Turn up the music, raise your hands and voices and join the celebration! Electronic Arts reveal the 28 artists across 20 countries who will usher in the EA SPORTS 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa with an international soundtrack that celebrates the cultural vibrancy of the first FIFA World Cup™ to be held in Africa.“2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa is a landmark project in the evolution of world music and its African heritage”
EA SPORTS 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa captures the sounds and history of the musical landscape in Africa with a rhythmic, tribal blend of 28 songs that, through mass exposure to soccer, video game and music fans, will become synonymous with the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa worldwide. Somali-born poet, musician and rapper, K’NAAN, headlines the soundtrack with his song “Wavin’ Flag Coca-Cola Celebration Mix”.
A full playable demo of 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system will be available for downloadable at the PLAYSTATION Store, and for the Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system on Xbox Live Marketplace, beginning April 8 worldwide. Play as Spain or Italy and discover a soccer experience that brings to life the passion and emotion of the actual tournament. New players to the FIFA Soccer franchise will be able to choose to play the demo utilizing new Two-Button controls designed to enable new gamers to pass, shoot and compete for the 2010 FIFA World CupTM with an accessible control scheme that utilizes just two buttons. In addition to playing a match soccer fans and gamers will be able to upload their replays from the demo to EA Football World for other fans to watch.
“2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa is a landmark project in the evolution of world music and its African heritage,” says Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing at Electronic Arts. “We’ve brought together such legendary African artists as Nigerian drummer/activist Babatunde Olatunji, Senegal icon Baaba Maal, and ‘The Bob Marley of Ghana’ Rocky Dawuni, with global superstars like Sergio Mendes and Nas & Damian Marley. But we’re perhaps most proud of K’NAAN, the unsigned Somali artist we discovered in 2004 whose music has now appeared in five different EA SPORTS video games.”
To listen to streaming music clips from this EA SPORTS one-of-a-kind mix of music, learn more about the bands and get details about features in the 2010 FIFA World Cup videogame, visit http://www.FIFA-WORLD-CUP.EASPORTS.COM.
ARTIST - SONG - COUNTRY
Baaba Maal - International - Senegal
Babatunde Olatunji - Kiyakiya - Nigeria
Basement Jaxx feat. Santigold - Saga - England
Buraka Som Sistema - Restless - Portugal
Buscemi feat. Lady Cath - Dipso Calypso - Belgium
Fedde Le Grand feat. The Stereo MCs - Wild & Raw - Holland
Florence + The Machine - Drumming Song - England
Fool's Gold - The World Is All There Is - USA
Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea - England
Gang Of Instrumentals - Oh Yeah - South Africa
John Forté - Your Side - USA
Jonathan Boulet - Ones Who Fly Twos Who Die - Australia
Kid British - Winner - England
K'NAAN - Wavin' Flag - Coca-Cola Celebration Mix - Somalia
Last Rhythm - Last Rhythm - Italy
Latin Bitman - The Instrumento - Chile
Marisa Monte - Não É Proibido - Brazil
Michael Franti & Spearhead feat.Cherine Anderson - Say Hey (I Love You) - USA
MIDIval PunditZ - Atomizer (Pathaan's Dhol Mix) - India
Miike Snow - In Search Of - Sweden
Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley - Strong Will Continue - USA/Jamaica
Rocky Dawuni - Africa Soccer Fever - Ghana
Rox - Rocksteady - England
Sérgio Mendes - Emoriô - Brazil
Sia - Bring Night - Australia
The Kenneth Bager Experience feat. the Hellerup Cool School Choir - Fragment Eight "The Sound Of Swing" - Denmark
The Very Best feat. Ezra Koenig - Warm Heart Of Africa (So Shifty Remix) - Malawi/France/Sweden
White Rabbits - Percussion Gun - USA
The 2010 FIFA World Cup will also be available on the Wii, PSP (PlayStation Portable) and iPhone on April 27, 2010 in North America and April 30, 2010 in Europe and Asia. The game is rated “E” for Everyone by the ESRB and 3+ by PEGI in Europe.