Music Analyst, management and deeply enthusiastic about creative/innovative music production.

Just checking out the next best generation of awesome Ugandan artists and their awesome tracks distributed for the world.

St. Nelly-sade was born Nsubuga Nelly-sade in 1988. While at school in 2004, he met a group of friends with whom he formed his first rap group, ''The Hip Hop Gangstarz'' and they genuinely believed they would find stardom one day. Unfortunately, that fell apart when most of the members decided to change music styles as Hip Hop wasn't selling in Uganda.
As Nelly-sade became older, his fascination with Hip Hop grew stronger. His interest in Hip Hop was inspired by Nas, Scarface, Bataka Squad, Juma Nature, Lyrical G and Yung Vibes, who became a stepping stone for his drive for success. Before listening to local Ugandan Hip Hop artists, he was rapping in English, which wasn't sweet in his friends' ears and he was advised to quit the style.
In 2007, he recorded his first duet, ''My Lover'' with A.B Khale, which became a hit on local radio stations in the eastern region of Uganda. After discovering that he was a better rapper in Lugaflow (rapping in Luganda), he joined Hip Hop battles as much as possible. He battled in All School's Hip Hop and RnB Battles presented by Hot 100, Hip Hop Canvas, End of the Weak Mic Challenge Uganda, and one on one battles organised in different areas of Kampala. He also started working at Bonfire Nights held at the National Theatre and attended freestyle fellowships to improve his freestyle skills.
In 2009, he joined Bavubuka All Starz where he became a stronghold in the Luga Flow Hip Hop community. Along with a few of his peers, they emerged from the foundation to form a platform for their future success as The Luga Flow Army.
He soon established himself as a local Hip Hop activist who could not be stopped. He has been instrumental in creating a few of the most legendary pieces of Hip Hop in Uganda, such as ''K'akubiddewa'' which later became a social anthem. Nelly-sade has perfomed on national and international stages including Bayimba International Festival of the Arts, LaBa! Arts Festival, Uganda Hip Hop Summit, as well as performances in South Sudan, Arusha, Tanzania and in various regions all over east Africa.
Nelly-sade has contributed to many projects such as The Hip Hop Canvas album 2009 and 2010, Voices Initiative Uganda, WAPI, Open Mic Night Kampala, End of the Weak Uganda, Spoken Truth and Mic Stand Hip Hop night, which he started in 2011. He was Co-coordinator for the End of the Weak International Hip Hop Festival held in Kampala in 2014. He currently resides as Vice President of the End of the Weak Uganda chapter. He has worked with talented up and coming artists along with a few of the best emcees all over the country including Babaluku, Enygma, Cyno MC, Bana Mutibwa, Lyrical G, Ibraw and Kwesto.
Hip Hop inspires Nelly-sade to make the world a better place through the Luga Flow Hip Hop movement in Uganda. He is staying at the top of the game with The Luga Flow Army and GMC Entertainment together with Lyrical G!

BILL MONAGHAN BIO
“It’s always a joyous struggle, this music making thing.” -- Bill

