Akoth Jumadi Basthma Her performances and songs are an You might not have seen his face but Don’t just take our word for it though, we Singer, songwriter and elegant fusion of varied musical elements: if you’re into experimental music, then filmed this set at Village Market, Ozone multi-instrumentalist, Akoth Jumadi, Luo folk, afro soul, tribal fusion, jazz, t you’ve heard his work. It’s rare to find Trampoline park _link_ because what started out doing cover songs but in aarab, benga, reggae, and hip-hop. In this EDM that draws inspiration from better place to fim bounce music. In it, 2018 she started focusing more on recording she performs tracks from her Eastlands, a vibrant neighbourhood that Basthma takes us on a sonic journey with writing her own music. She taught debut EP “Ere Yo”, a collection of Akoth has influenced the Kenyan creative hops, jumps and skips working with music herself to play the bass guitar but Jumadi’s experiences growing up, community for decades. However Basth- that you’ve likely never heard of but will following a need to connect more with learning about herself and reflecting ma’s productions, flips and DJ sets do probably add to your playlist soon as well. her ancestry she started learning the through her environment “Where is the just that. As an artist, he not only found a Headphones on, volume up! Nyatiti, an 8 stringed Luo lute way?” niche but managed to establish himself so traditionally played by men. well in it you’d be hard-pressed to remember when the words Nu Bounce, Future Bounce, Future bass and Jersey Club weren’t a regular part of your lexi- con. 50nd3k4 358 50nd3k4 358 50nd3k450nd3k4 359359