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Written by Kinyama Crew | 01 April 2010

"Reggae Dishes" - Review by Reggae-Vibes

A review published by Reggae-Vibes | Thursday, April 1, 2010

"Geneva, Switzerland is the home base of the Kinyama Sounds label, which was founded in June 2008 by the Swiss-French production team Nicolas Duboux aka Niko and Stan Breynaert. The latter is a multi-instrumentalist who is not only responsible for creating the riddim tracks, but also takes care of the label's communications, promotions and development, while Niko is the sound engineer who embodies the raw sound of Kinyama (a Swahili adverb which means "like an animal"). Kinyama is first and foremost a reggae label, but it does not limit itself purely to roots music as its sound is heavily influenced by the musical background of its founders. Thus the Kinyama sound incorporates stripped down roots, jazz, pop, soul, and hip hop inspirations."
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Written by Kinyama Crew | 08 March 2010

"Reggae Dishes" - Review by UnitedReggae

A review published by UnitedReggae | Monday, March 8, 2010

"Assorted Roots Fashioned Flavours.

New from Geneva, Switzerland is reggae collective Kinyama Sounds and they have brought us this delightful debut album "Reggae Dishes". Kinyama Sounds hope to establish themselves as a multi faceted entity in the reggae world with a label, in house band, publishing and clothing; certainly on the first two counts they appear to be delivering for now.

The album showcases riddims by Niko, a Swiss-Dutch, of Indonesian ethnic origin, who started out as a sound engineer in Nashville, Tennessee, but now works at the International School of Geneva. He has teamed up multi instrumentalist Stan, apparently the Gnash (Hindu elephant headed god of wisdom and problem-solving, that may explain the elephant logo) of Kinyama Sounds. Between them they have taken a roots reggae style premise and blended it with jazz, pop, soul, and hip hop inspirations to create a host of original riddims. These riddims have then been voiced by some established names in reggae like Chezidek, Prince Alla, Rod Taylor and Brother Culture plus up and coming acts like hip hop artists of Zambian origin, Rootwords and vocalist RaldoAsher."

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Written by Kinyama Crew | 05 March 2010

"Reggae Dishes" - Review by HouseofReggae

A review published by HouseofReggae | Friday, March 5, 2010

"Das Schweizer Label Kinyama Sounds hat einen sehr interessanten Sampler aufgetischt: „ Reggae Dishes“ präsentiert zehn Artists aus Jamaika, Frankreich, England und der Schweiz mit fast ebenso vielen Stilen. Nur die Grundzutat ist stets die gleiche – Reggae. Mit dabei sind Chezidek, Rod Taylor und Brother Culture.

Kinyama Sounds, das sind Nicolas Duboux und der Multi-Instrumentalist Stan Breynaert. 2008 gründeten sie ihr Label, dessen Profil sie wie folgt beschreiben: „Kinyama is first and foremost a reggae label but does not limit itself purely to roots music. The Kinyama sound is heavily influenced by the musical background of its founders, with flavors taken from pop, soul, hip hop, rock and jazz.“

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Written by Kinyama Crew | 21 January 2010

"The cure" - Review by RepreZent.ch

A review published by RepreZent.ch | Thursday, January 21, 2010

"Le Hiphop n’est pas mort mais il a parfois mal aux reins. Il a donc besoin d’un remède. La formule secrète du traitement médical est très simple. Un bon groove, un bon flow et de bons lyrics. Entre Genève et Londres, c’est Rootwords qui nous invite à une séance thérapeutique visuelle de quatre minutes sur une production de Kinyama Sounds. Inspiré de roots, jazz, soul, hiphop et pop, ces producteurs Genevois ont créé leur propre label en 2008 et propose aujourd’hui Reggae Dishes, une compilation de 16 tracks avec 10 artistes de partout dans le monde (Jamaïque, Angleterre, Zambie, Tanzanie, Suisse, etc). Le clip est réalisé par Rosy Lobster. Bon rétablissement."
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