ZJ HENO SPEAKS ABOUT HIS LATEST PROJECT: THE TRANQUILITY RIDDIM

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Every DJ or should I say ZJ; has a unique personality that can only be explored through sound of music they play. Nairobi is a city of diversity and audiences keep looking for that unique sound that separates one DJ from the other. Today, we speak to the number one dancehall Zeejay in Kenya. Find out what you should be listening to; and where you should be to catch the party.

ZJ HENO-HBR 103.5 FM

Wagwan breddah?

 YOOO..WAH GWAAN BRO…

Hope I said it right…

 YES MAN IT GOOD LOL…WHATS UPPPP

Why ZJ Heno and not DJ Heno?

 WELL, PEOPLE SHOULD JUSS DO THE RESEARCH…I JUSS DONT SAY EVERYTHING...

I can never talk of Heno anywhere without mentioning two people you helped launched to the Kenyan mainstream- MC Teargas and Jamaican new star Chronixx. Tell us a bit about that...

 HAHA REALLY…BOTH OF THEM ARE MULTI-TALENTED …THEY JUSS NEEDED A LIKKLE BOOST…I KNEW CHRONIXX WAY BACK [IN 2008] THROUGH FACEBOOK..SO WE JUSS BUILD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM…THEN HE SENT ME 'BEHIND CURTAINS' [HIS FIRST SINGLE],,I LIKED IT BUT I HAD NO WHERE TO PLAY IT…BY GOD'S GRACE I JOINED UPTOWN RADIO AND I HAD A PLATFORM..I PLAYED THE RECORD ON MY SHOW…AND LETS JUSS SAY THE REST IS HISTORY.

MC TEARGAS AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME…SO WHEN WE ESTABLISHED EMPIRE SOUNDS…WE HAD ONE ONE MC..SO TEARGAS JOINED AND HE HAS BEEN PART OF THE FAMILY...AND MY OFFICIAL MC.

 Your latest project was the Tranquility Riddim. Has it been well received?

 WELL, AM ABOUT TO RELEASE IT THE FULL RIDDIM ON ITUNES..I DID RELEASE GAPPY RANKS' SINGLE [SWAHILI] THAT IS ON ROTATION ON BBC 1XTRA..ALOT OF MY DJ FRIENDS LIKE ROBBO,SEANI B,RANDY AND GUSSY LOVED IT AND THE GAVE IT A MASSIVE PLAY IN THE U.K…NOT FORGETTING AT HOME..G MONEY BLAZING IT TOO AND ALOT OF STREET DJZ.

THE RIDDIM WILL BE OUT IN JULY..FEATURES CECILE,SINGING MELODY,MR.G,GAPPY RANX,DELLY RANX,ZAGGA,BRAMMA,TIFA…AND LOCAL ARTISTS TO LIKE VERBAL,VERSATILE,MC ADVICE,SHAMIR N MORE…SOO JUSS LOOK OUT FOR IT.

You teach Kenyans some Jamaican slang. Any new word for us?

 HAHAHA..OK…'BAD UP'…THAT MEANS TO ROUGH UP SOMEONE.

'GI BUN'…THAT MEANS TO CHEAT

What was the last song that you listened to?

 LAST SONG…BUY THE WORLD BY MIKE WILL FT FUTURE,KENDICK LEMAR AND LIL WAYNE..

What are your top 3 tracks for this month?

 BUY THE WORLD BY MIKE WILL FT FUTURE,KENDICK AND WAYNE

TO THE TEST BY VYBZ KARTEL

OR NAH BY TY DOLLA SIGN FT THE WEEKEND AND WIZ KHALIFA

Where are you playing this month?

 NO BOOKINGS THIS MONTH..HAD A SUCCESSFUL TOUR IN APRIL..SO JUNE AM RESTING,PRODUCING AND JUSS DOING MY RADIO SHOWS..THE END JULY AL BE ON TOUR AGAIN..SO I WILL ANNOUNCE THE DATES

Finally, what avenues on social media can your fans check you out?

 WELL AM ALL OVER LOL…INSTAGRAM,FACEBOOK,TWITTER,MIXCRATE…JUSS GOOGLE 'ZJ HENO' OR CHECK THE LINKS BELOW.

