The Raging Buffalo, by Ayany Jowi

The Raging Buffalo

by Ayany Jowi

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We are proud to present this collection of rare recordings from one of Kenya's most famous fiddle players. Ayany Jowi creates a raw, hypnotic and frenetic set of sounds backed by a percussive and thumping chorus that sounds like no other. "Orutu music" emerged from the shores of Lake Victoria and was the precursor to Kenyan's famous guitar music that became popular throughout the 70s and 80s.

"Ayany Jowi" was born 1944 as Silvanus Ayany in a small village called Nyamango village in what is now known as Homa Bay county, along the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya. Jowi started playing music in school using empty jugs and steel tins for drums. He quickly moved on to make an "orutu", the one stringed fiddle of the Luo people of Western Kenya, and his career was born.

He was called "Jowi" which means "wild Buffalo" because of his wild and uncontrollable nature and is likely the best known fiddle player of the classic era of Kenyan recorded music. He had numerous singles on several classic Kenyan labels throughout the 1970s, many of which made it to cassettes and CDs that are still listened to to this day.

We are intensely excited to present this restored and remastered set of recordings of some of Kenya's (and by extension Africa's) most important music on both digital and limited LP formats.

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released August 1, 2023

Ayany Jowi - vocals, orutu

Production - Dr. Pete Larson
Mastering at Third Man Records, Detroit MI by Warren Defever

On license from Jojo Records, Kenya

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