Umoja

by LARIVIÈRE

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In Swahili, Umoja means unity. The beat sounds like Massive Attack meets Tony Allen. On the cinematic atmosphere and Afrobeat percussion of this track, the Congolese singer So Kalmery tells us that no matter how small, ants can move mountains as long as they unite. On this track LARIVIÈRE also sings what sounds like an imaginary letter from an exile to his loved one back home. It could also be the speech of a lost being to his conscience, in the narrative spirit of Manu Chao.

lyrics

Nani yule Anaweza
Kushinda na umoja
Umoja wa siafu
U angusha tembo
U angusha tembo

Uhuru uhuru uhuru
U angusha tembo
U angusha tembo

La route, mes pas, le mur, là bas.
Je ne te vois plus, je ne t’entends pas.
Le doute, ta voix, amour, là bas.
Je ne te vois plus, je ne t’entends pas.

La route, mes pas, le mur, là bas.
Tu ne me vois plus, tu ne m’entends pas.
Le doute, ta voix, amour, là bas.
Tu ne me vois plus, tu ne m’entends pas.

Umoja Umoja

Umoja ukimia ni uhuru
Sisi ote pamoja tushinde ubaguzi
Ubaguzi sumu ya umoja
Oh Oh Oh wote pamoja

Uhuru uhuru uhuru
U angusha mlima
U angusha mlima

La route, mes pas, le mur, là bas.
Je ne te vois plus, je ne t’entends pas.
Le doute, ta voix, amour, là bas.
Je ne te vois plus, je ne t’entends pas.

La route, mes pas, le mur, là bas.
Tu ne me vois plus, tu ne m’entends pas.
Le doute, ta voix, amour, là bas.
Tu ne me vois plus, tu ne m’entends pas.

Umoja Umoja

Sisi wote pamoja
Tujiunge tupendane
Unipende nikupende
Tu ishi pamoja


La route, mes pas, le mur, là bas.
Je ne te vois plus, je ne t’entends pas.
La route, mes pas, le mur, là bas.
Tu ne me vois plus, tu ne m’entends pas.


Umoja
La route, mes pas, le mur, là bas.
Umoja
Je ne t’entends pas. Je ne t’entends pas.
Umoja
Je ne t’entends pas.

credits

released February 18, 2022
Composed by: So Kalmery | LARIVIÈRE | Denise
Lyrics by: So Kalmery | LARIVIÈRE
Produced by: Denise, LARIVIÈRE
Mixed by: Denise and LARIVIÈRE at Motif Music, Paris
Mastered by: Mastered by Mike Marsh at The Exchange Mike Marsh Mastering, Devon.

© ℗: Fleuve Records | Motif Music

Published by : Motif Paris Publishing | RIZE Sound | Fleuve Records

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LARIVIÈRE Paris, France

LARIVIÈRE is a french producer, multi-instrumentist who forged his listening through the body as a dancer and a traveller.
Inspired by his experience in the Caribbean by playing at carnivals, funerals, his cosmopolitan project lives within the contemporary electronic music scene where traditional and urban rhythms from Colombia, Kinshasa, Central Africa, Berlin meet to put you in transe.
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