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Brighton student wins £39,000 grant to build nightclub in Kenya

Holly Lester and Boyd Sleator, founders of the Northern Ireland night-time economy campaign Free The Night, have also secured funds to produce a documentary and report in support of their local nightlife scene

A Brighton University student has won €50,000, or £39,000, to build a mobile music studio and nightclub in his hometown of Nairobi, Kenya. Jesse Mwenda...

Premiere:  Budalagi ‘Mura’

Nairobi-born DJ and producer Budalagi delivers ominous acid techno for the INSHA compilation

A new compilation, 'INSHA', is set to spotlight Kenyan electronic music artists. Out 24th February, 'INSHA' is borne out of a Nairobi Ableton User Group...

Coco Em

The Kenyan artist took inspiration from rap, grime, amapiano, Afro-house, and more for the track

Coco Em has shared a new single, ‘Winyo Nungo’, featuring MC Sharon and Wuod Baba. Out today via InFiné, ‘Winyo Nungo’ is the second single...

Composer and sound artist Nyokabi Kariūki

Listen to 'Equator Song' now

Kenyan composer and sound artist Nyokabi Kariūki will release her debut EP, ‘peace places: kenyan memories’, next month via SA Recordings. Listen to the single...

Founded by Suraj Mandavia and Eugene Onyango, Kenya’s foremost Afro-house label, Gondwana KE, aims to take African electronic music where few have gone before. Alongside...

KMRU curates the latest instalment of Air Texture’s ‘Place’ charity compilation series, focusing on artists from Nairobi. Hear Munyasya’s ‘Incandescent Plight’ now

New York label Air Texture will release the latest instalment of its ‘Place’ charity compilation series this month, curated by KMRU with a focus on...

Including three new tracks, 'Kite, 'Shell' and 'Senshi'

Ugandan imprint Hakuna Kulala has compiled material for Slikback's debut vinyl release.

Comprising the Kenyan DJ and producer's EPs 'Lasakaneku' and 'Tomo', the genre-spanning double LP...