Nairobi’s electronic music scene is quite eclectic, featuring diverse styles of music creating personal narratives by the artists, musicians and producers. This curation features a glimpse of the different styles of music coming out of Nairobi's electronic music scene.
From the sampled based productions of MR.LU* who has been reintroducing Kenyan traditional folklore and narratives in his electronic production; Barno, who blends ambient with elegant piano sounds; to Nabalayo’s ‘Changanya’ style - a modernized folk music form that is built on the aesthetics of local folk music in Kenya - James pulls selected tracks from the album.
Mother A.I. Radio: Air Texture
The Skylarks - Make Us One (Gallo Record Company)
Quincy Jones & Toots Thielemans - Velas (Verve)
Pijenda - Owufo (Akumba Music)
L3GS - JADI (Air Texture) - from Place: Nairobi
Ndabo Zulu & Umgidi Ensemble - Ngovivi (Mageba Music)
MR. LU* - Kinanda (Air Texture) from Place: Nairobi
DJ Danifox - Aguenta (Principe)
Kasai Allstars - Olooh, A War Dance For Peace (CrammedDisks)
Montparnasse Musique - Panter (feat. Kasai Allstars & Basokin) (Montparnasse Musique)
Afriquoi - Panemadzimai (ft Kudaushe Matimba) (Mawimbi Records)
Puto Márcio - Coisas da Vida (Principe)
IKOQWE - Pele (CrammedDisks)
Nabalayo - Room 23 (Air Texture) from Place: Nairobi
Tanuki House - Alternate World (Occult Research)
Delta Rain Dance -Transmission Three (Delta Rain Dance)
Rodolfo Alzate - Ecosistema - (Air Texture)
P. Adrix - Estação de Queluz (Príncipe)
Ice Eyes - Xanthippe (Seagrave)
Lee Gamble - Folding (Hyperdub)
Max Cooper - Emptyset (Etapp Kyle Remix) (Mesh)
Joakim Hellgen - Sketches - (Who’s Susan)
D5 - Go To Sector 15 - (Indulge)
Fred P - For Real (Interlude) (Soul People Music)
Maarten MIttendorf, Jasper Wolff - The Second Expression (Indigo Aera)
Bonaventure - Physarum (Planet Mu)
Protect-U - RE7 Naodem (U-Udios)
MVMNT - Unseen (Air Texture)
Bubble - Backyard (Self Published)
Tanuki House -Memory Quartz (Occult Research)
Varg - Final Crush (For 940524) (Posh Isolation)
William Selman - Musica Enterrada (Matthew Patterson Curry Remix) (Mysteries of the Deep)
Barno - A Lifetime (Air Texture) from Place: Nairobi
7headc0-justfiu (Air Texture) from Place: Nairobi
KMRU - Window Stills (Field Recording) (Air Texture) from Place: Nairobi