Masta Luminary
About me
Nairobi, Kenya
Masta Luminary (born Dennis Maina) is a Kenyan composer, Ableton live DJ, producer, mixing technician and sound designer. He is noted for his experimental approach to music.
Masta Luminary uses traditional instruments from around the world and has collaborated with various artists. He is known for blending different styles to create a unique mix of Afro-fusion, dabbling in deep house, hip hop, reggae dub, Afro-house, African dance music (ADM), dancehall, tropical house and many more
Cultural background
Values
Project Music
Água Vem Água Vai
The Water cycle is the cycle of life itself, and there is not much time left to make up for the disastrous way we deviated and influenced it, as well as the cycle of life. Water should be treated as a sacred deity, being everyone's grace and right to have, but also a universal duty in preservation. Population growth, human conscience, lifestyle, development, and agricultural practices will tell if Water will be available in the future, as it still is today.
- Fusion
- Hip Hop / Rap
- New Age
- Ritual
- Traditional / Folk
- World
- Background vocals
- Chanting
- Rapping
- Singer-songwriter
- Whistling / Humming
- Classical guitar
- Kyl-Kobyz / Kobyz
- Navtar
- Adufe
- Sampler
- India
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
No submissions for Beyond Music Project Volume 3.
Calling Humanity
Calling humanity is an invitation to meditate on the importance of awareness of caring for our planet and respect for our ancestors. Different cultures vibrating together in the atmosphere of this song.
- Fusion
- Ritual
- Soundtrack
- Traditional / Folk
- Vocal
- World
- Vocal ensemble
- Vocal percussion
- Cello
- Charango
- Kyl-Kobyz / Kobyz
- Pipa
- Gong
- Kalimba
- Percussion
- Duduk
- Argentina
- China
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- United States of America
Eylul
In the first part of Eylul/September the poet explains its beauty. Followed by a description including the senses of the human body and of everything that happens around you in this beautiful season. Trying to change the viewpoint that people were convinced with, as the season where flowers die, which is depressing and a sign of death. In his opinion its where nature changes her clothes from green to yellow to renew her soul so it is actually a season full of life. Eylul was written by Lebanese poet Elia Abu Madi.
- African
- Alternative
- Ambient
- Arabic
- Electronic
- Fusion
- Oriental
- Ritual
- Soundtrack
- Vocal
- World
- Background vocals
- Singer
- Synthesizer
- Singing bowl / Rin gong
- Sampler
- Soprano
- Cello
- Lute
- Cowbell
- Djembe
- Kalimba
- Percussion
- Egypt
- Israel
- Kenya
- Lebanon
Masta Luminary Sinaubi Niza Simukonda - Fanya Kazi
When high energies from East Africa come together, prepare to get uplifted to a higher frequency. Niza Simukonda from ZAMBIA dropped some slick vocals, Sinaubi from TANZANIA added a chorus, verse and some hallucinating sounds with his kalimba. Masta Luminary from Kenya sound engineered and made the beat fusing African instruments like Nyatiti, Ngoni and Hotchiku Japanese flute blended with sweet percussions enough to take you to a whole new world. Enjoy
- African
- Percussion
- Hotchiku
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Zambia
Mambo mambo - Msafiri Zawose (Masta Luminary remix)
In 2014 I met Msafiri Zawose a multi-talented musician. I had the chance to remix one of his tracks Mambo Mambo. And I had the chance to collaborate with a legendary artist who comes from a family of legends. In this project I left my comfort zone, took some cowbells pitch to make melodies with them and kalimba sounds blended with some Asian and African melodies plus percussion sounds to give you a sweet sensation of East African music.
- African
- Dance / EDM
- A capella
- Cowbell
- Kalimba
- Fujara
- Zurna
- Kenya
No submissions for Beyond Music Project Volume 1.