He has been called varied, eclectic, surprising…Bill Monaghan has been crafting musical compositions since his high school days in the Philadelphia suburbs. A writer of songs, musical plays, children’s ballets, and thematically charged CDs like his 9/11 In Memoriam, Bill is at home finger picking folk songs, story-telling in his energy driven rock songs, or reflecting in his touching love songs and ballads. Bucks Happening Mag named Bill “Best Musician in Bucks County” in 2013.
SIGNINGS & SINGLES
Bill signed with Canadian-American Records (2008) for distribution of his Some Assembly Required CD, and three singles, “You Belong There,” “All That Your Heart May Desire,” and “When the Rain Comes,” which debuted at number 28 on the Top 40 Independent Country Song Chart for August 2008.
ALBUMS & BANDS & CONCERTS
From his Some Assembly Required CD release party and the September 11 In Memoriam Tribute Concert in 2007, to his yearly nearly sold-out Celtic Pride/St. Patrick’s Night performance at the Sellersville Theater, Bill continues to deliver his diverse mix of song, story, emotion, and journeys to bigger and more widespread audiences. The Word: A Gospel Opera, a full length spirited stage drama, has moved audiences with more than 60 performances in the tri-county area since its inception. The heart-warming “All That Your Heart May Desire,” in memory of his brother Michael
who died in the US Navy, sets the theme for an annual memorial concert, presenting local artists and performers joining together to raise scholarship money for high school students in need. Dance Elite continues to perform Bill’s original ballets, most recently The Wizard of Oz. Bill's mission work in Africa, and working firsthand with the Ugandan people has become an influential force in much of his work, strengthening and making his harmonies and rhythms even more authentic.
Onstage, Bill can be seen solo or with his band, and he has played such venues as Sellersville Theatre, North Wildwood’s Irish Fall Festival, Virgin Megastore (NY), Stockton Inn, Grape Street Pub, Dr. Watsons, NCYC (Indiana), and as a featured artist at many local charity concerts.
REVIEWS
“Fresh! Jimmy Buffet meets Nancy Griffith and Paul Simon. Certainly an album of poppie folk. All-in-all a very pleasant mix of music.” --[David Hermanson on CDbaby.com, on Bill’s Some Assembly Required CD]
“This poignant album…never lags as it presents a wide variety of sounds through the eclectic styles of the songs…Mr. Monaghan never resists the opportunity to touch back to his Irish roots as he does in “Father to a Son” and he even boasts his inner southern gospel singer in “Angels and Prayers.” ...diverse instruments…such as the cello in the bittersweet evocative and hopeful “Garden of Reflection.” …acknowledges the rebirth of patriotism in America that succeeded September 11th, declaring “Today’s the day America is baptized in the fire and Americans become Americans again.” …a beautiful tribute to the lives lost on September 11, 2001 and provides a hopeful message for the future. In all his musical endeavors, Mr. Monaghan never holds back, pouring heart and soul into his songwriting."
 --[Karen Orzechowski, The Viking Voice, Spring Ed. 2008, on Bill’s 9/11 In Memoriam CD]
ASSOCIATIONS
member, CCLI , ASCAP (songwriter, publisher)
www.monaghanmusic.com
www.myspace.com/billmonaghan

Babaluku (aka Silas Balabyekkubo), is an award-winning musician, producer, community youth activist and social entrepreneur. A founding member of Uganda’s legendary hip hop group, Bataka Squad, Babaluku is known for introducing Luga Flow to Uganda’s creative scene. This unique and powerful style of positive Hip Hop music has inspired youth in Uganda to embrace and celebrate their native languages,
culture and tradition. Babaluku is dedicated to changing lives and giving hope to young people from the ghetto slums of Kampala to war torn Northern Uganda. Through the Bavubuka Foundation Babaluku supports projects that are calling forth the spirit of Ugandan people in creative arts, youth empowerment, education, community development, sports, fashion, journalism, and community-building events.

Born and raised in Uganda until the age of twelve, Babaluku’s creative spirit is driven by his desire to honor and highlight his musical roots while creating unique, fresh and relevant music which inspires unity and directs attention to the power of the spiritual.

Babaluku has shared the stage with many globally acclaimed artists, including Michael Franti, Shad K, Okai and KRS-ONE. In addition to his own album, Luga Flow Revolution, he has been featured on legendary international hip hop albums such as Close to My Roots by Black Star Line, Internationally Known by Nomadic Wax and Officially Offside by Khulumani Group.

Since 2007 Babaluku has amassed a multitude of awards including a Pearl of Africa Award for Best Hip Hop Single and taking home Buzz Teen Awards top honor for Best Hip Hop Artist. He also garnered international acclaim as the featured artist in the documentary Diamonds in the Rough which won the Audience Choice Award at Dances With Films Festival and Best Feature Documentary at Peace on Earth Film Festival. In 2010 Babaluku was honored by the Ugandan Cultural Association for his Excellence and also chosen as Pioneer of the Year by the Words Beats & Life Remix Teach-In Awards.

It doesn’t end there. Babaluku is also responsible for creating Spoken Truth, a monthly event and the first urban spoken word movement in Uganda, which provides a platform for poets and artists in all areas to showcase their work and express their passion. In addition Babaluku has hosted and been the prime sponsor for the Uganda Hip Hop Summit which has been celebrated as the annual highlight of Uganda’s Hip Hop scene for the last nine years.

2012 promises to unveil the next masterpiece album from Babaluku, aptly titled All Spiritual.

Mixing soulful vocals, conscious lyrics, uplifting melodies, cool beats & Urban Beat Poetry, Nu-Future create a sound at the crossroads of Funk, Hip Hop, RnB, Drum n Bass & Soul, paying tribute to the old skool & the nu skool while expressing their own unique stamp within both.

Nu-Future are James Gaynor & Stephe Meloy & feature the voices of Spanish soul singer, Gloria Garcia & Jayli Robinson.

