Kenyan urban pop and R&B singer-songwriter Brian Nadra has released his debut album 'Nadrenaline', via Decimal Records.
The 8-track album cleverly defines his musical journey, right from inception to where he’s currently at professionally-speaking. ‘
NADRENALINE’ is an eclectic mix of sounds, perfectly showcasing Nadra’s diversity in genres and musical styles all together.
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Ahead of the release, Nadra shared, “The inspiration behind this album was our [Musyoka and I] desire to explore my talent in depth. We wanted to create an album that will have a lasting legacy on my career and I am sure my fans will appreciate this.”
‘NADRENALINE’ is influenced by Nadra’s inspirations and own taste in music.
From a young age, Nadra was exposed to a range of music from country, Afro pop, Lingala, Kapuka to R&B.
Nadra goes all guns blazing starting off with a Lingala hit “Chocolatte” as the album opener.
R&B bangers include “Pumzika”, a slow tempo sexy song featuring Kenana Mwawasi and “Over and Over”.
Album pop singles include “Bella”, “Belly” with Nviiri The Storyteller and “Kahora”, featuring Bon'eye and KonKodi. Sufuri appears in “Booty”, a street anthem suiting his style and persona, alongside Bon'eye and KonKodi.
On his choice of album collaborators, Nadra says, “Picking Bon’Eye and KonKodi was rather obvious being my label mates. Plus we got to spend a lot of time together writing and coming up with the music,”.
Adding, “Nviiri, Zzero Sufuri and Kenana’s features showcase new emerging Kenyan acts and how we are collaborating to shape and push forward the future of African music.
‘NADRENALINE’ Music Producers include Eric MSYOX Musyoka, KDAGr8t and Samuel Hendricks.
Speaking on the making of the album, “Firstly, it’s an honour to have worked with an absolute dream team throughout the making of ‘Nadrenaline’. East Africa is currently enjoying a rejuvenated vibrancy in the music scene and there’s a whole new wave of artists attracting global attention to the region.”
Adding, “Listeners should expect to hear bigger and better from Nadra on this project. It is my inspired contribution in show-casing the best of what KE flavour has to offer.”
On his part music producer Musyoka said “We are more than pleased to see the progress that Brian’s Career has taken and we are proud of the quality of act he is turning out to be. We aim to make him an international sensation and keep the mantra of the label, that quality is everything.”
His co-pilot at record label Bon’Eye concluded, “We shall endeavour to keep producing good music for our acts and this shall be our hallmark. It's never an easy road but it's worth every effort and we love making great music.”
‘NADRENALINE’ certainly will leave you wanting to hear more of what Brian Nadra has in store. The artiste who made his first big impression on the scene with RnB,on a Valentine’s special release “Matwana”, has evidently since then grown into more styles. Just like its title suggests, the album is representative of Nadra’s adrenaline in the industry - to succeed.
