Afrorack
Bamanya Brian is an experimental multidisciplinary artist from Uganda and performs and records under the name Afrorack. He is one of the people spearheading the making of electronic music instruments in Africa. He has always found fascination in tinkering with electronics, building circuits, hacking devices and messing around with microcontrollers. He has done projects in sound art, electronic music, experimental visuals, renewable energy and kinetic sculptures. He has appeared at several international festivals which include Atlas Electronic, Nyege Nyege, Elevate, Dakar Art Biennale and Sonar among others. In May 2022, Brian released his debut self-titled album –The Afrorack – which was received with popular acclaim making it to several music writers’ best albums of 2022 including The Wire Magazine top 50 albums of 2022. He has also been featured on the BBC world service.
Bamanya Brian is an experimental multidisciplinary artist from Uganda and performs and records under the name Afrorack. He is one of the people spearheading the making of electronic music instruments in Africa. He has always found fascination in tinkering with electronics, building circuits, hacking devices and messing around with microcontrollers. He has done projects in sound art, electronic music, experimental visuals, renewable energy and kinetic sculptures. He has appeared at several international festivals which include Atlas Electronic, Nyege Nyege, Elevate, Dakar Art Biennale and Sonar among others. In May 2022, Brian released his debut self-titled album –The Afrorack – which was received with popular acclaim making it to several music writers’ best albums of 2022 including The Wire Magazine top 50 albums of 2022. He has also been featured on the BBC world service.
