Tribe of Noise

Beyonce gig with Pepsi puts her in control

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:39:54 +0200

Beyonce gig with Pepsi puts her in control:

Not only the deal is very lucrative but it also proofs to me that a human being who became a global brand understands her audience better than a global consumer brand. I am probably not allowed to compare the two but I like this trend.

Kudos to both for taking the risk. Two brands teaming up can create synergy but also chaos.

Tribe of Noise serious cost reducer for Subway franchise owners in Europe

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:10:00 +0200

With the latest Subway franchise owners in Europe switching to Tribe of Noise in-store music, operational costs on background music expenses go down by 74%. And if you think saving costs is the only reason why this cloud-based music service for businesses takes off, you’re wrong.

It is obvious, the moment you walk into a Subway restaurant three of your five senses are triggered immediately: sight (carefully selected colors, furniture and visuals), the smell of fresh, healthy food and last but not least sound. Strangely enough of these three senses sound, background music, is not carefully selected by Subway HQ. It heavily depends on the franchise owner if you will hear a random radio station, iTunes playlist or bespoke music channel designed for the target audience.

“With this intel the first thing we did is design a “royalty free” music program suitable for Subway restaurants to save costs”, explains Hessel van Oorschot, CEO at Tribe of Noise. “Before informing franchise owners about the importance of music as a strategic tool to increase revenue and decrease negative vibes we went for the #1 no brainer: we will save you costs instantly without losing quality”.

Tribe of Noise represents roughly 20,000 artists from 170 countries. The artists participating in the in-store music programs allow Tribe of Noise to exploit their songs, design music programs and distribute the music directly, or via resellers, to businesses. The client, in this case a Subway franchise owner, will pay a fixed monthly fee as opposed to the normal licensing fees charged by national collection societies.

“Saving a Subway franchise owner a $1000 p.a. instantly means we can explain the other benefits of working with a community of emerging artists, music supervisors creating the best dining experience and our creative team designing music services to engage with your target audience online and offline. Music has a much bigger impact on successful business than most of us think”, concludes Van Oorschot. Demo? Tune in: http://sw.tribeofnoise.com

Zakelijke klant KPN krijgt alternatief voor jaarlijkse Buma rekening

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:48:25 +0200

KPN Software Online heeft een samenwerkingsverband voor onbepaalde tijd getekend met Tribe of Noise. Praktisch gezien betekent de samenwerking dat Tribe of Noise een online muziekspeler met rechten-inclusieve muziek via KPN zal aanbieden voor de Nederlandse zakelijke markt.

Het Tribe of Noise platform is goed voor 18.000 artiesten uit 170 landen met eigentijdse kwaliteitsmuziek voor in een winkel, op kantoor of in de horeca. De dienst (zie demo) kost 15 euro per maand per vestiging, goedkoop als je bedenkt dat een ondernemer normaal gesproken tot honderden euro’s per maand kwijt is aan Buma/Stemra royalty’s.

Via het fijnmazige online distributienetwerk van KPN Software Online, kunnen nieuwe, innovatieve cloud diensten , zoals Tribe of Noise, aangeboden worden. KPN stelt haar platformen ter beschikking aan toeleveranciers van slimme software en diensten die zelf niet de distributie-, verkoop- of marketingkracht voor handen hebben. Deze focus op smart partnering combineert het beste van beide werelden. Het business model zorgt voor een breed pakket aan diensten die goed aansluiten op de behoeften van de klant.

Zowel KPN als Tribe of Noise verwachten met de samenwerking volgend jaar al duizenden zakelijke locaties in Nederland te voorzien van muziek via het internet.

Interview by Fast Moving Targets during Eurosonic / Noorderslag...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:59:10 +0100

Interview by Fast Moving Targets during Eurosonic / Noorderslag music conference & festival 2013.

Music Innovators

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:48:00 +0100

Article San Francisco Chronicle:
Music innovators pitch ideas in S.F.

Comment:
I am still not sure what my issue is exactly with this article but let me start by saying that I am biased. I am an entrepreneur, I run an online music licensing business and no we do not have to wait until 2050 to be successful.

