Marimba & Mbira Music From Southern Africa
Otto Gumaelius is a London based, Botswana raised, performing artist & teacher of southern African folk music on the marimba.
Last year our marimba duo had the honour of being part of the world premier of Shabnam Shabazi's performance installation, Terra Nullius, commissioned by Spill for The Spill Festival of Performance - an international festival of live art, activism and performance presenting the work of exceptional artists from around the globe.
Here's a lovely video by the Pacitti Company showing highlights from the evening.
I've spent the past two days up in Ipswich doing final preparations for, and performing in, this year's Spill Festival.
Our marimba duo formed one of several elements in the performance installation, Terra Nullius, curated by Shabnam Shabazi and presented inside the beautiful Ipswich museum.
We performed a non-stop 2 hour set which included marimba and mbira music - with both traditional songs as well as original compositions.
Fully kitted with our Terra Nullius red shirts in the incredibly cool room we got to play our African marimba music in.