1st track off of ASCENDANT's first promo CD way back in 2001. This song was made specifically for a movie at the time. The movie producers asked for a song that had "fa sho" (a modern colloquialism at the time)in the title and they needed it in 2 days. We met the deadline but they decided to pass on the song. We kept it and it became a fan favorite

Friend fa Sho (Rising)by ASCENDANT

Love Saved My Life

Music by Kael Mboya, Curtis Kincaid
Lyrics by Kael Mboya, Michael Lockett, Renee Ruffin
Drums: Alfonzo Jones
Percussion: Michael Lockett, Kael Mboya
Bass: Kenery Kent Smith
Trumpet: John Moore, Jr.
Saxophone: Chris Greene
Guitar: Curtis Kincaid
Keyboard: Kael Mboya
Lead Vocal: Renee Ruffin
Background Vocals: Michael Lockett, Kael Mboya, Renee Ruffin

Recording Engineer: Dennis Tousana
Vocal Recording Engineer: Kael Mboya
Mixing Engineer: Kael Mboya
Mastering: Slavic LiVins

Produced by Kael Mboya for Ascendant Music Inc.
Recorded at Soundmine Studios, Ascendant Studio Room, Chicago, IL
Mastered at Chicago Audio Mastering, Chicago, IL
©2025 Ascendant Music Inc./ Ascendant Sounds ASCAP

Love Saved My Life (RadioEdit)

Love Saved (Reprise)
Music by Kael Mboya, Curtis Kincaid
Lyrics by Kael Mboya, Michael Lockett, Renee Ruffin

Drums: Eric Johnson
Bass: Kenery Kent Smith
Guitar: Curtis Kincaid
Keyboard: Kael Mboya
Lead Vocal: Renee Ruffin
Background Vocals: Kael Mboya, Renee Ruffin

Recording Engineer: Dennis Tousana
Vocal Recording Engineer: Kael Mboya
Mixing Engineer: Kael Mboya
Mastering: Slavic LiVins

Produced by Kael Mboya for Ascendant Music Inc.
Recorded at Soundmine Studios, Ascendant Studio Room, Chicago, IL
Mastered at Chicago Audio Mastering, Chicago, IL
©2025 Ascendant Music Inc./ Ascendant Sounds ASCAP

Love Saved Reprise

Love Saved My Life (Mboya Mellow Rhodes) Remix
Music by Kael Mboya
Lyrics by Kael Mboya, Michael Lockett, Renee Ruffin

Drums, Keyboards: Kael Mboya
Lead Vocal: Renee Ruffin
Background Vocals: Michael Lockett, Kael Mboya, Renee Ruffin

Recording & Remixing Engineer: Kael Mboya
Mastering: Slavic LiVins

Produced by Kael Mboya for Ascendant Music Inc.
Recorded and Remixed at Ascendant Studio Room, Chicago, IL
Mastered at Chicago Audio Mastering, Chicago, IL
©2025 Ascendant Music Inc./ Ascendant Sounds ASCAP

Love Saved My Life (Mboya Mellow Rhodes Remix)

Lead and Background Vocals: Kael Mboya, Michael Lockett, Renee Ruffin
Keyboards, Drums and Percussion: Kael Mboya
Drums and Percussion: Michael Lockett

Composed, Written and Arranged by Kael Mboya
Written and Arranged by Michael Lockett
Recorded by Kael Mboya and Michael Lockett
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Kael Mboya for Ascendant Music Inc.

© 2022 Ascendant Music Inc./ Ascendant Sounds ASCAP

Do You Remember

Lead Vocals: Michael Lockett
Background Vocals: Kael Mboya
Guitar: Curtis Kincaid
Percussion: Michael Lockett
Keyboards, Drums and Percussion: Kael Mboya

Composed by Curtis Kincaid and Kael Mboya
Written by Michael Lockett
Arranged by Curtis Kincaid, Kael Mboya and Michael Lockett
Recorded, Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Kael Mboya

© 2022 Ascendant Music Inc./ Ascendant Sounds / Lonely Gigolo Music ASCAP

In Your Arms

Lead and Background Vocals: Michael Lockett
Piano and Keyboards: Kael Mboya
Guitar: Curtis Kincaid
Bass: Kenery Kent Smith
Drums: Eric Johnson

Composed, Written and Arranged by Kael Mboya
Written and Arranged by Michael Lockett
Recorded by Dennis Tousana at Soundmine Studios
Background Vocals recorded by Michael Lockett
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Kael Mboya for Ascendant Music Inc.

