Every Thursday, Electronic Beats hosts Kikelomo, Juba and OttO Kent shine a spotlight on music, culture and what’s next. From new releases, to the week’s crucial headlines in tech, fashion, and the arts, to the pop culture phenomena and discourse shaping our feeds right now – The Week is your frequency filter for the age of everything, everywhere, all at once. The Week is a production by Telekom Electronic Beats and ACB Stories. Follow @electronicbeats on Instagram and TikTok for more news updates, interviews and background stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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episode 22: Turkana on queer culture in Uganda, Bandcamp, Greenwashing Ban
While West-African music is celebrating new milestones globally, the electronic music scene is still underrepresented. The Nyege Nyege festival in Uganda and its community have been a centerpoint for highlighting dance music and queer culture from East Africa. In this episode Kikelomo talks to Turkana, who’s part of the experimental Anti-Mass collective from Kumpala. She opens up about the danger of building safer spaces in a country where being queer is a crime and the troubles of getting working visas as African artists in Europe. Plus: Bandcamp being sold – again, grassroots music venues under threat, cable-free studio monitors, and the EU to ban generic environmental claims.
The Week is a production by Telekom Electronic Beats and ACB Stories.
Host: Kikelomo
Writers for this episode: Aaron Gonsher, Carlos Steurer and Kikelomo
Edit and sound design: Marc Übel
Lead Producer: Isabel Woop
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