Profiles

We didn’t know we’d necessarily make music together until we started, and then it was natural. Like the piecing together of something you didn’t know you were missing…The collective was born because we each have many fascinations and were solo artists first, so we wanted to maintain a way to express all those interests.

A look into each of the four stars that began the Cosmic Homies universe

Tetu Shani, performing at UP LIVE 5, Undresses Music and Addresses Mood Rock Music

This week’s Artist Of The Week hails all the way from Tanzania. We caught up with Swahili Ally, a master kora player who fuses West and East Africa in his music.

UP caught up with E.A. Wave, an art collective that has fused art, music and style to create a distinct sound that has taken the entire Nairobi cultural scene by storm.

It goes without saying, there’s a lot of borrowing in the arts: from influences and styles all the way down to specific cadences and brush strokes. We explore how South African electronic music is taking the DJ world by storm.