Umoya ft Alec ‘Om’ Khaoli -Oya Kae 1985
December 14, 2012see also Om’Khaoli -Magic Touch 1982 -Township Soul & Boogie Vol 6
Umoya-1985
Umoya is a German based reggae band, founded in 1982. Its name is Swahili for “unity”. Their EP ‘Satisfy/ Party / Feels Good/ Oya Kae’ was released as 12″ in 1985. There might be a subtle difference in spelling the name but Umoja was formed in South Africa by Alec ‘Om’ Khaoli’s after leaving Harari.
This 45 rpm single “Oya Kae” was released that same year on CBS Records. The spelling of the name of Umoja is confusing since the German group recorded this seldom seen track. Alas, the pressing or mastering of this particular disc is not 100% but its rarity makes up for the sound quality.
Does anybody knows in which country this single was originally released??
Umoja featuring Alec ‘Om’ Khaoli -Oya Kae Pt 1
Umoja featuring Alec ‘Om’ Khaoli -Oya Kae Pt 2
a few albums by South African group Umoja
This is interesting and confusing at the same time ,because after Alec Khaoli left Harari he formed the group Umoja. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Umoja
correct. But this group Umoya is German, small difference in spelling. The label says Umoja but featuring Alec ‘Om’ Khaoli so it must be another group than Alec’s own
I tend to think that this is a straight Umoja recording,as some of these tracks are also on other Umoja LP’s. Like the track Feels Good on here, http://afrosynth.blogspot.ch/search/label/Umoja ,and Party being a classic Harari track.
I don’t agree on that entirely. Do you mean ‘Feels Good’ from UMOJA – Touch Africa (1990)? Since the 45 rpm single “Oya Kae” is from 1985. And ‘Party’may have been re-recorded by Alec with the German group. Other year, other personnel probably
As I said, I tend to. Oya Kae was also recorded by Harari , as it was featured on this Best of Harari from 1983, and my assumption comes from the Umoja on the label. And if it was another band and most of the songs was his it should have said Alec Khoali featuring Umoya.But that is just my guess,don’t know this as fact.