Undercover Brothers Ug
| Undercover Brothers Ug | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Undercover Brothers Ug (Timothy Kirya with Jay K. Mulungi) | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Kampala, Uganda |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2013 - Present |
| Members |
Jay K. Mulungi Timothy Kirya |
Undercover Brothers Ug are a Ugandan music duo composed of guitarist and vocalist Jay K. Mulungi and vocalist Timothy Kirya.[1] The duo started their musical career when they passed the auditions and represented Uganda in the sixth season of East Africa's biggest singing competition Tusker Project Fame, but were evicted shortly after the competitions kicked off. However, that didn't deter them from becoming the biggest music sensation in Uganda.[2] The duo released their first album titled At Dawn in December 2014.[3]
Career
Undercover Brothers Ug landed on the East African music stage when they represented Uganda in East Africa's biggest singing competition Tusker Project Fame season six which they unfortunately lost. Since then, the duo, however, did not look back but instead continued entertaining people with their best guitar tunes and sweet melodies and suddenly they released their first album, At Dawn.[1]
Undercover Brothers Ug held their first ever concerts on the 13 and 20 December 2014 in Kampala. These concerts acted as their official release dates for their first album, At Dawn which sold physical copies at the concerts. The first concert was blessed by a performance by Uganda's king of Mwooyo Maurice Kirya. The lead single Nsikatila marketed the album which increased album sales[3] in December 2014. The duo released their first music video for the song song Diamond, a collabo with Uganda’s young rapper Young Zee [4] in May 2014. The duo was one of the few artists and bands chosen to entertain people on World Music Day 2014 organised by Alliance Francaise in Kampala, Uganda.[5] The duo has also performed at different music festivals including Pearl Rhythm Festival in October 2014[6] after winning the Pearl Rhythm Stage Coach Auditions,[7] Bayimba International Music Festival, Laba Street Art Festival [8] as well as the Milege World Music Festival in November 2014[9]
Discography
Albums
- At Dawn (2014)
Their first ever album was all written by the band-mates and released in December 2014.
Singles
| Track listing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Nsikatila" | Jay K. Mulungi, Timothy Kirya | Jude Mugerwa | 4:10 | ||||||
| 2. | "Kilalu" | Jay K. Mulungi, Timothy Kirya | Joseph Mayanja | 3:47 | ||||||
| 3. | "Diamond" | Jay K. Mulungi, Timothy Kirya | Andy Music | 3:45 | ||||||
| 4. | "Munyenye" | Jay K. Mulungi, Timothy Kirya | Nase Pro | 3:54 | ||||||
| 5. | "Mama" | Jay K. Mulungi, Timothy Kirya | Nase Pro | 3:40 | ||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Undercover Brothers: Undercover Brothers: A persistent duo". http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Undercover-Brothers--A-persistent-duo/-/691232/2497690/-/djrahmz/-/index.html''.
- ↑ "news: Undercover brothers return from TPF, remain upbeat=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/648885-undercover-brothers-return-from-tpf-remain-upbeat.html".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "updates: Undercover Brothers Ug release first Album=http://www.spaceonlineradio.com/#!Undercover-Brothers-Ug-release-first-Album/czfr/54fef7810cf2458597958cb3".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "music: Undercover Brothers unveil new video=http://bigeye.ug/undercover-brothers-unveil-new-video/".
- ↑ "music: When streets turned into dancing halls=http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Entertainment/When-streets-turned-into-dancing-halls/-/812796/2363638/-/y8hkau/-/index.html/".
- ↑ "Article: The pearl rhythm: Has Uganda finally found its music identity?=http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34527:-the-pearl-rhythm-has-uganda-finally-found-its-music-identity&catid=42:sizzling-entertainment&Itemid=74".
- ↑ "Entertainment: Undercover brothers shine at pearl rhythm auditions=http://www.newvision.co.ug/mobile/Detail.aspx?NewsID=652760&CatID=397".
- ↑ "Eventsguideug:Undercover Brothers warm=http://eventsguide.ug/ads/undercover-brothers/".
- ↑ "Entertainment: Milege festival turns chilly Entebbe warm=http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Entertainment/Milege-festival-turns-chilly-Entebbe-warm/-/812796/2538806/-/9juo0m/-/index.html".