What I like about the article is an American journalist mentioning European initiatives. Thanks, that’s cool, almost unheard of and yes, Spotify and SoundCloud are both pioneers in the music space. Making mistakes is part of the deal but showing guts to do so and the flexibility to adapt is key. Respect.

What I don’t like about the article is the focus. Looking at record labels or online distribution channels like YT, iTunes and Spotify is maybe sexy but by far not the area of the music industry generating money/profit.

And this is going on for over a decade now so this article is not helping investors attending the SF MusicTech Summit or entrepreneurs on a mission to generate money for nextgen DIY composers, bands and singer songwriters.

Can you make a healthy profit serving millions of consumers with a beautiful and sexy GUI on the front-end but licensing deals from the middle ages with labels, CBOs and publishers on the back-end? Nope, you can’t.

So? The real music innovators (title of this article) are the ones who will concentrate on the dirty and by far not coolest job first: innovate the music licensing business. And I don’t mean work out a clean, transparent, healthy licensing deal for the US only. Globally!

If you can change the value chain of music licensing and bypass the traditional players who cannot innovate, you will be rewarded by the ones who make our lives a better place: musicians.

Their trust in you will be the first step towards a successful and flexible music exploitation model. A business model media buyers (the ones with the real cash) will thank you for.

Warm regards,

Hessel van Oorschot

Tribe of Noise featured in WINMAG pro as one of the “Dutch...

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:25:00 +0100

Tribe of Noise featured in WINMAG pro as one of the “Dutch Cloud Pioneers”. Innovating the music licensing industry with simple, transparent, 24/7 music license deals for filmmakers, game developers, media buyers and any creative professional in need for music.

Filmmakers and musicians unite! Crowdfunding platform CineCrowd...

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:43:00 +0100

Filmmakers and musicians unite! Crowdfunding platform CineCrowd and the award winning DIY music licensing company Tribe of Noise are teaming up!

2013! The Triumph of DIY Musicians and Songwriters

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:01:00 +0100

I am not the type of person looking back at the past but before revealing our 2013 mission I would like to recap 2012.

Tribe of Noise started this year with promising figures: 13,000 members from 145 countries shaping a stronger Tribe community, our in-store music service got noticed by new international partners (Getty Images, Mood Media) & retail clients and during the music industry conference Midem we launched our new “all rights included” music licensing platform, Tribe of Noise PRO with a big party.

We hired more talented people and shook off our magic “we are still a startup” blanket. Tribe of Noise is growing up and closing in on 20,000 Tribe members from 160+ countries: Our head of music is spoiling our customers with the best possible music, our community manager gives all her love to our creative crowd and in our kitchen more legal voodoo, technology wisdom and our “power to the people” message are melting into a powerful alloy.

But still, call me impatient, we need to speed up and scale. My mission for 2013 and beyond is to scale Tribe of Noise to a business level where we can tell more and more talented and successful Tribe musicians to quit their daytime job and focus on their big passion: music.

This means Tribe of Noise should generate enough money to at least offer them the opportunity. The icing on the cake.

So our two magic words for 2013 will be “scaling up”. I can’t disclose the details but the future looks bright. In the meantime the stars seem to align even more in favor of DIY musicians and singer songwriters ready to take back control of their rights.

Without boring you to death with legal mumbo jumbo here are a few developments you might want to pay attention to if you are in the music space:

From 2013, the U.S. Copyright Act permits composers and recording artists who signed away rights to their works on or after January 1, 1978, to recapture their rights.
The European Commission will introduce guidelines on collective management of copyright and demands more transparency and good governance from collecting societies. Another priority of the upcoming Directive is to stimulate multi-territorial music licensing. You will not see the full effect of this in 2013 but at least accountability will be on the agenda.
More national initiatives empowering artists to renegotiate their contracts with music publishers, like the “use it or lose it” (non-usus) initiative in the Netherlands.

And on that bombshell and in the true spirit of the season, I wish you peace and joy… and some insane good music to listen to! Let’s make some Noise!

Hessel van Oorschot
Chief of Noise

We woud like to use for à short demonstration video on the internet some backgroundmusic. Good cause! We can not afford big license fees. Can tribe of noise help us? Best Petra ter Doest, Mattermap

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:33:01 +0100

Yes we can. The music on the community (www.tribeofnoise.com) is licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 BY SA so under those 2 conditions free to use in your demonstration video.

