Undercover Brothers Ug

Undercover Brothers Ug

Timothy Kirya and Jay K Mulungi performing at World Music Day 2015 at Uganda National Theatre
Background information
Origin Kampala-Uganda
Genres
Years active 2013 - Present
Associated acts Goodlyfe Crew, Blu*3, Milege, Maurice Kirya
Website Undercover Brothers Ug (IMDB)
Members Jay K. Mulungi
Timothy Kirya

Undercover Brothers Ug also simply known as The Undercover Brothers are a Ugandan music duo composed of guitarist and vocalist Jay K. Mulungi and vocalist Timothy Kirya,[1] whose music career sparked off when they won 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.[2] However, that didn't deter them from becoming the biggest music sensation in Uganda.[3] The duo released their first album titled At Dawn in December 2014.[4]

The duo has shared stage with some of Uganda's biggest stars such as Jackie Chandiru, Kaz Kasozi, Maurice Kirya, Jemimah Sanyu and many more.

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.[5] 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.

Undercover Brothers Ug held their first ever concerts dubbed Unveiling Undercover Brothers Ug[6] 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 third single Nsikatila marketed the album which increased album sales[4] in December 2014. The duo released their first music video for the song song Diamond, a collabo with Uganda’s young rapper Young Zee [7] in May 2014. The duo was one of the few artists and bands chosen to entertain people on World Music Day 2014[8] and 2015[9] organised by Alliance Francaise in Kampala, Uganda. The duo has also performed at different music festivals including Pearl Rhythm Festival alongside Jackie Chandiru in October 2014[10] after winning the Pearl Rhythm Stage Coach Auditions,[11] Bayimba International Music Festival, Laba Street Art Festival [12] as well as the Milege World Music Festival organized by Milege in November 2014,[13] and 2015,[14] and Nyege Nyege, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Festival and many more.

Discography

Albums

Songs

Music videos

Year Title Producer Editor Director
2016 Nsikatila TBA TBA TBA
2014 Like a Diamond (with Young Zee) Andy Muzic Diana Mbondo Kayode Gbenga

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Undercover Brothers: A persistent duo". monitor.co.ug. monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Undercover Brothers on eviction, wearing caps and faking accents". Satisfaction Ug. Satisfaction Ug. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "news: Undercover brothers return from TPF, remain upbeat=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/648885-undercover-brothers-return-from-tpf-remain-upbeat.html".
  4. 1 2 "updates: Undercover Brothers Ug release first Album=http://www.spaceonlineradio.com/#!Undercover-Brothers-Ug-release-first-Album/czfr/54fef7810cf2458597958cb3".
  5. ↑ "Welcome party for evicted ‘Undercover Brothers’ excites fans in Kampala=http://www.satisfashionug.com/welcome-party-for-evicted-undercover-brothers-excites-fans-in-kampala/".
  6. ↑ "UNVEILING UNDERCOVER BROTHERS UG : Unveiling Undercover Brothers Ug=http://kampalauncovered.blogspot.com/2014/10/unveiling-undercover-brothers-ug.html/".
  7. 1 2 "music: Undercover Brothers unveil new video=http://bigeye.ug/undercover-brothers-unveil-new-video/".
  8. ↑ "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/".
  9. ↑ "music: When the world spoke musically=http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Entertainment/world-spoke-musically/-/812796/2765900/-/7n62qxz/-/index.html/".
  10. ↑ "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".
  11. ↑ "Entertainment: Undercover brothers shine at pearl rhythm auditions=http://www.newvision.co.ug/mobile/Detail.aspx?NewsID=652760&CatID=397".
  12. ↑ "Eventsguideug:Undercover Brothers warm=http://eventsguide.ug/ads/undercover-brothers/".
  13. ↑ "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".
  14. ↑ "World music gets botanical platform". The Observer. The Observer. Retrieved 26 November 2015.

External links

Undercover Brothers Ug on Twitter

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