2018 - 2023
MWAMI
Music
Mwami; an audio / visual artist based in Kampala Uganda currently at the forefront of the growing alternative new wave scene. With his artistic journey beginning in music, his sound and style carries an experimental edge employed to the full spectrum of dance music. His venture into other mediums began by approaching his visual accompaniments in the form of music videos, vlogs and documentaries with a cinematic eye all with the same left-of-center quality that made his music unique. His wide range of releases have garnered attention from COLORS, lyrical lemonade, live nation’s ONESTOWATCH, as well as dance tastemakers such as Aluna George and Matt Wilkinson at Apple Music 1, where his singles ‘Diego’, ‘waterbody’ ‘danser’ and ‘heircassle’ featuring kenyan artist maufromnowhere, all premiered on Wilkinson’s highly coveted Apple Music radio show ‘breaking’, where promising sounds from the world over are introduced to the mainstream.
at the forefront of the growing alternative new wave scene
Audio: Protean EP; Releasing his debut singles rektless and diego in 2019 to the support of platforms such as Lyrical Lemonade and Apple Music radio, mwami followed up with a more diverse offering in form of a five song EP called protean. The sonic range encompassed house, techno, ambient jazz, bedroom pop,lo and hi-fi hip hop.
Music Videos: diego, rektless, sweetooth
Print: The Protean Collection Graphic Novel; In commemoration of the protean EP, mwami released the protean collection; an assortment of artifacts, created, curated, commissioned and assembled by mwami to further provide context and dimension to the body of work. True to his multifaceted nature, the 100 paged- paperback features comics, photographs from the EPs conception, a screenplay interviews with collaborators and more, all spliced together to build a wholistic picture of his artistic vision and the full extent of its scope
BTS: ‘Naturing’ The Making of Protean EP; This home video documentary features. New Worlds Vlogcast 001
Gaming: limited edition heircassle - Pacman mod.; As part of the rollout for the single heircassle with mau from nowhere featured on tangaza magazines first volume of full full condition,AMPRSND commissioned a limited edition interactive fan experience, creative directed by visual artist Ohemaa Dixon, that entailed a modified mobile and web based Pac-Man - all with playable characters named after each featured artist. The song and advertisements for full full condition would stream as the fans played, with the high score winning a copy of the protean collection graphic novel.
Residences: Future Classic
Press: 60 Seconds w/ mwami, Lyric Lemonade, Tangaza Magazine, AFRICA IS NOW, One’s To Watch.
Live Performances: XpressionsUG, (Kampala), Nyege Nyege Mix (2020 Virtual Set) live at Market Hotel (New York)