Salon Noirx

Kunstschaffende aus der Schweiz im Gespräch

In Salon Noirx kommen monatlich Kunst- und Kulturschaffende aus der ganzen Schweiz an den Runden Tisch und sprechen gemeinsam über ihre Praktiken und wie diese zu den aktuellen Zeiten stehen.

Salon Noir is a round table format in which artists and cultural workers across Switzerland come together to discuss their practice as it relates to the current times.

Salon Noirx wird freundlicherweise durch die Christoph Merian Stiftung und ab 2022 neu von der Stiftung Radio und Kultur Schweiz SRKS unterstützt. 

 

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When Creativity Meets Chaos: Insights into the Uncompressed Music Scene in Kampala

Episode 15 of the TIMEZONES podcast series, co-initiated and co-produced by Norient and the Goethe-Institut. This episode offers insight into the uncompressed music scene in Kampala, Uganda. It looks into the evolution of (underground) club culture and shows how house parties contributed so much to create the roots of feeling safe and a support system in the music community. von Danielle Bürgin

When Creativity Meets Chaos: Kampala

When Creativity Meets Chaos: Insights into the Uncompressed Music Scene in Kampala

This episode further discusses the importance of the Nyege Nyege label and festival that has gained massive international attention lately. 

Many thriving DJs and producers have come out of Kampala’s underground music scene in the past few years. In this podcast episode, we invite our fellow music producers and DJs to share their processes of music production and explain how the city inspires their creativity.

Kampala is a beautiful city surrounded by Lake Victoria and its nature that brings a certain level of peace amidst chaos. We recorded the podcast in the city, relating to the sounds in our surroundings, and how each of the artists connect to different aspects of the city, such as noise, the people, and its environment. 

Uganda is a socially conservative, majority Christian and Muslim country. To see the momentum of artists expressing themselves in a free create form is very impressive. We look into the growth of Kampala in the past decade. There’s a lot more light on the music scene now than before. The momentum comes from the multiple cultures that bring along unique sounds that evolve in this creativity space, and there’s a lot of room to be inspired and learn.

Over the years, Kampala has become a global incubator of sounds. We see artists from the diaspora and East African community gaining interest in exploring the city and doing residencies at Nyege Nyege studios (Villa) which has harbored collaborations among artists.

It’s such a beautiful opportunity to bring you into our evolving music scene in East Africa. We hope you enjoy it.

QUOTES

«I see Kampala skyrocketing in a couple of years. There’s so much knowledge musically here and it’s all super organic. All we need, or everyone needs, is just the resource capital, in a way.» Nsasi

«The first software was Fruity Loops.» Rey Sapienz

«It limits the way you view yourself as an achiever when you don’t see a certain kind of people winning in music.» Turkana

«In a couple of years Kampala music is going to be hardcore insane. It’s really crazy and amazing right now.» DJ Flo

 

CREDITS

A podcast byTurkana - initiated and co-produced by  Norient and the Goethe-Institut  by supported by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.

Featuring:

Authentically Plastic
DJ Flo 
Martin Kanja 
Nsasi 
Rey Sapienz 

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