Www.zjheno.com

Www.instagram.com/zjheno

Www.twitter.com/zjheno

Www.facebook.com/zjheno

ONE ON ONE WITH SELEKTAR KING REBEL

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You love your music! You love your feel good reggae vibes and your dancehall hits. Well, Nairobi’s music scene is growing and keeps on diversifying. One DJ/producer from Rebel Liberation Sounds/records; is putting Kenya on the map with his latest projects and riddims locally produced in Kenya! This month, I caught up with Selektar King Rebel and his unique personality.

SELEKTAR KING REBEL

Who is Selektar King Rebel?

King Rebel is God fearing Man who his dream is to make Kenyan reggae/dancehall

To be on international level.

What music genres do you play?

Reggae & Dancehall but now am feeling African Music.

Tell us about your riddims and projects…

I have released like 8 riddim so far.Most of them we have used Live Band. Especially, One drop riddims.

What artists are you working with both locally and internationally?

I work with artist from Kenya, Ghana, Zimbabwe, England and Jamaica

Rebel Liberation Records? Tell us abit about that…

Rebel Liberation Records was founded 2 years ago in Zimmerman 44 Nairobi Kenya. Recording Label is under Rebel Liberation Sounds. We have our own band and we have signed some artist such Dizzo among others.

Any latest projects you are currently working on?

 The projects which am working on right now is a dancehall riddim called Chaskele Riddim. Which am Featuring Dancehall Queen D’Angel,New Kids ,Stamma Kid,Timaya from Nigeria, Burning Fire,Mr Killa among others artist. Riddim will have 15 artists Only.

What was the last song you listened to?

Tony Anthony –can I get some sleep (from Johnny Blaze riddim) the song already

Got the video out.ppl can Google it.

What 3 top tracks are you ‘jammin’ to this month?

(1)Gideon Boots by Ghana Artist Iwan

(2)All of Me by Jah Cure

(3)Prayer Sinners by Ghana Artist Episode

Where are you playing this month?

 Show for Team Reggae @ Club Wallet Nairobi along Side Mau Mau Sounds

Finally, how can fans reach you on the social media platforms?

www.facebook.com/empire30

Twitter: @rebelempire30

www.rebelliberationsounds.webs.com

THIS IS WAKUU MUSIC FAMILIA…

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Your interview on Ghetto Radio. That was amazing. How did you land the interview? 

Our manager has been in the industry. He sent the jam to @djwhizzykenya from ghetto radio,wizzy organized gave him a call from ghetto radio and went for the interview which was great, the response was rogue from the fans and mind blowing . We were actually asked for a second interview which was off the limits .Thank you Ghetto radio

who is wakuu music familia?

..These young talented kids termed as the hip hop ambassador of Africa.   14 and 16 years old respectively. With an aim to inspire educate and connect with our peers who seem to have lost focus, judging from our age sets and where we're from.

How many songs do you have so far and why has it taken long to break in to the industry?

We have 47 songs 23(Recorded as the industry is competitive let’s not too much into detail "hehehe.)....well, no#1 this is Kenya, people don't appreciate talent, and yet they don't execute it professionally 'the ones that are there' we are on a campaign with our manager called supporting dreams; this involves the nurturing of creative in an individual. Lastly, this industry ain't real; it’s more of a cartel, money talks. So were not competitive internationally coz of the people "music artist they put there to represent us, were a joke to the international board, why Nigeria n not Kenyan music.... “

Any mix tapes or albums beckoning.
yes we do have 
Yes, ma teacha wasanaa dropping soon, and more HD projects coming thru

Tell us about Hip-hop Genre in Kenya and how you planning to do different?

 Lol, haven't you heard us already,,, hehehe, anyway. Working with a team of professionals so guess that should answer your question bro

Any collaborations you working on or have done so far?

So good we have done collaborations with chess, Abbas kubaff, Ramzey Siele and some vocalist who should blow your minds off. We are looking forward to new collaborations too actually working on them. "Would love to work with The President of this republic since we have a jam out titled "LETTER 2 THE PRESIDENT" L2TP

How can your fans link up with you on social media?

...find us on our fanpage fb: wakuu music familia, twitter handle:@wakuumusic on YouTube; wakuu music on reverbnation: wakuu music familia

Finally tell us about your project that you working on and what fans can expect?

 We are working on our videos and our fans should watch this space because we are releasing #lazimawatii video very soon.