afreeka

AFREEKA FROM KENYA WAS FORMERLY CALLED BIG MATATA.THEY HAVE PERFOMED TOGETHER SINCE 1999.THEY FELT DESTINED IN A MUSIC CAREER.THEY CHANGED THEIR NAME TO ‘’AFREEKA’’ IN 2007 AFTER A SERIES OF PERFOMANCES ON A TOUR IN ITALY.AFREEKA IS GREATLY INFLUENCED BY ARTISTS LIKE ‘’BOB MARLEY’’,’’BLACK UHURU’’,’’DENNIS BROWN’’ ,’’ASWAD ‘’,’’STEEL PULSE’’ AMONG OTHER ARTISTS IN JAMAICA.
AFREEKA OPENED FOR AND RAISED CONCIOUSNESS DURING PERFOMANCES WITH ‘’GENERAL LEVI’’,
‘’MYKAL ROSE’’ &’’GENTLEMAN’’,’’FESTA TE LU MIERU’’[CARPIGNANO SALENTINO] &‘’FESTA DI BIRRA’’ HEINEKEN AT TORCITO GROUNDS.
THIS LED TO THEIR TWO SONGS ‘’MORE LOVE’’ AND ‘’BACK TO AFRICA’’ ON 2 MIXED CD COMPILATION ‘’PIU AMORE’’ IN 2008 AND ‘’VOCE DELLA DRAGO’’ IN 2009.
IN JUNE 2010,THEY RELEASED THEIR ALBUM ‘’SUMMER JAMMING’’ WHICH CONSISTS OF 10 SONGS .
1. SUMMER JAMMING RELEASED 1 JUNE 2010
2. AFRICAN CHILDREN RELEASED 1 JUNE 2010
3. TOCSANINI VS MUSOLINI RELEASED 1 JUNE 2010
4. YAWEH RELEASED 1 JUNE 2010
5. LALA SALAMA RELEASED 1 JUNE 2010
6. WHAT WE ARE RELEASED 1 JUNE 2010
7. DINGA LING RELEASED 1 JUNE 2010
8. SWEET LOVE RELEASED 1 JUNE 2010
9. JAH JAH RELEASED 1 JUNE 2010
10. YAWEH[DUB] RELEASED 1 JUNE 2010
2011 AFREEKA TRACK‘’SISTA LOVE’’APPEARS ON MIXED CD INTL.WOMEN OF REGGAE CD 3 TRACKS RELEASED TO RADIO WORLDWIDE JULY 1 DENNIS BROWN ANNIVERSARY OF PASSING. AUGUST RELEASED IN FULL TO TUNECORE ONLINE STORES.
RADIO
TWO OF THEIR SONGS’’DINGA LING’’ & ‘’AFRICAN CHILDREN’’ FROM THIS ALBUM RECEIVED AIRPLAY ON RADIO POTENZA & CONTORADIO FIRENZE,JAM1ONLINERADIO,QUALITY RADIO,ENGLISH POUND RADIO,REGGAE PORTUGAL RADIO
THIS YEAR 2011 ‘’AFREEKA’’ WILL BE PERFOMING IN FIRENZE [FLORENCE] ITALY AT ‘’MUSICA DEI POPOLI –AFRO CONTEST] ONTHE 22 OCTOBER A FESTIVAL FOR FOREIGN MUSICIANS LIVING IN ITALY TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS AND A CONCERT IN FRANFURT [GERMANY] IN CELEBRATION OF KENYA INDIPENDENCE DAY [JAMUHURI DAY] ON THE 3 OF DECEMBER.WHILE PREPARING FOR THEIR SECOND ALBUM TITLED ‘’NEXT LEVEL’’ TO BE RELEASED EARLY NEXT YEAR FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF CONCERTS