Kilele Summit is a first-of-its-kind music innovation symposium in Nairobi. Catch me on a panel led by Astrid Bin, on building musical instruments that are unique to ourselves and our cultures (Wednesday 14th, at Fem Lab).

Panel Info:

Thanks to technology that is getting ever cheaper, plentiful and more available, making instruments and musical interfaces is more accessible than ever before. This is an exciting opportunity for artists and musicians to build musical instruments and interfaces that are unique to their specific goals, but current electronic music culture has a strong history of using specific kinds of materials and interface conventions which might suit only a very narrow group of electronic music practitioners. In this talk, I describe the power of incorporating local, easily-available materials to build musical interfaces that are unique to all of us, and not only how the things we use every day can incorporate every musician’s own culture and aesthetics into the tools they use, but how they can offer us new ways to relate to the instruments and interfaces we use to create music that matters.

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About Kilele Summit: Kilele is a new symposium for East Africa, providing a cutting-edge forum for technology and innovation as it relates to music culture. Spanning a 7-day schedule of workshops, concerts, live performances, networking and presentations, Kilele will bring together the region’s most forward thinking creatives and collectives with global music tech companies, platforms and thought leaders. 

Running from February 12th to 18th 2024, this event is the culmination of over a decade of accelerated creative endeavor in the electronic music space of East Africa, and dials in on the role of technology in music innovation, education, and creativity. Kilele will connect artists, DJs, curators, collectives, and venues with key players in the global music space to celebrate the journey so far, and define the path forward. 

Details and tickets: https://santuri.org/Kilele

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