TEN CITIES IN NAIROBI 2014: URBAN AFRICAN MUSIC GENRES CONVERGE

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For 5 days last week,  a select group of artists from four African countries assembled fro an experimental project mooted to celebrate the diversity of modern global urban music at the Nairobi Goethe Institute.

The vent was a follow up to a similar one held last year in April; which brought together artistes from 10 cities in Africa and Europe.

This year saw Just a Band from Nairobi; Afrologic from Lagos; DJ Satellite from Luanda and Trust The DJ from Johannesburg. Together, they undertook a journey through all genres in urban African music- kuduro, kwaito, afro-beat, dub and others.

TEN CITIES ROOFTOP PARTY

March 8 · 

TEN CITIES is coming back to Nairobi. After last year’s pumping warehouse concert in April, it’s time for another episode. Therefore we are inviting TEN CITIES participants from sub-Sahara Africa creating a unique night-out experience Nairobi hasn’t seen before. Expect diverse and raving DJ sets from Afrologic (Lagos), Trust The DJ (Johannesburg), DJ Satelite (Luanda) and Just A Band (Nairobi) that will navigate you through genres like Kuduro, Kwaito, Afro Beat, Dub, House, Techno and much more.

TEN CITIES is a music and research project that brings together musicians and writers from ten cities in Africa and Europe. The project initiates music production and details the unwritten history of club culture in Cairo, Johannesburg, Luanda, Lagos and Nairobi as well as in Berlin, Bristol, Kyiv, Lisbon and Naples. TEN CITIES is a process, focusing on creating and producing, carried forward by travels and visits. During this process, the project aims to create networks that are open and involves a constantly increasing number of participants.

Find more information about TEN CITIES at: www.ten-cities.com

TEN CITIES ROOF TOP PARTY

Updated last Tuesday

Last Saturday (8th March 3014), The Mall’s Roof Top was transformed into a killer party zone, thanks to Nairobi’s second phase of TEN CITIES music project. The party/concert saw Kenyan female artists: Fena and Wangechi perform in front of the monstrous crowd. The DJs who were tasked with

entertaining the crowd throughout the night was Afrologic (Lagos), Trust The DJ (Johannesburg), Satelite (Lunda) and Just A Band (Kenya). Photography by Eustace Maina. Read more here: http://www.upnairobi.com/dt_portfolio/goethe-rooftop-party-ten-cities-2/