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KA­BE­AU­SHÉ

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After some years working as an actor and radio DJ, Kabeaushé (born Kabochi Gitau in Nairobi, Kenya) wanted to pursue his passion for music. He was writing and producing rap and electronic music on Soundcloud as far back as 2015. By the late 2010s he was challenging himself to release one song a week on Soundcloud for six months on top of his early EPs and mixtapes. During this time, he also participated in music collaborations and arts incubator programs throughout Nairobi.
His Soundcloud songs found their way to Arlen Dilsizian and Derek Debru, founders of Uganda-based experimental music collective Nyege Nyege. A ten day visit to their Kampala headquarters turned into a six month stay where Kabeaushé honed his craft. »I was still learning. I was still dipping my feet into trying to learn how production works like trying to understand pockets of like songwriting, trying to understand pockets of just like the whole production aspect«, he says. The Coming of Gaze, his debut album, was released this year, but it’s mostly Kabeaushé’s older music – as old as 5 years ago – made through this Soundcloud-to-Kampala trajectory. All songs and albums mentioned in this piece were written, performed and produced by Kabeaushé. This collection of his older songs, The Coming of Gaze, debuted on May 12th, 2023 on the Nyege Nyege sub-label Hakuna Kulala.
This was followed by a summer 2022 residency in Berlin and Monkeytown Records signing, where Kabeaushé released his sophomore album on November 10th, 2023, called Hold on to Deer Life, There’s a Blcak Boy Behind You!

Magazin

15. Juni 2026
»Eine Gratwanderung aus nostalgischem Schmelz, schräger Persiflage und melodramatischen Tönen: Axel Ranischs Revue ist eine Umarmung der DDR-Musik, die seinem begeisterten künstlerischen Naturell entspricht. Eine Verklärung ist sie aber nicht. Die Nostalgie, die einen beim Anblick der Sixties-Hotpants des Balletts befällt, die ist kein exklusives DDR-Gefühl, sie ist in dieser abgründigen Retroshow universell.«
Gunda Bartels, Der Tagesspiegel, 15.06.2026
Revue »Mokka-Hits und Milchbar-Träume«: Die Komische Oper lässt die DDR klingen und klirren

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15. Juni 2026
»Der Soundtrack der DDR… hinreißend arrangiert, inszeniert und choreografiert. Und die Solisten geben alles, allen voran Gisa Flake und Maria-Danaé Bansen, die schon im »Messeschlager Gisela« brillierten. Aber werden auch die »Mokka-Hits« ein Sommerschlager? Darüber wird nach der Uraufführung noch vor Ort kräftig diskutiert. Aber genau das hatten Ranisch und Benzwi mit ihrer Revue ja im Sinn.«
Peter Zander, Berliner Morgenpost, 15.06.2026
Der Soundtrack der DDR: »Mokka-Hits und Milchbar-Träume«

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