Tedd Josiah
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Tedd Josiah (born 1970) is a music producer from Kenya. He started as a musician, first briefly with the group Ebony Affair before forming a new group, Hart in 1993. The group was disbanded in 1995 and Josiah joined Sync Sound Studios as a producer [1]. In 1999 he left Sync Sound Studios and formed Audio Vault Studios [2]. It was renamed to Blu Zebra in 2002.
Tedd Josiah has worked with many of the most popular Kenyan performers, including Hardstone, Kalamashaka, Gidi Gidi Maji Maji, Necessary Noize, Suzzana Owíyo and many others. These artists represent wide range of musical genres.
Josiah is also the founder of Kisima Awards, the premier annual musical awards held in Kenya. He was given producer of the year prize at the Kisima Awards in 2004, but he rejected it citing his position as an organiser of the awards. Next year he resigned from its organising committee. [3].
Like most studios in Kenya, Blu Zebra has a fixed producer and it operates also as a record label. Blu Zebra continues to be one of leading Kenyan production houses/record labels, but is now rivalled by Ogopa DJs, Calif Records and Homeboyz among others.
[edit] References
- Kenya Times, January 17, 2007: Ted Josiah: Show B iz President (interview)
- ^ The Standard, February 2, 2007: Tedd ranks artistes
- ^ Daily Nation, May 23, 1999: Exciting tidings in store for local artistes and music lovers
- ^ The Standard, February 3, 2005: Tedd resigns from Kisima committee
