Kodhi: Trevor Warrens Adventures with Ayub Ogada

Released 20th April 2015.

Trevor Warren visited Ayub Ogada in Kenya in the Spring of 2012 with the ambitious goal to record an
album together in just two weeks. Trevor touched down in Nairobi and met up with his old friend Ayub
and the Kenyan musician, Isaac Gem. The three set to work on songs for Kodhi, meaning seed in
Luo, and this grew rapidly into a fully fledged album.
The much needed rain staved off at the end of the dry season, but the muse flowed readily for Ayub,
Trevor and Isaac. They enjoyed the sight of wild animals of Nairobi National Park where they worked
on the album with the ever present birdsong and zebras and antelopes grazing in the distance. The
musical venture was interspersed with surreal outings to the city of Nairobi, with its intense heat,
traffic jams, shady rum bars and huge mosquitoes. They enjoyed visits from a wide range of curious
guests including UN ambassadors and the British singer, Gary Barlow. On the second week, the trio
headed to to Lake Naivasha in the Rift Valley to finish the recordings and played a few impromptu gigs
in local bars. The result of this fruitful collaboration is the album Kodhi.

KOHDI: TREVOR WARRENS ADVENTURES WITH AYUB OGADA

1. DERO Ayub Ogada vocals, nyatiti; Trevor Warren spanish guitar, shaker; Isaac Gem
vocals, steel string guitar; Tim Watson udu, shaker
2. I PARA ANGO YAWA Ayub Ogada vocals, nyatiti ; Trevor Warren spanish guitar; Isaac
Gem vocals; Tim Watson Kpanlogo congas; Hossam Ramzy goat hooves, angel bells;
Dudley Phillips double bass
3. KODHI Ayub Ogada vocals, nyatiti; Trevor Warren spanish and electric guitars, vocals,
whistle, indian bells; Isaac Gem vocals; Hossam Ramzy djembe; Dom Lawrance electric
bass
4. OTENGA Ayub Ogada nyatiti; Trevor Warren spanish guitar ; Isaac Gem steel string
guitar; Tim Watson calabash, seeds, tama talking drum; Dudley Phillips double bass
5. WARITARITA Ayub Ogada vocals, nyatiti; Trevor Warren spanish guitar; Isaac Gem
vocals; Hossam Ramzy djembe; Tim Watson vocal percussion; Dudley Phillips double bass
6. HARMONIC Ayub Ogada vocals, nyatiti, bells; Trevor Warren spanish guitar; Isaac Gem
electric bass, vocals; Hossam Ramzy djembe, bell tree, karkaboo
7. CONVERSATION Ayub Ogada vocals, nyatiti; Trevor Warren spanish guitar; Isaac Gem
vocals; Hossam Ramzy riq, shaker; Dudley Phillips electric bass
8. FUNERAL Ayub Ogada nyatiti, bells; Trevor Warren spanish and electric guitars; Isaac
Gem steel string guitar; Tim Watson udu, tama, gongoma; Dudley Phillips double bass
9. EXTREME Ayub Ogada vocals, nyatiti; Trevor Warren spanish guitar; Isaac Gem
vocals, steel string guitar; Hossam Ramzy djembe; Tim Watson tama ; Dudley Phillips
double bass; Hugo Ross guest vocals
10. TRADITIONAL Ayub Ogada nyatiti; Trevor Warren spanish guitar; Tim Watson indian
bells, clave, dundun, gankoqui bells, shekere; Dudley Phillips double bass
11. A PRAYER Ayub Ogada vocals, nyatiti, bells; Trevor Warren spanish guitar, vocals,
shaker; Isaac Gem vocals; Hossam Ramzy djembe, duf, finger cymbals; Tim Watson
shekere; Dudley Phillips electric bass

All tracks composed by Ayub Ogada/Isaac Gem/Trevor Warren Basic tracks recorded on location in
and around Nairobi and in The Rift Valley, Kenya, March 2012.

Engineered by Isaac Gem; Dudley Phillips bass recorded in London by Dill Katz; Additional Recording
in the UK by Trevor Warren and Hossam Ramzy; Mixed and Produced by Trevor Warren; Remixed
and Mastered by Stuart Bruce; Executive Production by Rob Bozas; Photography by Julia Ross, Isaac
Gem and Trevor Warren; Front Cover Photograph by Julia McKay; Album Design by Alice Tapson and
The Duchess
Eternal thanks to all involved named above and Camilla Wirseen, Prasad Velankar, Alan Donovan
and the African Heritage House Nairobi, the Ross family at Fishermans Camp Naivasha, Alex Hall,
Rob Bozas and everyone who have enabled Kodhi to grow into such a beautiful creation.