Jan Klug is a composer, musician and media designer with extensive experience in the use of computers and programming as creative tools for live interactive performances. He started as a musician, and graduated in 1999 in jazz saxophone at the Prins Claus Conservatory in Groningen.
As a musician, composer and media designer, Jan has worked on several projects in dance, theater and film. He created numerous performances and concerts, blending acoustic and electronic music, video and programming. Starting in 1996 as a permanent member of the popular Dutch group "Poets from Epibreren", Jan specialized in the musical accompaniment of poetry and literature, continued up to today through concerts with Dutch writer Christine Otten.   
Since 2008, Jan is core teacher of the master study "Interactive Media and Environments" (MFA IME) at the Frank Mohr Institute (FMI) of Academy Minerva in Groningen, an interdisciplinary programme of advanced education in computer-related media art and experimental art research.

Guitarist and Producer from Groningen, the Netherlands.

Ssewa Ssewa
( Ssewakiryanga James )
 
Ssewa James leads his audience into the enticing and soulful African music culture with traditional instruments, songs and stories from his homeland, weaving these traditions together with a modern and global sound.  Ssewa Ssewa is a Ugandan born world and folk music artist, multi-instrumentalist, Mentor, Teacher/instructor of Ugandan Music and Culture, music writer, story teller and founder/director of Janzi band one of Uganda’s top Bands.
 
Ssewa’s performances feature an array of instruments, including: JANZI Ugandan/African traditional instruments like Endongo (Bow Lyre), Adungu (Ugandan Harp), Endigidi (Tube Fiddle), Akogo ( Thumbpiano), Amadinda (Xylophones), and Engoma (Ugandan traditional drums).
 
“I have been entrusted with a tremendous privilege.” Ssewa Ssewa
 
Born in 1987 in Kampala, Uganda, to a musical family, Ssewa Ssewa began his artistic journey as a young boy, and has since attended a number of musical Journeys and experiences; he has visited many countries, and entertained audiences in hundreds and thousands in Uganda and around the world. Ssewa founded Janzi Band in 2009 to extend his artistic mission with a collection of Uganda’s most celebrated instrumentalists/musicians.
 
Through performing Ugandan folk and World Music, Ssewa is privileged with entertaining audiences at home and abroad. His music is a cross-cultural marriage between Uganda and the World, which seeks to reassert Ugandan traditions while modernizing and interweaving them with jazz, folk, soul and other international genres to renew the spirit within his indigenous culture.
 
Reflecting on Ugandan Music within World Music led Ssewa to to re-design/innovate the Legendary Adungu, and this inspired him to design new instruments like the Janzi, a uniquely designed instrument.
 
Along his journey, Ssewa has collaborated with many musical friends and mentored Ugandan youth, sharing how the power of music can give back to communities, while restoring lost cultural pride. Ssewa believes that the next generation of artists can harness the power of music to nurture bring unity and restore Ugandan culture for generations to come.
 
Janzi Band brings a remarkable energy to Kampala hotspots and international festivals, while Ssewa’s solo performances offer an intimate and educational experience, perfect for small venues, museums and cultural centers.

Dramali, an International Afrobeat-Jazz band with funky groove and lots of space for improvisation, a melting pot of cultures that are expressed and reflected in their music… swinging, versatile and catchy.  The band is formed around the Malian musician/singer Dra Diarra(ngoni/guitar/vocal). Dra forged a part of his early career together with the today’s Grammy awards artists such as Angelique Kidjo, Jasper van ‘t Hof, Izaline Calister and many more [Pili-Pili Band], the Railband (with Salif Keita) and Zani Diabate’s Super Diataband. The interaction with the audience and the enthusiasm of the musicians will do the rest. Dramali, a Band that will keep coming back. For more:
www.dramali.nl

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