I have been spending some time in Kampala over the last couple of months. Recently “Nyege Nyege Tapes” asked me if had an idea how to turn the massive xylophone of the Naki Bembe group into something like a synth. I soldered contact mics for every single tone and a friend of mine wrote a Max Msp patch to convert the audio signal into Midi in real time. Quite interestng…

Now Naki Bembe is presenting a completely new live set together with Gabber Modus Operandi and Wahono at the CTM Festival (Berghain) on January 31st.