MDUNGU – GAMBIAN SPACE PROGRAM (2011)

The tour for Afro What!? brought us all over The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Denmark, Turkey, China, Hong Kong and South Korea.
In 2011 we recorded our second album in a really nice studio in Germany, of which I unfortunately forgot the name… We did most of the recording ourselves along with the engineer from the studio. In 24 hour schedules we managed to record the whole thing in a week. The mixing was done by band members Frank Jonas and Ruben Montes in Spain.

Gambian Space Program was released on CD in 2011 by our own label Afro What!? The tour for this record gave us some nice travels to The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Malaysia and Canada.

MDUNGU – AFRO WHAT!? (2009)

Mdungu was a band based on west African music combined with western influences. Saxophonist Thijs van Milligen started the band around 2002 and from the very first moment I was a part of it.

After touring a lot for years around The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Italy we recorded our first full length album at Studio 150 in Amsterdam, together with producer Joeri Saal. By that time the line-up (which changed a bit over the years) consisted of Thijs van Milligen (alto sax), David Beukers (tenor sax/vocals), Job Chajes (baritone sax), Frank Jonas (guitar), me (guitar), Merijn vd Wijdeven (bass), Ebou Gaye Mada (percussion/vocals), Ruben Montes (percussion) and Benoit Martiny (drums). We recorded on tape and everything was played live as a band at the same time.

Afro What!? was released on CD by the Dutch label Zimbraz in 2009.