If you need to know more send an email to our community manager, Els Bond, els@tribeofnoise.com

Regards - Hessel

Opportunities in a Crisis

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:33:00 +0100

We’ve reached a major milestone thanks to the thousands of musicians on Tribe of Noise! If you are one of them: thank you for your loyalty, trust and involvement in moving our online music licensing business forward.

So, what happened? We have signed a partnership with the world’s leading in-store media solutions provider, Mood Media. If you’ve never heard of them or don’t fully understand why this is great news for independent artists let me explain and share my vision on how this will impact the music industry.

I’ve been in the industry long enough to understand that most musicians are passionate people, not business people. They love to make music, get exposure and engage with fans who hopefully buy their music and merchandise and visit their gigs. Every single day you can read a new story online on how making money from fans is changing. Musicians who are not able to cope with this new reality are having a hard time. We (the industry) need to reach out, test drive new business models, share our learned lessons and guide musicians along the way.

Back to our milestone, signing with a multinational company, Mood Media. Their business - in-store media - is helping its clients to communicate with consumers resulting in incremental sales at the point-of-purchase. Music to them is one (and in my opinion the #1) medium to connect with millions of consumers daily in shops, supermarkets, hotels, etc.

Does this mean every store, restaurant, supermarket, hotel will start calling our in-store music partners today to solely license Tribe of Noise music from now on? Can all the participating Tribe members submitting music to our all rights included in-store music catalog give up their daytime job next month? We’re hopeful… but not yet.

Having said this, with any crisis, financial or otherwise, comes opportunity for creative expansion and alternatives. We’re confident that we’re a viable solution for both in-store media and artists.

With partners like Mood Media, our impact grows exponentially: Mood Media reaches 100 million people everyday from 580,000 locations in 41 countries. We have the capability to insure that their customers are not sacrificing quality for value. Tribe of Noise will offer a cost effective solution coupled with high-end, royalty free music from our members. And last but not least we are paying out more money to our members month to month.

So yes, this is a big moment for us, but more importantly for our artists. The Tribe of Noise mission continues!

Falalalala...Holiday Music!

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:05:25 +0100

With Thanksgiving behind us we’ve officially dove head first into the holiday season: wreaths out, lights up, holiday music blaring non-stop. Which reminds us to remind you that our Holiday Season contest officially ends this Friday, November 30. Together with iStockphoto we’ve already selected a few winners to tease you with…

iStockphoto has already released 4 of the favorites submitted thus far and featured them on their site! It makes us really proud to see our artists work on iStockphoto and beyond so we encourage you to submit this week if you haven’t already!

Amsterdam Dance Event - A Lesson in DIY

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:48:41 +0200

Last week the infamous Amsterdam Dance Event blew threw town and took over our quaint little city for 5 days. Most of our time was spent collectively attending panels, speaking on panels, attending shows, shaking hands with new peers and grabbing beers with old friends. All in all we’re quite lucky that such an esteemed event takes place in our back yard.

We spoke on a topic at the event that we’re very familiar with - DIY. Either people were feeling very generous or the panel went over well because we received quite a lot of positive feedback from attendees! We’ve been to enough events to know how rare it is for 6 panelists to find their groove which makes for a much more enlightening experience! As such, we wanted to provide a few takeaways from our conversation. An hour isn’t a lot of time to dissect how to “make it” as an artist but we all collectively agreed on the following nuggets:

Seems like a given, but DJs should produce their own work as to not get overlooked by booking.
Doing it yourself means use all the tools you can get your hands on to engage with your fans, learn who they are, where they are and keep them close.
The more rights you own the more flexible you are with closing deals with brands and media professionals in need for original music.
Meet people, connect with people and do it often. Don’t be afraid to reach out and ask for help, you’d be surprised at how many people are willing to help…for free!
Don’t copy the success of someone else, be original and feel comfortable with the act/brand that you’re developing.

Panelists:

Moderator Mark Doyle

DJ Paulette

Anthony (Anth) Gaskill

Rasmus Lützen

Pierre Ravan

Hessel van Oorschot

On a related note…apparently David Byrne and Trent Reznor were also having a similar conversation about the same thing last week! ;)

Announcing our Nelly.com winners!

