Fresh from their performance at the WOMAD Festival, the UK’s biggest celebration of global music, Mokoomba are once again flying high. The band’s recently released third studio album “Tusona: Tracings in the Sand” debuted at number 2 on the WMCE (World Music Charts Europe).
The 13 track project released in July features 10 original tracks with three remixes from Luyando (their previous body of work) for extras. “Tusona” pays homage to the Luvale tradition of using signs and symbols drawn in the sand during initiation ceremonies. The chart debut is a testament to it’s composition and sound, along with Mokoomba’s growing global reach.
Once a month radio-World Music-specialists from 24 European countries select their individual top ten favourites out of current World Music releases from their playlists and mail them to Brno, Czech republic (to Berlin from 1991 to 2020). The nominations are processed in a data-base and the Top 20 is then published as the WORLD MUSIC CHARTS EUROPE. Only actually released recordings will be displayed in the WMCE.
Only producers and presenters who are running a regular World Music program (typicaly one hour per week) in a legal FM radio network in Europe are admitted to the jury (called “The Panel“). Members of the European Broadcasting Union are preferred. There is no quota for countries, but no radio shall be represented by more than three presenters of World Music programs. Also each program may only be represented by one person.
The charts are played throughout Europe in various radio stations, with the official colourprint being displayed in many shops. The top ten is reprinted regularly in various countries and also displayed on plenty of websites.
THE WMCE were founded in May 1991 by 11 radio-producers from 11 countries on behalf of the World Music Workshop of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The current Secretary (reponsible editor and publisher) of the WMCE is Milan Tesar. He is backed up by Radio Proglas and the German company Gift Music GmbH.
