{"product_id":"joseph-kamaru-further-combinations-lp","title":"Joseph Kamaru - Further Combinations LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA companion mini-album to Heavy Combination, last year’s career-spanning compilation documenting some of the amazing music recorded over five decades by the late Joseph Kamaru, a towering figure in post-colonial Kenyan culture. This new record presents five more gems from the archives, chosen by Disciples and Joseph Kamaru’s grandson, the sound artist KMRU. Carefully remastered from original tape transfers, with liner notes by Kenyan academic Maina wa Mũtonya.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoseph Kamaru (1939 – 2018) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLittle known outside of Africa, Joseph Kamaru has been influencing the music \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003escene in his\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003e homeland of Kenya since 1967. While his earliest hits, \" Celina\", \"Thina wa Kamaru\" were rhythmic dance tunes, recorded with his sister.\u003cbr\u003eKamaru was a Kenyan Benga and gospel musician and political activist, an an icon, a hero, and a leading Kikuyu musician.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GYViicF1LOo?si=yiiu69_dUNP1Cgx9\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[WSA London]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58080693911884,"sku":null,"price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/6855\/3804\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-14at11.18.04.png?v=1784024411","url":"https:\/\/whenspaceshipsappear.com\/products\/joseph-kamaru-further-combinations-lp","provider":"WSA London","version":"1.0","type":"link"}