Watch Your Back ‘Elani’! Here Comes Worthy Challenger

‘Elani’ is currently the hottest contemporary band in Kenya (other than Sauti Sol). Start naming Kenyan bands and I bet you ‘Elani’ will pop up among the top 2, hands down.

However, there’s a new entrant in the game.

Meet Sofia the Band. It’s made up of lead singer Audrey backed up by strong instrumentalist. They came together by coincidence after having met at a film school that Audrey.  The band simultaneously performed together felt a cosmic connection such as kindred spirits and from that point begun having jam sessions together and came up with a couple of songs after linking up again over a short period.

After having seen that the fusion of their talents created a unique sound, they sought out to stick together and form a band. The name Sofia came about when they attended a deeply moving talk, where Audrey picked up on one of the means of the word Sofia being wisdom in Hebrew. They agreed that the word resonated strongly with them and the type of music the wanted to produce as they viewed the lyrics within their songs should be meaningful and provide some enlightened wisdom on various matters that are dealt with every day.

Elani (Maureen Kunga, Bryan Chweya, Wambui Ngugi)

Aside from just their singing talent, Audrey with her lovely soulful voice not only sings but is a brilliant rapper that picked up on her gift whilst changing her tempo at an open mike session as she performed a spoken word piece.

The band has wise musical inspirations such as American Artists India Arie and Lauren Hill for Audrey and a number of African artists such as Femi Kuti and ASA.

Sofia has recently releases their brand hot new single ‘Amazing’ which has a neo-soul/afro fusion feel and guaranteed to be the most soul music to fill your ears this year.

They have a soulful lyrical combination with use of English, Ugandan, Kiswahili and Luo attributed to their diverse culture heritage.

Here’s ‘Amazing’ for your listening pleasure;