Church of Sounds presents Balimaya Project - Horniman Museum and Gardens

Watch Balimaya Project perform City of God in the Horniman Sunken Gardens.

Led by composer/arranger and a leading UK-based Djembe player, Yahael Camara Onono and featuring members of bands including Kokoroko and Seed Ensemble, Balimaya Project intently synthesize and bridge London’s bustling jazz circuit with traditional repertoire and folklore of the Mandé peoples of West Africa, and in turn connect the music’s contemporary and ancestral forbears.

Church of Sound is a regular gig in St James the Great Church, Lower Clapton Rd. A central speaker tower stands tall in the centre of the room, surrounded by musicians, audience and crew. Their team is made up of musicians, music lovers, friends and family – who do our best to share this feeling of companionship with all those who walk through our big blue doors.

This performance was part of the 696 Programme.

Video team:
Nicholas Taghavi
Mitch Allen
Wayon Dale
Josh Roberts
Anand Singh
Yulia Hauer
Rebecca Kidd
Oli Barton-Wood

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The Horniman Museum and Gardens is an inspiring, surprising, family-friendly, free attraction in South London’s Forest Hill. We’ve been open since Victorian times, when Frederick John Horniman first opened his house and extraordinary collection of objects to visitors. Since then, our collection has grown tenfold and includes internationally important collections of anthropology and musical instruments, as well as an acclaimed aquarium, Butterfly House and natural history collection.

Unusually for such an important museum, you can see our collection up-close and face-to-face. You can even pick up, try on and play with some of our objects.

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