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Kirenga aka ERIC SOUL

AFROGROOV A Journey Across The Black Atlantic

About Me


Cécile Kayirebwa - Soirée de la mémoire 2007
Uploaded by LiliTheKing Global Music Revolution Player - Music Of Many Colors - AFROGROOV - Funky By Nature - DJ/Turntablist - Cultural Activist - Conceptualist - Promoter - Creative consultant - Producer - Hello, Here I am joining one of the biggest community network online ever......with a slight delay from the schedule. Why did i join? Well......am always been described by friends as a people person so it kind of make sense to join this amaizing site EVERYBODY-HAS-BEEN-TALKIN-ABOUT.... Then there is the MUSIC!!! After exiling from my country of origin Rwanda to Belgium at the age of 3, I exiled a second time by my own will to settle in the city of London in 1996. From a very young age, I ve always been involve in various discipline of performing art. From traditionnal to contemporary and street dance via theatre through music. Of all the art disciplines I practiced all those years....there was that one new artform coming from the State that I found absolutely fascinating and mind blowing. These guys were just manipulating vinyl records on turntable but the huge impact they were generating on music, art, popular culture and especially people the globe over was a true inspiration for me. I wanted to be a DJ. There is a global musical revolution happening right now and I believe DJ's have been intrumental in bridging gap between cultures.... So much that now, people are consciously or not exposed to what would have been considered as an unconceivable and unethical fusion of sounds a few years ago....music such as Jews Reggae, Arabic Funk, Brazillian Drum n Bass, African HipHop, Gypsy Soca, Colombian Soukouss, Kwaito and the list goes on.... In a way I am very fortunate because I know something that you don't! As DJ, we have access to music that do not always have the same exposition as your usual commercial release, we as DJ get music that is even beyond what is considered as UNDERGROUND...music that will not have any airplay on your radio, that will not be available online or even available at all. I started the AFROGROOV musical movement as a catalyst that would accelerate the natural process for this fusion of sounds to reach a wider audience, be respected as a commercially viable product and to become a creative template for the future of MUSIC... May Da Groov B With U....just FOLLOW DA GROOV. ..Massive Respect to Native Instrument and the amaizing new DJ products Traktor Schratch.A few lucky artist worlwide have been hand-picked to put the product through the test on behalf of NI. Yours truly has been blessed with a machine and am now hooked... Welcome in the new digital DJ era. AUDIO 8 Soundcard: . More info: http://www.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=tsartists& ;nit

My Interests

Books (the deep ones), Music (the good ones), people (fascinating:5 billion on earth, all very different and so yet alike :-o)and my little girl growing up nicely....

I'd like to meet:

BEAUTIFUL CREATIVES SOULD AND SPIRITS KEEP MEETING AT THOSE LONDON'S AFRO HOTSPOT. COME TO SAY HELLO IF YOU R IN TOWN... LAST SATURDAY EVERY MONTH @ RITZY CAFE - LONDONFIRST SUNDAY EVERY MONTH @ BRIXTON JAMM - LONDON

Music:

The whole spectrum of Black Music Past Present and Beyond ie; jazz, funk, afro, hip hop, soul, reggae, broken...that is a lot of notes, melodies and structure :-)....also world music and global beat... ++++++++ ++++++++
CLF WEEKENDER Raw Edit from chroniclovefoundation on Vimeo . BANTU KORA PARTY 2006: BIG UP AKWAABA & DJ AMINA and POSITIVE SOUL CREW!!
Eric Soul - Positive Soul crew / Bisque Rage visuels
by bisquerage

Movies:

CRASH, Syriana, Tango in Paris, Les valseuses, Unbreakable, Friday, Xala, Sometimes in April, Le pere Noel est une ordure, Amadla, Mandela, The Wooden Camera...

Television:

bloody to much sub-digi-cable station on offer...am lost...N/A. Watching The Apprentice and Big Brother though...got hooked on BB6, sorry...:-( ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NNEKA -NNEKA - NNEKA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SOUL ID - SOUL ID - SOUL ID TINARIWENK'NAAN & MOS DEFKEZIAH JONES + BILLY LAGRENE + Mc LAUGHLIN doin the BLUFUNK on french TVKHETHI -

Books:

Been There...Done That!

Conversation with God - The Testament - Thomas Sankara - La Vie sexuelle de Catherine B... ..

Heroes:

Thomas Sankara, Fela Kuti, Quincy Jones, Fred Rwigema, Paul Kagame, Cecile Kayirebwa... ..

My Blog

The UK TIME OUT picks up on the AFRO rise in clubs

its all official.... http://www.timeout.com/london/clubs/features/4136.html http://www.timeout.com/london/clubs/events/654319/components .html http://s165.photobucket.com/albums/u47/afrogroov/?action=v.. .
Posted by Kirenga aka ERIC SOUL on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:53:00 PST

follow da groov january 08

starting the year with a bang on london clubscene.... follow da groov.   FOLLOW DA GROOV..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />   Follow da Groov is a newsl...
Posted by Kirenga aka ERIC SOUL on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:28:00 PST

follow da groov january 08

starting the year with a bang on london clubscene.... follow da groov.   FOLLOW DA GROOV..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Follow da Groov is a newsletter ...
Posted by Kirenga aka ERIC SOUL on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:46:00 PST

Traktor Scratch...lets go Digital...

http://s165.photobucket.com/albums/u47/afrogroov/?action=vie w&current=traktorlogo.jpg" NATIVE INSTRUMENT'S TRAKTOR SCRATCHDJ ERIC SOUL (AFROGROOV)DJ Eric Soul of Afrogroov fame, known for mixing ...
Posted by Kirenga aka ERIC SOUL on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:23:00 PST

Check out this event: Free PRE NYE Party with AFROGROOVs Eric Soul

Hosted By: Beach BarWhen: 28 Dec 2007, 20:00Where: Beach Bar50, atlantic roadLondon, sw2United KingdomDescription:Beach Bar Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Kirenga aka ERIC SOUL on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:31:00 PST

a monstrous afro live session and more on the 23rd dec....if you are still around, check it out

Hosted By: RED CLAY & AFROGROOVWhen: 23 Dec 2007, 16:00Where: Brixton Jamm261, Brixton jammLondon, London and South East|66 sw9United KingdomDescription:RED CLAY & AFROGROOV Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Kirenga aka ERIC SOUL on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:55:00 PST

Check out this event: HOTPLATE Sessions

Hosted By: Eric SoulWhen: 26 Nov 2007, 19:00Where: Mephistoedware road, 245London, London and South East|66 w21 dsUnited KingdomDescription:Eric Soul Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Kirenga aka ERIC SOUL on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 06:07:00 PST

UBUNTU AFROGROOV KNAAN LAKE OF STARS

Just got back from Malawi where I was DJ at the Lake OF Stars festival, for the second year.Keep it log for photo review coming soon...www.ubuntu-trading.comHere is a beautiful story, I linked up with...
Posted by Kirenga aka ERIC SOUL on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:25:00 PST

CULTURAL NEO COLONIALISM....am I talking rubbish??

Am always ask to define the meaning of AFROGROOV and it is a difficult one as it represent so much things.In a nutshell, it is an initiative that aims at raising the profile of contemporary African ar...
Posted by Kirenga aka ERIC SOUL on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:11:00 PST

the africanizing mission continue

Busy week end ahead,   World Music Awards free event and Poll Winners Concert @ Barbican.  Plenty of free activities althrough the day on saturday 26th and sunday 27th includi...
Posted by Kirenga aka ERIC SOUL on Thu, 24 May 2007 12:08:00 PST