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:42:09 +0200

We’ve been open for music submissions for major online fashion retailer Nelly.com and are very happy to announce our first round of winners. The contest is continually running and has been open for anyone who feels like their music would be most fitting for parading down a catwalk.

Here are our list of artists and their songs that have made the cut for the Nelly catwalk:

Triggazite - Victory- No More Rain
LoveinOctober - The Night
DJMashdup - Take Me Back
Gearedupllc - Main Attraction
Christinemarie - Love Comes Close
Anarcord - Le Fleur du mal
Acid-Paradox - It’s a Long Way to Atlanta
Geomic - Are you Ready
Chims - Sunny Beach
Kim - 3 Seconds
Erdalkemahli - Cameltoe

If you want to check out this music in action you can watch a catwalk video here or here to see a few live!

Congratulations to all of the Tribe artists who have been chosen! The contest is still running so if you’re looking for extra exposure for your music feel free to submit your fashion-worthy beats here.

Heading to Future Music Forum in Barcelona?

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:16:15 +0200

Next week, September 20-21, we are heading out to the Future Music Forum in Barcelona to meet with industry peers, old friends, to teach and learn. Shamelessly, we are excited to announce that we’re moderating a panel at the event on music and advertising (full title: Successful brand engagement through music, are we (music industry) up for the job?).

Our panel features a roster of some of the most influential contributors on the subject from Adidas, Knock Twice and Dylan Alling. The plan is not to bore you to death but meaningfully discuss how music can influence consumer and brand engagement and vice versa - should musicians adapt to businesses or should businesses adapt to musicians?

We really think Future Music Forum is one of the premiere events in Europe for digital music entrepreneurs, executives, enthusiasts and the like. This is our second year of attending this event and based off last year’s experience, we’re really looking forward to what’s in store.

Are you going to be there as well? If so, please do get in touch, we’d love to meet up and buy you a beer! If you haven’t already registered and would like to attend, our friends at FMF have offered to extend a special discount on registration to Tribe members. Just email Niall and mention the promotional code TON:FMF to the €200 rate for the 2 day event.

See you in Barcelona!

Soular Flare Captures the Attention of 1 Billion People

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:21:00 +0200

The Olympics may be out of sight but they’re far from out of mind. It was a whirlwind of excitement and pause but definitely never a dull moment and now four years until Rio seems so far away. There’s just something about watching athletes compete for their country that invokes patriotism and enthusiasm like never before.

In one such case our artist, Suchitra Lata and her group Soular Flare, decided to pen an ode, “A Billion Hearts,” to their native India in hopes of inspiring the athletes who were participating on behalf of their home country. We admit that we’re biased, but biases aside it’s an incredible song. And we weren’t the only ones who thought so! After coming across their song on a blog post, an editor at CNN-IBN (CNN Indian Broadcast Network) did a feature on the group which you can see here. Based on that feature, the group’s local affiliate CNN-IBN, Bangalore invited the group back for a live performance in their studios to kickoff the first day of the Olympics!

We caught up with Suchitra to see how things have unfolded since the success of their song. She explained that they had secured live performances and she had been contacted to compose a few jingles for some large brands in India. They’re also continuing to work on their first album as a band. If you’re interested in licensing Suchitra’s music, check out her Tribe of Noise Pro page.

These types of stories about our artists who are producing great music and have incredible talent to share, are what really encourage us at Tribe of Noise. We’re so proud of Suchitra and Soular Flare for their accomplishments. Definitely a group to watch!

We also just recently announced the winners of our Summer Games competition with iStockphoto. The basic gist of the contest was to produce music to inspire the athletes and countries at the Summer Games in London. You can check out the full list of winning songs here!

It’s never too early to think about Rio 2016, right??

Tribe Artist André Saisse meets with Getty Images Music at Encounters in Brazil

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:32:14 +0200

The Brazil Music Exchange recently hosted their first ever Encounters event to connect Brazilian musicians with international music executives. Basically, it’s what Tribe of Noise aims to do but in event form. Given the mission of Encounters, we decided to send one of our Tribe artists, André Saisse, to the event to connect live with the likes of CD Baby, our partner Getty Images Music, Microsoft and Music Dealers.

