Zamrock

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As zamrock a Dating back to the early 1970s genre of which is the Republic of Zambia (especially in the cities of Lusaka and Chingola called).

He was influenced by American and British rock bands such as Black Sabbath , Blue Cheer and Cream , the funk of James Brown and the guitar style of Jimi Hendrix . Bands like The Witch , Amanaz , Chrissy Tembo , Paul Ngozi , and above all Rikki Ililonga mixed psychedelic rock with its hard ostinate riffs with African rhythms. The focus is often on a hypnotic, groovy guitar sound. Since Zambia was part of the British colony of Rhodesia before its independence in 1964 , the British influence in this form of “African garage rock ” can often not be ignored. Most of the singing was in English. The records were only pressed in small numbers (several hundred) when they were first released and the opportunities for record sales were limited by the country's relatively small population. When the economic crisis was felt in the Copperbelt in the 1980s, it meant the end of the zamrock.

At the beginning of the 2010s, early music gained increasing international attention. Many records from the 1970s have been re-released. As long as they did not fall victim to the rampant AIDS virus , numerous key musicians of Zamrock were able to go on tour again internationally.

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  1. ↑ Lars Friebel: From Sanza to “Zap Mama” - African rhythms between tradition and modernity . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, edition: Dresdner Latest News . February 12, 1998, p. 9 .