{"id":41557,"date":"2019-07-31T16:52:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T14:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/nyege-nyege-explores-ugandan-electronic-acholi-history\/"},"modified":"2020-09-28T11:07:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T09:07:22","slug":"nyege-nyege-explores-ugandan-electronic-acholi-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/nyege-nyege-explores-ugandan-electronic-acholi-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Nyege Nyege explores Ugandan electronic acholi history"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When the DJs started to replace\u00a0wedding bands in\u00a0northern Uganda.<\/h4>\n

A month before their festival<\/a>, N<\/span>yege Nyege collective announced two new releases: the compilation\u00a0Electro Acholi Kaboom from Northern Uganda\u00a0<\/span><\/em>on Nyege Nyege Tapes<\/a> and a new EP from Rey Sapienz via Hakuna Kulala<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Made from tracks recorded in the ’00s,\u00a0Electro Acholi Kaboom from Northern Uganda\u00a0<\/em>explore\u00a0the birth of electronic acholi dance music in Northern Uganda.<\/p>\n

Initially conceived in around 2003 when north Uganda was still involved in a devastating civil war, electronic variations of traditional acholi courtship songs were originally performed at weddings to replace the larger and more expensive larakaraka wedding bands that young couples could no longer afford under wartime conditions.<\/p>\n

The compilation’s tracks were originally recorded between 2003 and 2008 in various studios in the two cities, and feature renowned acholi vocalists including Otim Alpha, Bosmic Otim, Jeff Kornodo and Zing Zang & City Boy.<\/p>\n