Our purpose in sending André was simple; he’s a great musician with a lot of talent and this was an opportunity for him in his own backyard, to connect with a diverse group of people he may otherwise not get the chance to meet. Initially André was only planning to go for one full day of the event but after meeting Melinda Lee from Getty Images Music (pictured here with André), she encouraged him to attend the 2nd day as well. In doing so, he was able to connect with fellow musicians and friends he hadn’t seen in quite some time, as well as make new friends and meet influencers.

We love being able to bridge the offline and online experiences of Tribe of Noise such as with this event in Rio. Brazil has traditionally been a hotbed of great music and talented artists. With more and more eyes on Brazil, pending the next World Cup and the Summer Olympics 2016, we feel like showcasing these artists now who can influence campaigns featuring their home country, is essential. Our platform is full of great Brazilian music which you can check out a sampling of here.

So what’s the catch, what’s in it for us? Really, there isn’t one. The success of our artists is core to our lifecycle as a company and if we can help build on that success to garner even better music content, we will. In this case, André is trying to get his music pushed out beyond the Brazilian market where he’s already had some nice exposure to date.

Check out some of André’s music on his Tribe of Noise page and let him know what you think!

48 Hours Music Video Project Amsterdam - Winners Announced!

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:10:00 +0200

Wednesday evening the 48 hours music video project premiered here in Amsterdam. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept…the name pretty much says it all. A bright eyed group of 8 musicians and 8 filmmakers came together last weekend and were paired at random to produce a music video in just 48 hours, by themselves. Taking place at the Ketelhuis in Amsterdam, the fruits of their labor were revealed.

It was the first time that the anxious musicians had seen their work come to life on the big screen. Unfortunately one group’s video didn’t make the cut but the other 7 videos debuted to a packed house.

Participating bands and artists:

Dave Danielson

Participating filmmakers:

ComeLook

Kopstuk Films

Team V

Tutti Crew

MixedUp

5StarDreams

U-Productions

Lebowski

The groups were judged on such criteria as best concept (Falling Leo + Kopstuk Films), best music production (Rocky Marsiano + ComeLook), most radio friendly (“Go Go Go” by THE FOX + MixedUp), best editing (NoComment + Team V) and of course best music video (Here’s Boy Elroy + Tutti Crew).

Definitely one of the highlights of the evening was Falling Leo’s video below, for their song “Castle” (runner-up for best video) which was filmed in the style of a karaoke video and had the whole crowd singing along.

Check out the winning video from Here’s Boy Elroy:

You can check out all of these collaborative videos here.

We were thrilled to be able to be a part of this event and look forward to seeing what is served up for the next installment of the 48 hours music video event (produced by Richard Schut). Stay tuned!

Judges:

Hessel van Oorschot, Tribe of Noise

Bear Damen, NON Records

Jelle Posthuma, www.jelleposthuma.com

With two trial court victories for DMX a significant change is brewing in the music industry

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:10:00 +0200

In response to: DMX Wins Landmark Decision against ASCAP and BMI

Earlier this week, DMX won a massive court battle against ASCAP and BMI signaling a significant turn for the music industry. In order to understand the impact of this court ruling let me first explain who DMX is.

DMX began in 1971, as a music service to license and program original artist music. DMX’s primary focus was custom music programs for businesses. In the 80s, the company began providing services to international airlines, as well as residential and cable television systems.

In 2012 Mood Media bought the company for $86.1 million. You should also know that Mood Media was bought the year before by Fluid Music based in Canada for $200 million (changing the name to Mood Media). The “new” Mood Media went on to round out their portfolio by acquiring Muzak for $345 million, positioning themselves as the largest in-store media specialist company in the world.

So the largest in-store media company in the world wins two court cases against the two largest performing rights organizations in the world, ASCAP and BMI? Why is this massive?

As stated in the press release the ruling resets fee structures and limits market power long held by ASCAP and BMI. It set a precedent allowing performing artists and composers to negotiate and license their music directly with commercial music providers such as Mood Media and in our case, Tribe of Noise.

One of the biggest hurdles facing the music industry is the segrated markets and the collective performing rights organizations (PRO’s) managing those regions. Billions of dollars are collected by PRO’s like ASCAP, BMI, PRS, GEMA, SACEM and hundred of other smaller entities. However it’s the management of this money that really stifles artists because their cut is generally not enough to sustain their work.

