New Music Video: BLNRB(Nairobi, Berlin) - Monkeyflip(Nazizi, Abbas and Modeselektor)

BLNRB - NRBLN is a project of young bands and musicians from Nairobi and Berlin who together try to link the borders between electronic music, hip-hop and African musical traditions.

The project is organized by Goethe-Institute Nairobi and the Teichmann brothers, a Berlin DJ- and musician duo, moreover the House of World Cultures is a project partner. Other participants are
Modeselektor, for long an institution in matters pertaining to electronic music from Berlin, the likewise Berlin-based multinational trio Jahcoozi and MC Sasha Perera from London, Robot Koch from Berlin and Oren Gerlitz from Tel Aviv. 

Kenyan participants of the NRBLN project are to date the hip-hop/ dancehall collective Ukoo Flani, the MCs Abbas, Kimya and Lon’Jon, the electro house trio Just a Band and traditional Kenyan instrumentalists like the singer and percussionist Lydia Mwango.

Since February 2009, the musicians have been working together within the frameworks of NRBLN. Some participants appeared within the context of the “German cultural weeks” in Nairobi in November 2009. 
The song “Msoto Millions” from Ukoo Flani and Jahcoozi will feature in the Berlin Label BPitch Control album “Barefoot Wanderer by Jahcoozi early in the year. 
The piece “Dirty Laundry”, a collaboration between the Teichmann brothers and the MCs Mr. Abbas, Kimya and Lon’Jon

For more information about them, you can visit their blog here.


The group has now released a new video of their track Monkeyflip. View the clip below.