From Nairobi to Jo’burg and Lisbon, Take A Peek Into Urban Club Culture

If you want to discover how dance music in Nairobi in the ’60s, how Kwaito started in Johannesburg, how Naija developed in Lagos, the influence of Angola music on Lisbon’s dance music, how clubs look like in Berlin and Kiev and how producers distribute their music in the UK, then this where you need to be this evening.

Today from 6.00 p.m., the Goethe-Institut will host a talk with the writers and researchers from the cities that have participated in the TEN CITIES project. Besides the music production module, TEN CITIES also incorporates a book project involving 20 authors from the participating cities. It explores the history of club cultures and its sub-cultures in those ten cities.

During the music production phase, the authors meet in Nairobi and run a seminar. In an informal meeting, the guests will be asked questions relating to club culture in their city.

The guests include Rangoato Hlasane and Sean O’Toole from Johannesburg; Dr. Joyce Nyairo and Bill Odidi from Nairobi; Vitalij Bardezkij and Kataryna Dysa from Kiev; Vitor Belanciano and Rui Miguel Abreu from Lisbon; Carly Heath, Michelle Henning and Rehan Hyder from in Bristol; Iain Chambers, Danilo Capasso and Vincenzo Cavallo from Naples; Mudi Yahaya, Tony Ogaga and Jahman Anikulapo from Lagos; Angela Mingas from Luanda and Florian Sievers from Berlin.

The session will be followed by a music concert by Lukas Ligeti and other artistes who are involved in the project at 8.00 p.m.. And it’s all free. This follows the Concert and Warehouse Party at the Marshall’s Service Shop on Loita Street which saw performances by Camp Mulla, Just A Band (with Stan, Lisa Oduor Noah and Octopizzo), Octa Push, Batida and Oren Gerlitz.

On the basis of a co-operation with the Austrian Embassy, drummer Lukas Ligetiwill be featured in form of a wild card. According to his Website, he is a composer, percussionist and improvisor.

TEN CITIES is an intercultural project that involves more than 50 artists from ten different cities.