The inaugural release for Nairobi label From Cool Waters is a feverish amalgam of traditional Kenyan currents and moody, minimalist electronics. Emerging from the confluence of three special talents – Nairobi-based Nyege Nyege collaborator and experimental drummer Sven Kacirek, esteemed 83-year-old folk artist Ogoya Nengo and dodo singer/songwriter and luthier Olith Ratego – PALAGOMA channels an electroacoustic synergy unlike anything you’ve ever heard before.
The artists have collaborated in various guises before; German-born Kacirek co-produced and recorded Nengo’s 2014 captivating debut LP for Honest Jon’s, Rang'ala, while Ratego and Kacirek formed the duo ODD OKODDO in 2018, performing at Uganda’s influential Nyege Nyege Festival in 2019 and 2023 and at events all over the world. However, PALAGOMA combines their abilities for the first time. Within the album’s bedrock of daydreamy folktronica, the trio carve out messages of love, pain, and courage that draw on their multiple trajectories.
UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
08.05.2026 Nairobi // The Mall Rooftop
30.05.2026 Lisbon // ZDB
31.05.2026 Porto // Serralves em Festa
05.06.2026 Bremen // Theater
06.06.2026 Wuppertal // Loch
07.06.2026 Hamburg // MS Stubnitz
09.06.2026 Berlin // Klunkerkranich
10.06.2026 Berlin // Galiläakirche
12.06.2026 Weikersheim // W 71
13.06.2026 Praha // Respect Festival
14.06.2026 Augsburg // Freibad
16.06.2026 Terschelling // Oerol Festival
17.06.2026 Düsseldorf // KIT Café
- 1. Palagoma
- 2. Umanyo
- 3. Adhiambo
- 4. Ji Kiyiere
- 5. Yore Yore
- 6. Bara
- 7. Sarah
- 8. Nyiri Moko
- 9. Demba