Think Urban with shades of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Electronica in a tin can conceived by Warhol, The Beatles go HipHop, Chic produced by the Neptunes, Earth Wind And Fire seen through the eyes of Phil Spector. 

..JAMES PAST & PRESENT..
James has been DJing for several years, having worked on London pirate stations Lush FM & Flex FM, & in A&R for London’s influential 679 Records & Warner Brothers/WEA. He is currently resident at The Kingly Club, in London’s Carnaby Street. 

..STEPHE PAST & PRESENT..
Stephe has a long background as a session musician, programmer & producer, working with some of the UK’s top Black artists on a wide range of released material. His programming & playing can be heard on the album "The Lick" by British Rap Band Definition Of Sound as well as two singles taken from the same album - "What R U Under" & "Can I Get Over", the former featuring in the Wesley Snipes movie "Sugar Hill". His keyboard & guitar work has graced remixes of artists including Duran Duran ("Love Voodoo") & The Soup Dragons ("Divine Thing"). He played keyboards with singer Nicki French for the UK promotion of her worldwide hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (including two appearances on UK chart show Top of the Pops) & performed in the globally released video promo of the same track. Other acts Stephe has worked with include Jazz/Dance diva Juliet Roberts, British Lovers-Rock singer/songwriter Carroll Thompson, RnB Soul Diva Claudia Patrice (Boompcious/ X Blind Date), Ugandan Gospel vocal group Limit X, British RnB act 4Mandu, Street-Soul singer Jane Eugene (X Loose Ends), Freestylers mastermind Aston Harvey, producer/singer J D Braithwaite (X Total Contrast/ Tongue N Cheek), producer John Springate (X Glitter Band/ producer Total Eclipse Of The Heart), producer Phil Edwards (X Paradise/ MD to East 17/ Eternal/ producer to 4Mandu), Sony Columbia signing Elaine Vassell (X Free Spirit), upcoming British singer/songwriter Paula Clarke (We Will Rock You/ Lynden David Hall/ X Dave Stewart/ C J Lewis), Maurey Richards (Ray Charles / Starlight Express / X Platters), UK Jazz/Soul songwriter & producer Michael McKenzie & singer/songwriter Elaine Girard. Stephe had a critically well-received single release on the UK Garage underground under his production name 451 with DJ NickleBee (‘InterFunk’ & ‘Vibin'’). 451 tracks have been well received on the Internet, notably achieving over 30,000 downloads/streams on Vitaminic as well as number 7 in their most downloaded tracks for ‘InterFunk’. The tracks also reached numbers 7, 8 & 9 in the Peoplesound UK Garage top 20. In 2003 Stephe released a bootleg version of Janet Jackson’s “Someone 2 Call My Lover” with underground Garage Producer Linx on DJ Lisa Unique’s label Unique Kutz. Summer 2003 saw 451’s track ‘Give U Love' released on an Ayia Napa themed compilation CD by the Daily Star. UK distribution was 750,000 units. 

Read Stephe's interview with Carl Brown's UK Garage Music website here:
http://www.keme.co.uk/~carl/nufuture.htm

You can contact us via email on
info@nu-future.com

Jocelyn Daloz, aka Joce, born in Geneva, is a Swiss rapper and hip-hop artist. Hip-hop has entered his life in 2010 when he began creating music with Johannes Küng (Joh Beats) and to write his first lyrics. 
The career of both artists have been immensely influenced by their common trip to Uganda in 2013, where they met several Ugandan hip-hop artists, members of Breakdance Project Uganda. They recorded an album there called « Borda to Borda / D’Une Frontière A l’Autre (www.soundcloud.com/yaep) . YAEP ! was created shortly after that. 

Joce and Johbeats’ first album, CINQ, has been released in November 2015. It can be downloaded for free here : www.cinq.yaep.ch

Joce is also an international history student, is about to publish his first collection of short stories and writes from time to time for the online opinion platform Jet d’Encre (www.jetdencre.ch)

An Open format, Radio Deejay on  Livewire every Friday from 9pm and Black & Proud on Saturday from 4pm EAT At @97fmRadiocity. For bookings baliug2003@gmail.com|


A Ugandan born of Arua district in 1982 by name of Ejoyi Roy aka Mr.Happiness, picked interest in music in 2002 being inspired by reggea/Dancehall artists like Buju Banton, Shaggy, Bob Marly etc. Direction towards gospel music is because got saved by the blood of Jesus in the year 2003 to-date.

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