
3rd October 2023
Victoria trying out some Mijikenda tunes.
This post will tell you a little about DebeDebe one of 3 legs without whom there would be no SampleBar Kenya. DebeDebe, is a community-based
Leaving Hola town and following the Tana river south/east. Heading for Malindi and another recording day. This is especially fun for us since we get
Tana River is the longest river in Kenya, stretching for about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from its source in the Aberdare Range in central Kenya
We leave Nairobi in rush hour traffic, which means we don’t actually leave Nairobi for a couple of hours. But the road is long and
We had a great welcoming meeting at Bomas of Kenya on our first day. Second day started with a pre-meeting at Bomas where we met
First meeting the same day as we landed was with the carpenter in one of the suburbs of Nairobi. DIxon started building a table. There
Early in the morning on february 8th, 2023 the whole team leaves from Libido Music’s Office, Stockholm with a portable SampleBar and lots of enthusiasm
Kibisi Village is a small village located in the Sichei Location, which is in the Nandi County of Kenya. The village is also located in
It is not only in Kenya that things are happening. A large part of the work is done in Stockholm at Rumtiden AB. Anna has
Leaving Nairobi and following the main highway towards Kampala, Uganda, we will touch the border and start making our first recordings in the western region.
I asked Daniel “Mbutch” Muhuni, responsible for the sound being recorded in the best way possible, so that it is easier for the team in
In the midst of April, when the weather in Sweden transitions between winter and summer, we were lucky enough to have some pleasant spring weather
Introduction / Here write about how it started, Hillevi getting a job in Kenya, We saying to Håkan that it would be nice to do
January 24-26 2022 The first field trip together with the Bomas of Kenya team went to the central region of Kenya, north of Nairobi. We
The SampleBar Kenya – A unique way to preserve Cultural Heritage In our rapidly changing world many countries and regions are losing their roots, and
Hillevi and Preben are back in Nairobi to finish the first Kenyan Samplebar. We rent a small room close to where Mbutch lives near USIU,