Ssebabi out with a knock out album
Let there be no doubt. Most music on the local market no longer inspires. But while we wonder why our artistes do not try out a different music path, then enters a former teacher, Spark Ssebabi and colleague Rose Kawooya.
By Joseph Batte
Let there be no doubt. Most music on the local market no longer inspires. But while we wonder why our artistes do not try out a different music path, then enters a former teacher, Spark Ssebabi and colleague Rose Kawooya.
The duo has shown fellow artistes the way to take with a knock-out album titled Nina Kyendya, which Panther Productions at Cooper Complex has released.
The beauty of this album, especially its lead track, relegates most of the music we have heard to the shadows.
Nina Kendya is about a lonely but love-struck young man, who suffered at the hands of a pretentious, unfaithful and money-pinching girls.
Why this track stand out is because Ssebabi realised that in the ever-changing music world, lyrical potency and delivery is a defining line between a bad singer and lyrical powerhouse.
Sebbabi sang with focus on vocal texture and the melody. The result is pure music gold. Add on the deft fingers of producer Paddy Kayiwa and you have one of the most exciting projects of 2005.
He ensured that creativity is on all-time high by giving Nina Kendya a familiar dancehall feeling, but with a level of depth that is rare in Uganda.
The drum pattern too, is different from the monotonous Boom tata, Boom tata tatoos that crawl on most of the stuff that has saturated the local market. Other tracks on the album like Ndimuduwo, Mbakooye, Bill Jean, Nsisiitira are a hefty dose brass by Tony Kalanzi.
But where have Ssebabi and Kawooya been hiding? The most interesting thing is that have been around since 1999. Luck came their way when Panther Production signed them on. Ssebabi is a Grade Five teacher, who used to juggle teaching at Bukalu Secondary School in Butambala and singing copyrights in the bar with Mr Jennifer’s Savanna band. He later joined Queen Florence’s band as a keyboardist. Last year, he left the Queen for Panther Productions.
Kawooya is a sister to a semi-retired singer, Irene Nakitto. Her journey started with Ideal Sounds at Pride Theatre, then to Queen Florence before ending up in Panther. Production.
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Let there be no doubt. Most music on the local market no longer inspires. But while we wonder why our artistes do not try out a different music path, then enters a former teacher, Spark Ssebabi and colleague Rose Kawooya.
The duo has shown fellow artistes the way to take with a knock-out album titled Nina Kyendya, which Panther Productions at Cooper Complex has released.
The beauty of this album, especially its lead track, relegates most of the music we have heard to the shadows.
Nina Kendya is about a lonely but love-struck young man, who suffered at the hands of a pretentious, unfaithful and money-pinching girls.
Why this track stand out is because Ssebabi realised that in the ever-changing music world, lyrical potency and delivery is a defining line between a bad singer and lyrical powerhouse.
Sebbabi sang with focus on vocal texture and the melody. The result is pure music gold. Add on the deft fingers of producer Paddy Kayiwa and you have one of the most exciting projects of 2005.
He ensured that creativity is on all-time high by giving Nina Kendya a familiar dancehall feeling, but with a level of depth that is rare in Uganda.
The drum pattern too, is different from the monotonous Boom tata, Boom tata tatoos that crawl on most of the stuff that has saturated the local market. Other tracks on the album like Ndimuduwo, Mbakooye, Bill Jean, Nsisiitira are a hefty dose brass by Tony Kalanzi.
But where have Ssebabi and Kawooya been hiding? The most interesting thing is that have been around since 1999. Luck came their way when Panther Production signed them on. Ssebabi is a Grade Five teacher, who used to juggle teaching at Bukalu Secondary School in Butambala and singing copyrights in the bar with Mr Jennifer’s Savanna band. He later joined Queen Florence’s band as a keyboardist. Last year, he left the Queen for Panther Productions.
Kawooya is a sister to a semi-retired singer, Irene Nakitto. Her journey started with Ideal Sounds at Pride Theatre, then to Queen Florence before ending up in Panther. Production.
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