go (open verse)

لسه ممتش

Visualizer OUT NOW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8vpAKdwagc

Written and performed by: Kariuki 'RIZE' Thande & Kevin 'Chevy Kev' Kariuki
 
Produced by Edwin Mlayi : https://soundcloud.com/edwin_mlayi

Additional production/arrangement by Lloco : https://soundcloud.com/user656125037
Latiace : https://soundcloud.com/user-196517251

Mixing by AndyBolo : https://soundcloud.com/user-268853652-15492216

Art by Thanderous : http://thanderous.com/

Head of State

Head of State - R.I.Z.E X CHEVY KEV (prod. by Ed Mlayi)

Our new remix series titled "XPRMNT" where members of our production team each flip the same song/sample.

Odugwu (RVMP Flip)

“Hot Luv” is the first single off the producer’s upcoming flip series ‘Nairobi Lost Tapes’ in which he gives a feel of his head bopping alterations over a classic love song which he samples from Kenya’s famous folk Kamba band; Katitu Boys Band.

Nairobi Lost Tapes, Vol. 1

Hot Luv

hot luv

cover art by: Ndegwa Moria (https://www.instagram.com/ndegwa_mworia/)

mango w/ Don Boplo & Bopacmarlee (prod. Afamefuna)

xtra.presha

East African musicianship is vast as it is diverse. However, due to a lack of proper funding and infrastructure for the arts, the true breadth of the region’s talents tends to be underrepresented. Furthermore, when conversations are had and opportunities are doled out regarding the emergence of African music globally, too often East African voices are left out.

“We’ve celebrated the much-deserved wins of our fellow Africans from the West and the Southern regions of the continent while patiently waiting for our day in the sun.” -Kui Mwai

The Full Full Condition series is an attempt to bring us further out of the shade. It is a series of compilation albums featuring several up-and-coming artists from across East Africa and the diaspora. Tangaza Magazine will be releasing and publicizing an album on an annual basis alongside our yearly print issue. The first volume, featuring acts like EA Wave, Naomisia, Mwami, and mau, is set for release in August 2020 on all major streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, Boomplay, Audiomack, and TIDAL etc.)

“Full Full Condition'' is a term born from a 2011 Ugandan viral video of the same name and now lives in East African colloquialism and meme culture to express the greatest extent of any given situation. One might say “every song on this compilation album is a jam. It’s a full full condition!”

Full Full Condition, Vol.1

Agalee - Xprso.

If you grew up in Nairobi like me you were probably born only one or two generations after poverty. Likewise, if you grew up in Nairobi like me you've probably seen the best and worst of both worlds on a daily basis. 
From the Joneses to the Kamaus, the big bonuses to the regular wadaus. 
A city poised precariously between obnoxious opulence and heartbreaking hardships. 
Most people in Nairobi are one life-changing emergency away from slipping back to indigence, 
And thats why I cant let anything or anyone stop me from getting whats rightfully mine. Hakuna Njaa kama Njaa Ya Nairobi

Self-written & Self-recorded @ the Rocket-ship studio 

PRODUCERS: Gai.T; PK; Put2Sleep; Ransom Beatz 

POST PRODUCTION: AndyBolo; Kwikwiri (Put2Sleep)

COVER ART: TuskerMoja

Tiga Wana

"nairobi lost tapes, vol. 2" coming soon.

MR. LU* — [delusion]

Mbalamwezi (slowed + Reverb) (soft rough cut for the homies to tell me how they feel)

XPRSO's a Kenyan-based Production team consisting of producers @breathebaby, @0h-mars-m, @mr_lu and @revampke. 

Their lush and playful records are based on the main pillars of hip hop, reggae and dance hall music; bass, dirty drums, dark vocals and sampling.

More XPRSO less DPRSO.

Contact: dblxprso@gmail.com

Odugwu (RVMP Flip)

XPRSO.