Nyege Nyege Festival 2020 Highlights 2

30th Jan 2021 30th Jan 2021 20:00 21:40

Phelimuncasi

21:00

Ecko Bazz

21:35

Suzi Analogue

21:45

Duma

22:05

Turkana

22:15

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  • Elvin Brandhi

    UK

    Combining field recordings, surface noise, and musical instruments, Elvin Brandhi produces sprawling sonic environments to get lost in, setting the stage for improvised vocals. Besides her solo material, Brandhi is a nomad across collaborative projects such as Villaelvin and Yeah You.

  • Pisitakun

    TH

    Through neon noise and cacophonic collage, Pisitakun Kuantalaeng sonically responds to the political upheaval in his native Thailand. As well as touring and performing live, Pisitakun sculpts sound within multimedia installation art.


     

  • Sonia Calico

    TW

    DJ/Producer Sonia Calico has adeptly maneuvered through Taiwan’s club scene over the last couple of years, ambitiously bringing ballroom, footwork, and global bass sounds into new contexts.

  • Taeyoon Choi

    KR

    Taeyoon Choi is an artist and educator based in Seoul and New York. He explores the poetics of science, technology, society, and human relations.

  • De Grandi

    FR

    With four EPs under his belt, De Grandi is emerging as an enfant terrible of the Francophone club scene, catching attention beyond borders with a contrast of calm and chaotic sounds.

    • Photo: Nyege Nyege

    At their December 2020 edition, Kampala's Nyege Nyege festival attempted to regroup sounds and music communities from all over Africa and the African diaspora.  A selection of these performances will be re-streamed in cooperation with the festival, as a way to give these artistic works wider exposure, while also questioning the streaming economy’s relentless demand for artists to constantly produce new content.

    Featured are Kenya’s metal doomcore duo Duma; Uganda’s nightmarish and manic hip hop/grime MC Ecko Bazz; newcomer Turkana from South Sudan, who has only recently taken up the decks to play with her penchant for hard-dance; and genre-bending Phelimuncasi, a trio of Gqom vocalists that tap into a South African storytelling tradition that harkens back to toyi-toyi: a powerful dance of protest/struggle accompanied by rhythmic singing that was used during anti-apartheid demonstration to intimidate police and security forces. NYC singer and beatmaker Suzi Analogue delivers a very personal blend of house, footwork, and hip hop in a performance that had been featured as part of a Never Normal Soundsystem collective feature.