Musically, the album is inspired by popular rhythms and melodies from center/east African region, mixed with modern elements in the form of horns and accompaniment. One can also feel international influences in the sound. The project is based on big band setting and a fusion style where brass-section is introduced for the first time in Krdum's music.

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"Kemetic Vibes contains songs from my project Afro-Nilotic tunes. It can be described as a rebellious musical act on the stolen african history. 
With this album, I want to show the rebel in me that refuses to accept false history and to be brainwashed. A rebel who strives with great hope to reclaim the stolen history and inspire others to start digging for truths and dare to question the colonial history books."

Kemetic Vibes

The album ' Revolt For Change ' is a journey through my past & present, where i'm reflecting over the development of the critical situation and long lasting struggle in the " other-homeland " of mine. It depicts the new level of a nation coming together to fight corruption, dictatorship and achieve democracy today " in the song : Revolt For Change " . But also retelling how life used to be and the suffering I've witnessed back in the days during the war " In the song : The Wretched " . Couple of songs are about justice and accountability and the encouragement to never give up hope " in the song : Victims Of Regimes " .
This album is another creation that I'm hopping it " flys freely around " to serve it's purpose and deliver it's messages of unity, organisation, and taking responsibility of making change in our lives and among our nations in the world.

Revolt For Change

The album ’Love & Struggle’ is from my project (Old Sudan Jigs) a combination of songs that i wrote in exile during my refuge in Sweden. The album contains thirteen songs (eleven tracks with lyrics and two instrumental pieces) where I’m representing four different languages: Sudan-Arabi, Daju, Fur and Masara. This album can be experienced like a journey full of longing, farewell emotions, strength, love and resistance. As I’m including both my own feelings in some of the songs and general political messages and statements, reflecting the huge activism that I’m part of. As addressing the issues of injustice, resistance and revolutions against corruption and dictators, has always been taking part in my musical projects.

Love & Struggle

This album : Soga jamailé ( In Fur Language and means: The beauty) it’s a chapter of my written-in-exile songs.

Songs that telling about the beauty of nature, my longing to : my comrades, relatives and friends who passed away during the ongoing war. But also some songs are about optimism and hope for a safe and beautiful future despite what our world is going through today. Even showing the thankfulness to the universe for creating my mother and for looking after her until she brought me to this world. In this album I’m also expressing my gratitude and appreciation for my mother’s existence.

Soga Jamailé

This was the official release for Ebo Krdum. Although it was a trial-release as a further step to reach his fans outside Sweden. Three singles he wrote with two different languages (Daju, Sudan-Arabi) . Recorded in Stockholm by his co-player John Runefelt. These releases were from the project : Memory of War. As Ebo describes it 'songs that he wrote during the war in Darfur-Sudan'. All music & Lyrics by : Ebo Krdum.

Anasna

The album Salam contains 5 songs that were released at the same time (2019) and one more song ‘Devastation’ which was released via the label company Supertraditional in 2020. But all the 6 songs were recorded as part of the same project (Memory of War). It was recorded with Ebo Krdum’s-band “Genuine Mezziga” in Stockholm, by Ebo’s co-player & producer John Runefelt. The songs were written in (Sudan-Arabi, Juba-Arabi & Daju) with some mix of Swedish, French & English, in some songs. All music & Lyrics by : Ebo Krdum.

Salam

'Diversity' is not just a musical and cultural melting pot, the lyrics that tell both Ebo´s life story and political topics such as equality, diversity and freedom, are sung in no less than eight different languages. [Fulani, Beri (Zaghawa), Fur, Sudan Arabic, Massara (Masaleet), Beja, Daju and English]. The album Diversity is a collaboration with the Scandinavian record label Supertraditional, from which a couple of Swedish leading folk music innovators, like Ale Möller, Sara Parkman and Anna Möller, also participated on the album. Anna Möller in the role of producer and composer of the string arrangements. Ebo Krdum's songs and voice are in focus, performed by an ensemble consisting of calebass, balafon, bass and a folk music string quartet with viola dámore, viola d’gamba, octave violin and violin. The album Diversity is from Ebo’s project named : The Sub-Saharan Jigs.

Diversity

Hero

Ebo Krdum blev förföljd när han gick på universitetet i Darfor i Sudan för att han arbetade för mänskliga rättigheter. Han flydde landet, kom till Sverige och nu gör han musik som hyllats - 2017 vann han årets nykomling på folk och världsmusikgalan i Sverige. I texterna försöker han skildra traumat efter diktaturen och inbördeskriget.

En halvtimmes intim konsert är tillräckligt för att visa att Sudanfödde Ebo Krdum har stora saker på gång med sin mjukt vaggande ökenblues, skriver Magnus Säll.

Men seriens riktiga höjdpunkt är Ebo Krdum. Inte så mycket för scenframträdandet, eller hur han utnyttjar formatet. Utan helt enkelt för musiken i sig. Krdum är lugn, närmast försiktig, och uppträder utan åthävor tillsammans med Robin Cochrane på kalabash och Sugar RayNapunyi på bas. Själv spelar han gitarr och sjunger i en stil som vi vant oss att kalla för ökenblues.

För tio år sedan flydde artisten Ebo Krdum från kriget i sudanesiska Darfur till Sverige. Här föll han pladask för både fiol och cello och nu är han aktuell med en blandning av afrikansk blues, afro beat och skandinavisk folkmusik.

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