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Episode 5 – Brandon Vare:

Brandon Vare

About Brandon Vare  My name is Brandon Vare, I produce Music and Video. I started making electronic music specifically when I was 15 since then I have made over a 1000 pieces of music, 36 of which have been released into the world (Music for Film, Powerline and Moonlighting.) I have been recently producing music […]

Episode 1 – Saint Diskette

Rhys Sumner, working under the pseudonym Saint Diskette, is a 21-year-old composer and music producer currently based in Wigan, collaborating with artists across North West England. Rhys specialises in electronic music, namely the genres hip-hop, trap and drum and bass, and he recently graduated from a three-year music production course at UCLan in Preston. Notable […]

Conflux Production Pearl EP

Conflux - EP

This 4 track EP explores genres such as house, garage and electronica within an overarching African theme. Jack and Ollie tried to represent their time in Uganda within the four tracks, attempting to capture the spirit of the place and the people within the music that we have created. Conflux Production in partnership with Global […]

A Ugandan Christmas

Conflux - Christmas EP

In the spirit of Christmas, we have assembled a small collection of holiday favourites utilising Global Sound Movement’s Ugandan themed sample pack. As a seasonal discount, GSM are offering the full package of the ‘Unique Sounds of Uganda’ at a discounted price, which will also include renditions of holiday classics featuring some of Uganda’s finest […]

Akogo Dance – Inside The Studio

Akogo

Jack Davenport and Olie Halstead use the ‘Unique Sounds Of Uganda’ sample pack, we have created a dance track based around the Akogo and Adungu. Using Global Sound Movement‘s ‘Unique Sounds Of Uganda’ sample pack, Jack and Oliver have created a dance track based around the Akogo and Adungu. The Akogo is a an African thumb piano and […]

Traditional Ugandan Music and Dance Evening

Ndere Centre, Uganda

The Ndere Centre is known as the Home of Cultures and has ‘cultural nites’ throughout the week, which made it the right place to close the week. Bringing the week to a close, it seemed appropriate to spend our last night enjoying the traditional music and dance of Uganda. The Ndere Centre is known as […]

Brass for Africa – Good Shepherd Home

Good-Shepherd-Home

In 2009 Brass for Africa placed brass instruments into the home and helped initiate a music program for the children. The charity funds twice-weekly brass band lessons uniting everyone through the sound of music. Towards the end of the week we were offered the chance to visit a different charity – Brass for Africa, which […]

Bethlehem Orphanage

Bethlehem-Orphanage

The Bethlehem Orphanage is the sister home of the Good Shepherd,they care for over 300 homeless people, orphans and street kids and are run by the Missionaries of the Poor. The Bethlehem Orphanage is the sister home of the Good Shepherd, which we visited earlier on in the day. Between the two homes, they care […]

Kampala Christian Church

Sunday-Gospel

As Uganda is a religiously diverse nation, with Christianity and Islam being the most widely professed. It seemed appropriate to participate in something that is so wide spread throughout the country. To bring us to the end of the week, we chose to spend the last day engrossed Ugandan music and culture. To start it […]