© 2022 Ascendant Music Inc./ Ascendant Sounds ASCAP

Simple

Lead and Background Vocals: Michael Lockett
Guitars: Curtis Kincaid
Guitar-Synths, Strings, Drums and Percussion: Kael Mboya

Composed, Written and Arranged by Kael Mboya and Michael Lockett
Recorded, Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Kael Mboya

© 2022 Ascendant Music Inc./ Ascendant Sounds ASCAP

Angel

Lead and Background Vocals: Michael Lockett
Guitars: Curtis Kincaid

Composed and Arranged by Curtis Kincaid
Written and Arranged by Michael Lockett
Recorded by Curtis Kincaid and Michael Lockett
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Curtis Kincaid

© 2022 Ascendant Music Inc./ Ascendant Sounds / Lonely Gigolo Music ASCAP

Faults and All

Lead Vocals: Michael Lockett, Angela Johnson
Background Vocals: Michael Lockett, Angela Johnson
Additional Background Vocals: Renee Ruffin, Kael Mboya
Keyboards, Drums and Percussion: Kael Mboya

Composer: Kael Mboya
Lyrics: Michael Lockett, Kalind Haynes
Arrangement: Kael Mboya, Michael Lockett
Additional Background Vocal Arrangement: Renee Ruffin
Recorded by Kael Mboya, Renee Ruffin, Michael Lockett and Angela Johnson
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Kael Mboya for Ascendant Music Inc.

© 2021 Ascendant Music Inc./ Ascendant Sounds ASCAP

It's Not Over

Lead Vocals: Michael Lockett
Background Vocals: Kael Mboya and Michael Lockett
Guitar: Curtis Kincaid
Bass: Kenery Kent Smith
Drums: Eric Johnson
Keyboards and Percussion: Kael Mboya
Saxophone: Chris Greene
Trumpet: John Moore, Jr.
Trombone: Bryant Smith

Composed, Written and Arranged by Kael Mboya and Michael Lockett
Recorded by Dennis Tousana at Soundmine Studios
Background Vocals Recorded by Kael Mboya and Michael Lockett
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Kael Mboya

© 2022 Ascendant Music Inc./ Ascendant Sounds ASCAP

Unspoken

Rashada Dawan's breakout single 
Written by Kael Mboya and Rashada Dawan Arranged and Produced by Kael Mboya of ASCENDANT

© 2017 Phat Byrd Publishings / Ascendant Sounds ASCAP

Human Condition by Rashada Dawan

Waylynn Pitts 2nd single Written by Kael Mboya and Michael Lockett of ASCENDANT Arranged and Produced by Kael Mboya for Ascendant Music Inc.
©2016 Ascendant Music Inc./ Ascendant Sounds ASCAP

New Day by Waylynn Pitts

4 - Gotta Get Up (featuring Donica Lynn)

Vocals: Kael Mboya, Donica Lynn, Michael Lockett
Background vocals: Michael Lockett
Keyboards, synths, synth drums, drum programming, Percussion: Kael Mboya
Guitars: Curtis Kincaid

Composed, Written and Arranged by Kael Mboya
Written and Arranged by Michael Lockett
Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Kael Mboya for Ascendant Music Inc.
Mastered by Slavic Livins Chicago Audio Mastering

Illuminate: GREEN

Gotta Get Up

Gotta Get Up by ASCENDANT featuring Donica Lynn

6 - Brand New Me

Lead and Background Vocals: Kael Mboya, Michael Lockett
Keyboards: Kael Mboya
Percussion: Michael Lockett
Guitars: Curtis Kincaid
Bass: Kenery Kent Smith
Drums: Eric Johnson

Composed and Arranged by Kael Mboya
Written and Arranged by Melvin (Noah) McAfee
Written by Michael Lockett
Recorded by Dennis Tousana at Soundmine Studios
Vocals recorded by Kael Mboya
Produced and Mixed by Kael Mboya for Ascendant Music Inc.
Mastered by Slavic Livins Chicago Audio Mastering

Copyright 2019 Ascendant Music Inc.

Brand New Me

Brand New Me by ASCENDANT

4th track on the CD Illuminate:BLUE by ASCENDANT

Produced by Kael Mboya for Ascendant Music Inc.
© 2012 ASCENDANT Music Inc./Ascendant Sounds ASCAP

Illuminate: BLUE

All You Need by ASCENDANT

Kael Mboya - Keyboards/Vocals/Production  
Michael Lockett - Vocals/Percussion  
Curtis Kincaid - Guitar/Vocals
Eric Johnson - Drums
Renee Ruffin - Vocals

Soulful. Inspiring. Authentic. True. Just a few words that people use to describe them and their artistry, and yet ASCENDANT is... simply that... ascendant... rising above. From it's start, ASCENDANT has been rising above... their fears, their obstacles and creating meaningful, soul-filled music in an era when such artistic statements aren't often made but desperately needed. Take a listen to the soaring high notes and heartfelt harmonies. It's there in every soul-drenched note; every colorful chord progression; every uplifting rhythm. ASCENDANT rises... and asks us all to join them in flight...

ASCENDANT - Ascendant Music Inc

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