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The drummer of Simonga-Maliko gets some horsepower to make it up the hill to the Pöstlingberg.

The "20er Turm" was built to protect the city of Linz against the troops of Napoleon in the 18th century. No heavy fights happend around this tower, the French army was too powerfull. The Simonga-Mailko from Zimbabwe walked around the tower and played their unique music with their Tonga horns (nyele), beautiful vocals and drums.

Recorded with Zoom H2 and Soundman OKM on May 3rd 2009.

Length: 8:57

Infos and great pictures by Werner Puntigam on the Parade/Linz09 here .

Masterdrummer of Nepal before drumming and marching

Parade is a project curated by Keith Goddard and Peter Kuthan for Linz09 . More info & pics at the Parade homepage .

Location: This recording was done in the courtyard of the Petrinum monastery in Linz, Austria.

The bands marched into the courtyard and did a "concert" while marching rounds or taking a position in the space. The music of the bands blend into each other.  A constant waving. Beautiful.

First you get the music of the Masterdrummers of Nepal , than the Donau Brass (Austria) mixed with the Masterdrummers , then Albin Paulus & Stephan Steiner Duo (Austria) mixed into Shanbehzzadeh Duo from Iran and then the Simonga-Maliko (Zimbabwe) marched in followed by Sekembuke & Siga from Zansibar.

Recorded with Zoom H2 and Soundman OKM.

Length: 23:04