Welcome to RIVER! The 3rd collaborative album between Swiss producer duo GR! & Hook and Kenya’s singer, rapper, drummer Muthoni Drummer Queen (River is Muthoni’s 4th studio album) RIVER serves global, Afro-diasporic sounds; blending hip-hop, reggae-dancehall, and soulful R&B fused with traditional drum rhythms from various ethnic communities in Kenya.
Produced in 2019 during the collaborators’ Nairobi based creative residency, and further developed during their 50+ date touring season in the same year, RIVER is full of light, upbeat, feel good, deeply empowering anthems that celebrate the rise and rise of global afro connections, sounds, vibes, culture, fashion, art, music, and all-round greatness.
Conceptually, RIVER muses on the journey the individual African takes from the spirit world, into a localised ethnic identity, before they flow into their urban and global identities then returning to their source to start the journey all over again.
Listen to this album loud and in the right sequence and you will experience the feeling of being at the best concert, at the best festival ever!
We are so grateful for your support! Happy Listening!
Muthoni Drummer Queen x GR! x Hook
Stream the album here:
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/artist/2FzYw9fn2ZtQ7sZma5BxuB?si=…
Apple Music -
music.apple.com/ke/artist/muthoni-drummer-queen/34…
Deezer-
www.deezer.com/us/artist/12291590
Boomplay-
www.boomplay.com/share/artist/33358
YouTube:
youtube.com/user/muthonimusic
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CREDITS
Music x Production
All songs written and composed by Muthoni Drummer Queen, Greg "GR" Escoffey, and Jean "Hook" Geissbuhler
Additional songwriters: Bien Aime Baraza, Fena Gitu, Delvin Savara Mudigi,
Willis Austin Chimano , Polycarp Otieno
Additional Production: Leon Omondi “Manchild”, Polycarp Otieno, Santo, Baptiste Amstutz (Bouli)
Mixed by Pascal Deshayes @ Royal Studios, Lausanne
Mastered by: Philippe Weiss, Paris.
Album art team:
Mutua Matheka, Lucy Robi, Ojin Ngode, Musa Omusi, Muthoni Drummer Queen
Album Videos :
Callivan Studios
Picture My Music/Mei Fa Tan
Ludovic Damiano
Special Thanks:
Special thanks to Marlene Bett for project management and coordination including but not limited to the residency, video production, album art shoot production amongst many, many big and small details/tasks/activities that helped get RIVER here. Forever grateful.
Contact Information;
Website:
mdqmusic.co.ke/
Instagram: @muthonidrummerqueen
Facebook: @muthonidrummerqueen
Twitter: @muthonidq
Gig bookings;
Kenya: juliet@africacentric.com
Europe: e.ziller@asterios.fr
Opportunities/partnerships
France: clarisse@yotanka.net
GAS region: chris@irascible.ch
Kenya: juliet@africacentric.com
Worldwide: muthoni@mdqmusic.com
For Press;
France/Belgium: frederique.miguel@gmail.com
Kenya: pattiewachira@gmail.com