Carrie Tree - Releases video for 'Mama Kita' !!!

January 20th 2014

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Carrie Tree releases video for new single 'Mama Kita' !!!

For Brighton’s Carrie Tree, 2013 was a landmark year, capped by a performance on the new 2000+ capacity William’s Green stage at Glastonbury festival along with bands like Alt-J and The Vaccines. In 2014 Carrie will release her new album 'Home to the Invisible' on March 17th through Wild Cedar Records, preceded by her great new single 'Mama Kita'.

'Mama Kita' was recorded in Sussex, UK, and also in Durban, South Africa at Headroom Studios and features the vocal talents of Albert Mazibuko from Ladysmith black Mambazo. The track benefits from some traditional African instruments like Kora (African Harp), Nyatiti, Djembe, Endingidi (Traditional Ugandan tube Fiddle) and also Cello, Fretless Bass, Guitar and percussion.

“The musicians were truly amazing to work with very intuitive, heart-felt, and I love the rhythm of their vocals and the passion in which they sing. I first shared with them what the song meant to me, the celebration and quest of 'coming home' 'home' being the home inside ourselves! and they then wrote parts in their language to answer and support the story within it. Over the day of recording the studio was full of musicians and amazing characters coming in and out, adding to a big melting pot of creativity.

Mama Kita started as a simple melody on the guitar and always reminded me of something African in feel, seeing a sunny red Earthed land whenever I played it, so the vision for the video was to bring in the feeling of free spirited journeying in a dream like desert landscape. We wanted to evoke the imagination through simple close up imagery of beautiful nature, like leaves in sunlight, the Guinea Fowl feather from South Africa, the flash of a red silk dress through green grass, the hint of someone walking through land, warm, bare footed, sandy ground, hazy summer skies… the feeling of discovering something beautiful. An oasis.” - Carrie Tree