Nyumba By Carlos Garo & Miriam Stockley

 

Nyumba

By

Carlos Garo & Miriam Stockley

Written by

Steve Sheppard

 

“Nyumba” means home in Swahili, and this new single from Carlos Garo & Miriam Stockley brings two forces of musical nature together to bring us something literally spectacular. It’s been a while since I have heard the voice of Miriam Stockley Adiemus and AO Music being but a part of her massive career. I remember Carlos Garo from last year with his Mystical Origin album, and his stunning and wondrous ability to be a fluent multi-instrumentalist of great quality, now add in an African choir from Nigeria and magic will be created.

The powerful and textured opening is like the sun rising on a brand new summer’s day, the combination of the choir, the percussive elements add a somewhat emboldened opening to this ultra-creative composition, on what is an utterly vast oasis of a sun kissed arrangement.

This single is just short of 4 minutes in duration, but covers so much in the time allotted, and the composition itself is akin to a four part structure of truly majestically crafted music, one that is powerful, influential, atmospheric and intense at times, all of this and more can be found on one of the best produced singles I have heard this year with ease, I must also give a quick mention to Indian bansuri flautist Srini who also appears on the single.

Nyumba by Carlos Garo & Miriam Stockley is perhaps a reminder to us all that our home, our Gaia is scared, perhaps one that is our own scared space of balance and inner power, and for me this has to be the most compelling piece of work I have listened to this year with ease.