.

  1. Nkosi sikelel'i Afrika
  2. Ochieng Kochieng
  3. Horizon
  4. Koro aa
  5. To thumno ywak kanye?
  6. Kaze　～Nyatiti Tatu
  7. Sweet Poison
  8. Jacaranda
  9. Joseph Otieno
  10. Akai Daichi　　～Red Ground

Teï molo

"Teï molo" [10] released in September 2011, is her third album.
The mix of the bikutsi rhythm and the nyatiti rhythm will give birth to a new legend in World Music.

  1. Anyango
  2. Vyumba Vitano
  3. Bushman
  4. Do Ya?
  5. Teï molo
  6. Koro azen
  7. Lang lang
  8. Aye
  9. Pangui Dame
  10. Le vent
  11. Afro blue
  12. Te wa sili ma
  13. Bimbao
  14. Zen ining
  15. Mvet

ALEGO ～Nyatiti no Furusato～

"ALEGO" [13] released in October 2013, is her fourth album.
"ALEGO" is a name of the Kenyan village where Anyango mastered the Nyatiti.

  1. Yashi no mi
  2. To thumno ywak kanye?
  3. Ja Ugenya
  4. Kimi no koe
  5. Seda
  6. Alego (Instrumental)
  7. Mungu ibariki Afrika

Kilimanjaro

"Kilimanjaro" [14] released in September 2014, is her fifth album.
It will show you a fusion of the African roots music and the current electro music, the West and the East, the fusion of versatile culture, and the kaleidoscopic music world.

  1. Kizash
  2. Mwana wa mberi
  3. Kayamba
  4. Afro blue
  5. Last Waltz
  6. Ogwang
  7. Koe wo kikasete ～Kilimanjaro mix～
  8. Uhiki
  9. Shiva
  10. Amalele

Savanna

"Savanna" [15] released in October 2015, is her sixth album.
The first instrumental album of Nyatiti by her will invite you to the grand African earth.

  1. Gaudensha
  2. Kariobangi
  3. Mashindano
  4. Savanna
  5. Flamingo
  6. After the Squall
  7. Old Violin
  8. Gaudensha II
  9. African Owl
  10. Meditation of Motherland

The Safari of Eriko Mukoyama

"The Safari of Eriko Mukoyama" [16] is the first time for Anyango to officially release her album in Kenya and East Africa.

  1. Anyango nyar Japan meets Kenge Kenge
  2. Weche Ng'eny
  3. Sweet Poison
  4. Kizashi
  5. Ja Uganya
  6. Horizon
  7. Ogwang
  8. Flamingo
  9. Kayamba
  10. Gaudensha
  11. Uhiki
  12. Last Waltz
  13. Mwana wa Mberi
  14. Nyatiti Soran2020
  15. Jambo Nyatiti

Nyatiti Soran 2020

"Nyatiti Soran 2020" is a fusion of traditional Kenyan Nyatiti, traditional Japanese Soran-Bushi,and western dance music.

KAMBA NANE

"KAMBA NANE" [17] is her Club Remix 7-inch record.
The World remix dance music was created by Japan, Cameroon, Kenya, and Senegal.

  1. Side A: Ogwang' (ZDJ House Remix)　　
  2. Side B: Kizashi (HIFANA Remix feat.Latyr Sy)

KANKI

"KANKI" [18] released in May 2021, is the first full-length album in five and a half years by her.
"KANKI"is a new fusion of world music with Japanese Lyrics.

  1. Kamba Nane Ga Hajimaru Yo
  2. Alego Eno Tegami
  3. Kimi To Bokku Sazameku Jiyuu
  4. Sekai Wa Tada Damari Sore Wo Miteita
  5. Bear Hunting
  6. Kibishi Hideri
  7. Kanki

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  14. 1 2 "Anyango / Kilimanjaro (CD)".
  15. 1 2 "Anyango / Savanna (CD)".
  16. 1 2 "Anyango Kenya Best (CD)".
  17. 1 2 "KAMBA NANE Anyango Club Remix".
  18. 1 2 "Anyango / KANKI".
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