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Thursday, March 19, 2015
Monday, March 16, 2015
Music (Nigeria): "Sisi Jojo" by CJ Mama ft. Dwana
Sisi Jojo, a 'collabo' by CJ Mama and Dwana, is a music video released in 2015. It is a gift of micro-'set-pieces' and tropical sounds all fused into one.
The visuals are varied but consistent with a nuanced mix of living color and vibrant African (Naija) culture.
Though I once upon a (recent) time believed that the video degraded the music, I want to emphasize that the whole, as the saying goes, is greater than the parts in Sisi Jojo (as in much of the music that I come upon these days). It's all very moving and totally heart-warming.
The audio is up-, up-, up-beat. The beat that unifies the audio and the visual ebbs and flows, as the subtle narrative unfolds and reveals itself.
The whole thing is very danceable; dance, that is, without obligations, and as the spirit moves one to dance.
Upon seeing and hearing this piece, those in the diaspora will, I fear, become severely and inconsolably homesick.
Here, click to play the video -- and, all of you, mji-enjoy!
The visuals are varied but consistent with a nuanced mix of living color and vibrant African (Naija) culture.
Though I once upon a (recent) time believed that the video degraded the music, I want to emphasize that the whole, as the saying goes, is greater than the parts in Sisi Jojo (as in much of the music that I come upon these days). It's all very moving and totally heart-warming.
The audio is up-, up-, up-beat. The beat that unifies the audio and the visual ebbs and flows, as the subtle narrative unfolds and reveals itself.
The whole thing is very danceable; dance, that is, without obligations, and as the spirit moves one to dance.
Upon seeing and hearing this piece, those in the diaspora will, I fear, become severely and inconsolably homesick.
Here, click to play the video -- and, all of you, mji-enjoy!
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