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Benon releases song
He took off couple of years without singing and was concentrating on basically production. Benon Mugumbya aka Benon of Benon & Vamposs (still a member of Benon & Vamposs) has managed to create a mark on the production scene. Benon has released a single entitled “Hope”. It was produced in none other than Swangz Ave. I have listen to this song over and over and I have failed to find the best way I can describe it, I just simply taken up. This song basically talks about Life; you will listen to it and remember each of these incidences in your life and all you had is hope. It’s rich, deep and real.
Guess it should not be too long to hear something from Benon & Vamposs.
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Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Benon’s “A New Day” (Olunaku Olupya) album by 1544c Ssejjombwe. (+256-782233273)
Award winning producer Benon Mugumbya released his album to hundreds of his fans and the media last Thursday at the garden city rooftop based bar “Boda Boda”.
Titled “A new Day” (Olunaku Olupya), the album has 16 tracks with most of the songs written and produced by Benon himself.
The album has tracks like “Hope, Olunaku Olupya( Lead Single), Omwana lwaki Akaaba, Rise up ft Keko, Show me, and Mpezi we among others. Blended with Soul, R&B and hip hop, Benon has some collaborations with artists like Keko, Navio and Vampos on the album.
The lead producer at the Muyenga based Swangz Avenue, Benon’s listeners party saw him perform five songs to the audience who included mostly city tycoons, business personalities, fellow artist, media practitioners and friends.
The album was outed last Friday on the 10th and can be found in leading shopping outlets like Uchumi Garden city, Nakummat shopping mall, National Theatre and at Swangz Avenue.
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Benon and Keko rock Ethiopia by 1544c Ssejjombwe. (+256-782233273)
Swangz Avenue’s Benon and Hip hop artist Keko had several musical gigs in Ethiopia courtesy of the Swedish Government last week. We can exclusively report.
The artists flew out of the country last Wednesday for a two day workshop before concentrating on their performance over the weekend. Info from the Emperor’s (Haille Sellasie) land has it that Benon left an impact on Ethiopia especially with his tracks like “Hope, Osobola, Rise up” with Keko while the lady rapper showcased her talent with “Alwoo, This is how we do it” among others.
Guitar specialist Michael Ouma and other band members couldn’t miss the trip and we learnt that they to had a nice time in Ethiopia. Benon who’s apparently the hottest Producer in the country is receiving several deals especially from the Electoral commission after tracks like “Osobola, Hope, anew day, Omwana Lwaki Akaba” among others off his “Olunaku Olupya” (A new Day) album sold country wide.
Being chosen among several other artists to represent the country on the project, Benon and Keko are surely rising to international stardom.
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Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Benon launches worldwide with Island Def Jam
After he released his Olunaku olupya in Uganda last December, Benon Mugumbya has digitally released his album to the world through Def Jam distribution the same platform used by mega supers star Kanye West, Rihanna and Neyo.
Olunaku Olupya (A new day) was last week released on Itunes, Amazon, Napster, spotify, Shock Hound, Nokia Ovi and 7 of the world’s biggest online music stores. The 16 track album was released under Swangz Avenue before America’s Island Def Jam picked it up for international distribution. Itunes the world’s biggest music store and Amazon are both selling Benon’s album at $9.99 dollars and $0.99 for a single. Locally the album can still be bought from Uchumi and Nakumati among other places for 20,000/=
The album features guest like Micheal Ouma, Tshaka Mayanja, Pragmo, Navio among others. It includes the single “Hope” and “Osobola” a song that was widely adopted to mobilize citizens to exercise their voting right.
Thursday, April 07th, 2011
Benon’s ‘ani yali amanyi’ by 1544c ssejjombwe. (+256782233273)
After “Hope and Osobola” received enormous airplay on most media houses around the East African region, Benon Mugumbya released the third video off his “Olunaku Olupya” album.
“Ani yali Amanyi” is the latest to come out of Swangz Avenue and looking at the concept, it fits the description of a wonderful but simple video.
Written by Edwin Kasolo and produced by Benon himself alongside Michael Ouma, ‘Ani yali Amanyi’ was shot by Swangz Avenue at a residential in Luzira.
The video is rich in colour especially the shot that has a blue background. The editing was also splendid going by the fact that it was shot in one location with only two characters involved.
One thing I like about “Ani yali amanyi” is that the video can be simple and captivating even if captured in one location.
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