In the Netherlands, where Tribe of Noise is based, our infrastructure is already set up so that we are executing “all rights included” music services together with (in-store) media companies as an alternative to performing rights organizations. Essentially this ruling in DMX’s favor is a giant step forward in closing the gap between how licensing structures are regulated, aligning the U.S. and European regions more closely. In other words, there are now more opportunities for artists to showcase their music globally with less interference from dubious middle men.

If in-store media companies can pay-out the musicians directly without having to deal with performing rights organizations, the fees for the customers can come down (or more services could be offered for the same price) while the pay-out to the participating musicians will go up. Shorten the value chain, use technology for improved efficiency & transparancy and pay-for-play to the rightful owner(s) of the songs involved.

While respected industry experts can’t stop nagging these days about piracy and the lack of successful digital business models making up for the losses at major record labels, the music licensing business IS the #1 revenue generator in the industry. In fact the fastest growing product that Mood Media offers is royalty free music. It seems obvious to me that this is where the industry’s efforts should be focused instead of trying to reinvent the wheel.

To give you an idea how big this industry is. In The Netherlands (Europe) the local BUMA/STEMRA and SENA together collect roughly $125 million a year for in-store media royalties.

As with anything involving change, the implementation will likely be slow – there will undoubtedly be roadblocks along the way. Many businesses in need for media don’t know there is an alternative and last but not least: ASCAP and BMI are huge performing rights organizations but they are US based. Meaning, every single European country has its own ASCAP/BMI who will argue that the legislation doesn’t apply. It will be interesting to see how this is challenged on a global scale and what countries may be next in line.

This victory for DMX is not only significant for the music industry but it also aligns with my vision for Tribe of Noise and what we have been doing to facilitate artists through all rights included music. The best news is, direct licensing deals to (global) businesses in other industries like mobile, television and cloud services are just a matter of time.

Massive Spotify Competitor 1 Billion Paying Subscribers

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:19:24 +0200

I was triggered by Emily White’s post “I Never Owned Any Music To Begin With” in which she explains how her generation consumes music without the need to own music. A reality many SMEBBs (senior music executive baby boomers) still want us to ignore.

Quote Emily: “What I want is one massive Spotify-like catalog of music that will sync to my phone and various home entertainment devices… hopefully with more money going back to the artist then the present model”.

Hm, would this be the answer? One massive Spotify-like catalog, aka UberTunes, the size of Facebook (~ 1 billion, 15% of the world’s population) but with paying subscribers only. Of course prices of the monthly subscription fee should come down drastically to get enough people interested.

Spotify’s $10 per month is insane for many people on this planet. So UberTunes will charge $2 per month for an all-you-can-eat digital music service, giving you access to 20 million songs without geographical limitations. Half of them from major record companies, the other 10 million from emerging artists not known to any international audience yet.

Let’s do the math!

This might not sound like the winning business model to you but:

Artists signed to majors today end up with less than 20%
Independents, 100% in control of their music, will get at least 40% and even more if they bypass some of the non creatives

So my message to Emily: Thank you for the inspiration!

It will probably take many more years before a Facebook-sized company makes a move, the traditional music industry fully embraces the next generation customer and monthly all-you-can-eat subscription plans are priced below a “tall’ coffee.

But we should continue to question the traditional music industry models. Especially musicians should join the conversation, it’s your life and creativity we are talking about!

Want to continue the discussion in real life? Join me and many other music industry executives at the Trigger ‘12 Creative Conference next week!

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Hessel van Oorschot is the co-founder and CEO of Amsterdam based music licensing company Tribe of Noise. Founded in 2008, Tribe of Noise is an online platform that connects more than 15,000 musicians with business professionals who are seeking all rights included original music for their projects.

It is no news to the African music enthusiast that the music...

Thu, 31 May 2012 11:19:40 +0200

It is no news to the African music enthusiast that the music scene in Kampala (Uganda) has been thriving. The DIY mentality and attitude associated to a very strong new social media culture have lead to a great creative output.

We are happy to feature our Tribe of Noise member Abadmandenno´s new video.