Extra Soul Perception is a collaboration and community music platform which started life between the UK, Kenya and Uganda, and continuing to grow and connect independent musicians worldwide. In November 2019, eight artists from Kenya, Uganda and the UK spent a week in Nairobi together exploring new tangents in soul music, the result was their 2020 debut EP ‘New Tangents In Kampala, London & Nairobi Vol. 1’.
The collective was made up of Faizal Mostrixx (UG), Hibotep (UG), K15 (UK), Karun (KE), Labdi (KE), Lex Amor (UK), Lynda Dawn (UK) and Maxwell Owen (UK). Now with the with the addition of Itsmdnyt (UG), XL Middleton (US), Xenia Menasseh (KE), Sola and Azu Tiwaline (TUN).
Having started life in 2019 at a writing camp in Nairobi, the album was completed remotely over course of the worldwide lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. Innovators in their own fields, each artist brings unique knowledge and musical culture to the project. Collectively they represent a broad spectrum of sound, each with a unique understanding of the power of soul music in its many forms. The album reflects this via an inspiring mixture of beautiful soul, glitchy beats, spoken word and bumping instrumentals.
| A1 | K15, Labdi - Utokapo |
| A2 | K15, Lex Amor, Karun - Hold On |
| A3 | Lynda Dawn, Bes Kept - Roses (XL Middleton Version) |
| B1 | Maxwell Owin, Xenia Manasseh, Joe Armon-Jones - Probably Never |
| B2 | Sola, Labdi - Nanae |
| B3 | K15, Lex Amor - Inevitable Winters |
| C1 | Azu Tiwaline, Labdi - Hewa |
| C2 | Lex Amor, Hibotep, Faizal Ddamba Mostrixx - Ancestry |
| C3 | Faizal Ddamba Mostrixx, K15 - Zone Maasai |
| D1 | Faizal Ddamba Mostrixx, Karun - In My Soul |
| D2 | Hibotep, Itsmdnyt - Lunar Ritual |
| D3 | Faizal Ddamba Mostrixx, Karun - In My Soul (Ethiopian Records Remix) |
