The Mith drops ‘The Week Of September‘
May 16, 2011
LISTENING parties are more synonymous with the West but they are picking up in Uganda. Recently Tom ‘The Mith’ Mayanja, a Klear Kut group member, threw a true listening party for his solo album, The Week Of September, at the Garden City roof top.
By Mary Milan Nanziri
LISTENING parties are more synonymous with the West but they are picking up in Uganda. Recently Tom ‘The Mith’ Mayanja, a Klear Kut group member, threw a true listening party for his solo album, The Week Of September, at the Garden City roof top.
The event got off to a late start and the turn up was low, hitting way below the organisers estimated 1,000 people. Perhaps the rather high sh20,000 entrance fee, the novelty of listening parties and relatively low popularity of The Mith as an artiste, contributed to this.
That said, there was a lot to occupy fans as they waited — from the confectionery table filled with cake and pie to the drinks tent and of course the ‘I’m So Ug’ T-shirts, plus the inconsistent mixes of Mister Deejay.
At around 9:30pm, The Mith aka ‘Mr. So UG’ arrived, formally dressed in all black, flanked by long-term friend Navio, Keko, JB who all rocked black and Enygma who choose to stand out in a grey suit with a grey ski mask keeping true to his philosophy and image.
Mckenzie then got the show started, calling artistes to take the stage. First were a group of three young up and coming artistes, then Don Mc who rocked the fans with the tune Jajja.
Keko was next performing This How We Do It and ‘Kwekunya Kunya to the jubilant crowd.
The Mith then took centre stage, unleashing his new tunes with the accompaniment of the Uneven Rock band, giving Hip Hop a refreshing feel.
The new song that caught the crowd was Amina Mina, a spin off of the childhood girls play song, and Toast To Life, which touched the crowd as it was in memory of a friend who had recently committed suicide.
The performance of the night, however, was ‘Fire’, where Navio took on Tickie Tah’s role and jammed with The Mith like a true Rastafarian jumping up and down to the band’s bass guitar and drums. Some more new songs were unveiled and old songs like Agamabaki performed to please the crowd.
All in all, The Mith was happy, judging from the smile on his face the whole night and the laughter on stage. It was one step for the Mith but a big step in formalising Uganda’s music industry especially the Hip Hop genre.
LISTENING parties are more synonymous with the West but they are picking up in Uganda. Recently Tom ‘The Mith’ Mayanja, a Klear Kut group member, threw a true listening party for his solo album, The Week Of September, at the Garden City roof top.
The event got off to a late start and the turn up was low, hitting way below the organisers estimated 1,000 people. Perhaps the rather high sh20,000 entrance fee, the novelty of listening parties and relatively low popularity of The Mith as an artiste, contributed to this.
That said, there was a lot to occupy fans as they waited — from the confectionery table filled with cake and pie to the drinks tent and of course the ‘I’m So Ug’ T-shirts, plus the inconsistent mixes of Mister Deejay.
At around 9:30pm, The Mith aka ‘Mr. So UG’ arrived, formally dressed in all black, flanked by long-term friend Navio, Keko, JB who all rocked black and Enygma who choose to stand out in a grey suit with a grey ski mask keeping true to his philosophy and image.
Mckenzie then got the show started, calling artistes to take the stage. First were a group of three young up and coming artistes, then Don Mc who rocked the fans with the tune Jajja.
Keko was next performing This How We Do It and ‘Kwekunya Kunya to the jubilant crowd.
The Mith then took centre stage, unleashing his new tunes with the accompaniment of the Uneven Rock band, giving Hip Hop a refreshing feel.
The new song that caught the crowd was Amina Mina, a spin off of the childhood girls play song, and Toast To Life, which touched the crowd as it was in memory of a friend who had recently committed suicide.
The performance of the night, however, was ‘Fire’, where Navio took on Tickie Tah’s role and jammed with The Mith like a true Rastafarian jumping up and down to the band’s bass guitar and drums. Some more new songs were unveiled and old songs like Agamabaki performed to please the crowd.
All in all, The Mith was happy, judging from the smile on his face the whole night and the laughter on stage. It was one step for the Mith but a big step in formalising Uganda’s music industry especially the Hip Hop genre.