Reading Time: 3 minutes Shangatatu is at the center of House music in Mombasa. From playing venues like Distant Relatives, Moonshine to Tamarind, he is out to build his brand; which spans across multiple …
Knord: There will be good days and days you don’t want to do it.
Reading Time: 6 minutes Knord is an O-G dabbing in Techno, Dub Tech, Soulful, Afro, and Tribal House. He has been playing Nairobi dancefloors since 2009. Starting at Psys Bar, he has deejayed in …
Nzau Talks and Walks the Faith: Interview
Reading Time: 3 minutes “My life has been a series of uncertain choices but I still go ahead with them,” Nzau says as we finalize our conversation. “Basically, your self-belief has to lead you …
Brian Kadawa is Ready For The Genesis: Interview
Reading Time: 5 minutes “Talk to Brian Kadawa,” Huma Kaseu, co-founder of Kraal Africa tells me. “He has a much better story to tell,” he continues amiably, “ask him about Europe.” We walk towards …
Future for the Kenyan Creative & Cultural Industry
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Kenyan creative & cultural industry is in a crisis situation because of the COVID-19 pandemic. With increasing cases in the country, this situation will persist for the near future. …
OneDown: It’s Been a Long Time Coming
Reading Time: 5 minutes For OneDown, it’s been a long time coming. Now that it is here, he is doing it big time. Ready to tackle the global stage, the twenty-six-year-old is debuting at …
Religious Policy and Kenyan Youth Culture
Reading Time: 3 minutes Hate on Kenyan youth culture has been in part perpetuated by religion. It has made its way into our culture and policymaking decisions. This has become associated with our “passion …
Sauti Sol’s Midnight Train Is Perfect: Review
Reading Time: 2 minutes Midnight Train is Sauti Sol’s Guernica, a powerful attention-grabbing album – arguably one of the best Kenyan albums from the last 10 years. The music is as complex as their …
Kenyan Music and Copy Cat Culture
Reading Time: 4 minutes A common complaint about Kenyan music and entertainment culture generally is that it has devolved into an orgy of familiarity. Risk-averse musicians have relied heavily on producing songs with beats …
Live Stream Licensing By KECOBO is Misguided
Reading Time: 4 minutes In rather bizarre, unreasonable and hateful news, the Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) wants DJs to pay Ksh 200,000 to do live streams. Paul Enyenze, the MCSK Operations manager told the …