When the DJs started to replace wedding bands in northern Uganda. A month before their festival, Nyege Nyege collective announced two new releases: the compilation Electro Acholi Kaboom from Northern Uganda on Nyege Nyege Tapes and a new EP […]

Three days of music with more than 300 artists from over 30 countries, at the source of the Nile river in Jinja, Uganda. Kampala-based collective Nyege Nyege is back with its fifth edition. After the threats of cancellation they […]

The visuals embody the energy of Kadilida, aka. MC Card Reader’s flow, one of the only underground female singeli MCs. Kampala, Uganda-based music label keeps on furthering their highlighting of the Tanzanian singeli scene with […]

Kampala-based label, founder of eponym festival, keeps on exploring, producing and releasing innovative music from around East Africa. Cover: Nihiloxica © Grace Holyoake Ward Nyege Nyege Tapes announces two releases coming soon: Nihiloxicas’s EP Biiri out on February 14th and Duke’s Uingizaji Hewa to be […]

The rising singeli producer works with 14 year old MC Dogo Mjanja. Tanzanian producer Jay Mitta will put out his debut album, Tatizo Pesa, via Nyege Nyege Tapes on January 11th. The singeli producer hailing from […]

The French producer to release Crocodiles Homieees on October 26th, an EP that finds its strenght in Hip-hop, Moldavian 8bit and pygmy field recording. Following from his production on Mc Yallah’s Ndi Mukazi, Debmaster presents his first […]

Waists thrust at everything, pounding, shaking, and sending up billowing clouds of dust. Far from the city, particles fly in every chaotic direction as hands and feet beat at the earth. At the Balani Show, […]

Director Marion Desmaret shares the story of Uganda’s DJ Decimal in the latest episode of our Off the Map documentary series.