African music superstar Eegun who does Afrobeats and conscious music needs to be checked out if you haven't already done so.UK based African Afrobeat artiste Eegun is back with two new singles,to signify his resurgence as a performer, songwriter and composer.Hewas raised in Lagos Nigeria with a blend of musical influences rangingfrom Hip-hop music and Reggae as well as homegrown music such astraditional Afrobeat, Apala, Fuji And Juju Music.Being influenced specifically by the great Majek Fashek, he began recording and making
contemporary Reggae/Ragga music in Nigeria under the moniker King Kuron.
Upon his arrival to the UK,he recognised his diverse talent and tried his hands at recoding Afrobeat music to quite a considerable level of success after he met his would-be band-mate Ben Turley and successfully auditioned to be a member of Afro-Funk band Bronzehead,a 10-piece band which was made up of so many talented individuals,however, Eegun emerged as the front man and songwriter who contributed to various tracks off their debut album Hemiphonic which was released in 2013 and opened the band up to a lot of Festival performance appearances at coveted stages such as Respect Festival,Big Issue And Drum Camp.In 2014, Eegun left Bronzehead, and started another band called Eegun and The Afro-Londoners.The band consists of Drummer Giles Narang,Bassist Josh Brandler of the Animanz, Keyboardist Martin Jenkins of Oncartel, Josef Stout on the Horns as well as back up vocalists Mimi Ciamala and Bola Kamson.
He has released two official singles Brighton Beach which was inspired by his experiences with some females in the well known seaside city and Ise which means "Work" in the Yoruba Parlance and spreads the gospel of hardwork,determination and resilience as qualities needed to achieve your goals.Both songs are avlable on I-tunes,Spinlet, Amazon,CD Baby and other well known digital stores.
To listen to songs,click on link.
https://soundcloud.com/karimirecords/ise
https://soundcloud.com/karimirecords/brighton-beach-by-eegun
Dipo Kuye
Ceo Karimi Records Ltd