theBrainstorm

For this episode of theBrainstorm, we sat down with a Music Producer (Benjamin Wana), a Singer / Songwriter / Dancer (Nyara) and a Rapper / Philosopher (Keya Nemesis) to see how their creative process' overlap, intertwine and differ in many ways.

Keya Nemesis (Recording Artist) and That Malcolm Guy (Film Maker, Recording Artist) sat down to split a bottle of Uganda Waragi with juice and have a conversation that went all over the place. They covered getting radio play in Uganda, what freedom means as an African, film making, wigs, birth rates and a lot more. Additional voices from Alim Karmali behind the camera, and Benjamin Wana on sound.

In order of how you hear them, the first voice is Alim talking about ideas being stolen, Malcolm answers, Nemesis responds, Wana joins in down the line

In this session, SLIKBACK (Producer and DJ), Alim Karmali (Photographer / DP), Benjamin Wana (Music Producer, founder of Beat Fellaz) & Keya Nemesis (Recording Artist) had a conversation about what it means to represent where you came from, can you really feel Kenyan enough, experimentation in your craft and what it means to be East African from the rest of the worlds perspective. Plus Nemesis tells a little story about missing a train in Germany that changed everything. 

No Plan, No Introductions, Just Conversation 

In the premiere episode of theBrainstorm, Jamil Mugabi ( screen writer ), Elle Bero ( recording artist ) and Benjamin Wana ( music producer / DJ ) sit down to have a chat about the Kampala music scene during the pandemic, getting thrown off stage, and why they do what they do.

In order of how you hear them - Jamil begins, followed by Elle mentioning comparisons, Wana speaks about firebase