#HEADWRAPED ALBUM LAUNCH - THE EVENT REVIEW

#HEADWRAPED

We all met at the Michael Joseph Centre not knowing exactly what to expect; however, within us, was an audience ready to be entertained and explode in all the right ways.

What did we know?

Phyl The Kangogo was going to Launch his Album Headwraped. I must say that the journey to this wonderful reveal (launch) was one that lifted our minds, and then our hearts... until eventually, our souls were ready to intertwine. Every single one of us had been there for a particular reason but it didn’t matter. We were in the same room and it meant we were one.

So how was the journey to the final reveal?

Nabalayo

Oh glorious queen. How could she have such a majestic voice yet so smooth and sweet? I had never seen such a curtain raiser.
The minute she opened her vocal codes, the room was as silent as a cemetery only there was everything good about it. I mean, she started the show on a high note. (Seriously she did. And it was sooo calming) considering, I had just come from the food vendor.

Her sense of art is quite unique (her choice of dressing?) Simply simple in a way that we understood the vibe she was giving us was that of ‘An African Queen’. 
In addition to this, she had a dedication up her sleeves for all the Brayos and Kevos. I felt, she did well.

Nabalayo's performance led me to concentrate on the hosts of the night Tracy Beey and Mc Amoke praying for yet another liquidating performance.. The Djs; Deewiz and Fazzo, wow, these guys mixed the best versions of the songs trending. They knew just the spot and this was amazing. Yaani, Audience ilikuwa imechangamka.

Njo

Well, at first I had trouble pronouncing his name but I do like the fact that he enjoyed himself on the stage.

Teller 254

Haha! Teller had the type of energy that wanted to raise people off their seats. Personally, I loved how a little scream from the crowd fueled his energy more and more.
Make sure you listen to his song 'Moto'. Basing my judgement  from the way he performed the song, Moto sounded like one of those hits you play at a polite turn up before going to the club. 
Teller's performance played a huge role in the journey to the album launch.

Madudu

He was introduced as the Hiphop artist from Coast and he was popping in his Yellow jacket. 

Halisi The Band

Oh my, but where do some men get voices za kutoa nyoka pangoni? I had chills all over my body with their vocals, their instrumentalists, oh wow. They performed a cover of ‘Bindu Bichenjanga’ sang by the vernacular artist Amos Barasa.

I was so excited they got to perform a second song; ‘Niko Mawe’ it went like, (I’m intoxicated by you… I’m stoned… Niko mawe…)

I’m really looking forward to their next event which will be on the 27^th of this month July 2019 watch out for the venue.

Waridi Muzik

The beautiful ladies brought the music to us with an acoustic version of Leta Wimbo. Their voices literally melted into my ears like some sweet caramel. And they had moving energy. 

They also performed a song on composition ‘You Know’ let me just say, I feel like they moved our souls.

Bendi Huru

Can I say that Bendi Huru is more than the 3-man image of Mayuu, Tito and Leeroy? Their drummer and guitarists hugely bring their music to the light. And when I break it down, the roles each of them bring to the band is well synchronized you honestly can’t tell them apart.

Bendi Huru carried our hearts, released our minds from all the stress we came with and made sure that we dance our souls to freedom. I felt liberated with their first performance ‘Mr Politician’ and by the time they were done with their performances, I was ‘Black Without Apology’. I was happy of where I was without knowing where exactly I was going. 
From that moment, I was a new person who had developed a beautiful mind-set of the world.

Bendi Huru made us ready for the album and we could tell that Phyl was happy of the energy he found in the audience.

Phyl The Kangogo

Launching his album on his Birthday was a huge move. I was only able to stay for three of his performances and he nailed each of them. The audience was crazy in love and abundant of energy, there was no coming down from this.

I carried home a copy of his album and the songs in here are so smooth. 
They flow with an African vibe. My best one is ‘Mama’ (I cannot stress how much I love it)

Marco Bello did well in organizing this event. For me, it was my best one yet and now, I am ready to attend more and more of such events.

Winding up

At some moment I asked myself, does confidence come with the talent to perform? How was every artist able to stand in-front of the audience and move it in the best way they could?

Anyway, it was all worth it. And yes, there was food. Haha!