 Hashtag it's in Ayadrege, but I told you earlier that today we are crossing borders, we're going to Europe and we're going to Italy. Manzea atunenda, Italy has a very small city called Perdon near Venice and Nili Chatsna, one of the biggest bands rights now in Italy called Mello Mood Manzea. Manzea is amazing, they have a new track also, which is I and I featuring Emeterians and Anthony B. But I don't want to spoil all that fun for you because this is what they had to say, bless. It's time for us Mello Mood from Italy and it's a pleasure having time to speak with the Malimosis at 2254 Channel in Kenya. So I'll just start by maybe an introduction for you guys who are watching you right now. I know Mello Mood is a big brand, it's a big band from Italy, but briefly tell us about yourselves. Briefly I mean, alright so we are a band from the northeast area of Italy, we are very close to Venice, I'm sure Venice is pretty international so that's pretty accurate direction and we started playing reggae music 15 years ago. 15 years ago we're very old right now, so yeah we've been playing for a while and we started off just like in high school with a bunch of friends and then we developed an actual love for the genre and devotion for the genre and that I think led us here where we are right now. And you first formed the group at around 2005 then around 2009 you first did your studio album which is called Boom Produced by Paolo Paldini which gained an international success which made you also be recognized worldwide and globally. Tell us how was that particular experience for you now to drop the first album and to get that particular international success? Well you know like at that time so that was yes I think yes because we recorded that album, to record the album it took like three years. It was a very like homemade thing and the album was dropped in 2009 if I'm correct I think I'm correct. And then you know the world was different because we didn't have the social media as nowadays. We didn't have YouTube channel, we didn't have Facebook or Instagram and so on. So it was pretty like we didn't, I think at that time we didn't really realize what was going on. We just you know we were touring a lot, we were playing a lot in Italy, we had couple things in Europe and stuff like that. But then I think we realized the global success when the song, there's a song which is our, I think it's our most famous song. It's called Dancing Ababana which is in that album. So that song hit one million or more on YouTube at that time and so it got viral on YouTube. Not in our own channel because we didn't have a YouTube channel at that time so imagine it was very different. And when that song reached those numbers then we realized okay there are people all over the globe like who likes this song and who know us from this song and so it was, it's pretty cool you know. Nah that's amazing. And for viewers who are watching you I know you told me idea you're Lorenzo and this is Jaco. Oh this is Jaco? Jaco? This is Lorenzo. Okay, it's around 2020. You released the second album which was twins under the two world which had the Jamaican collaborations. That's the third and fourth album. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What exactly made you to venture into getting collaborations from Jamaican artists or like Janna and what exactly made you to now pursue to reach to the Jamaican ground? I think it's inevitable you know when you love this culture and this music and not only that but you made it your own job. I think inevitable you know that you go, sooner or later you gotta go to Jamaica, sooner or later you gotta go there and study how they make this music and you have to really connect with the root of this culture. So that has always been a desire of ours and it was by far the experience that gave us the most benefits really in terms of career wise. And not only that, it made us better musicians and it's something that it's not just like we went there once, we went there once and then we kept going and we go every time we can go. And you dropped a song in regards to Jamaica which is a beautiful song, you did a remix also, yeah? So you're talking about Inna Jamaica? Yeah, Inna Jamaica, yeah, yeah, yeah. So yeah, that was not a remix thing, so we dropped this Inna Jamaica tune with Richie Campbell, an artist from Portugal. He's also big liking, he's known in Mozambique for example. And then we dropped the following album shortly after this one and we did another tune about Jamaica, it's called Inna Jamaica Part 2. And that song features an artist from Italy, Forluck and an artist from Jamaica, Hamper Sativa. Amazing, amazing. And you guys now started to tour around Europe, around America. Any plans, do you have plans for Africa? Let me ask. Do you have plans for Africa? You've mentioned about Mozambique and now you're talking about Kenya. Do you have any plans for traveling in Kenya? Actual plans? No, but guys just talk to us and we can make it. We would love to make it, honestly. We also know we are very blessed because our music gets played especially in Kenya, I would say, by a couple radio shows and radio hosts. So we would definitely love to come to Kenya and perform. So I mean, let's make it happen. Amazing, amazing. And this week I've been jamming to one of your songs which is Sound of War, which has been quite attractive. And right now with the global happenings from Russia and Ukraine, what inspired you in regards to that particular jam? That song was written a few years ago, I would say at least 40 years ago. Now we're talking about Russia and Ukraine, but there are several wars going on ever since I would say all over the globe. But just like war is there always in places on the globe. So right in that song I was just trying to put myself really in some other people's shoes. Those people are hit by war and all these tragic situations. Of course it is also, I would say, that song is quite openly social and stuff like that. But on a certain level we can also take it as a metaphor because I think that what we see outside is what we have inside. So all these wars and conflicts that we see outside are the conflicts that we have inside. So the invitation would be that we first have to clear ourselves if we want to have a bright outside. Okay, and now right now you have a new track which actually is a remix because it did with the Spain giants which are imitarians. I also love their music. First, how did you guys connect with imitarians before we talk about Antolibi, Albarozio, because I know Albarozio is from Italy. But how did you guys connect with imitarians? Well, we know each other. I wouldn't say that we know each other but we used to catch each other a couple of times. I don't know, at Trotatomstans pressure international festivals we know you have a lot of artists and so we met them and stuff like that. But I just, I don't know, I just remember one night I was writing this chorus and I said I want to do this with imitarians. So I sent a text right away to one of them. I sent in a vocal and he said okay let's do this and it was just like that naturally and actually very quick. So that was the connection. Like sending a vocal to a friend and he said okay. Okay, now you did the remix. The remix is one of the biggest hits right now also in Kenya. You featured Antolibi, you featured Albarozio and you did the video. The video is so amazing. You guys look amazing in that video by the way. How do you feel with that particular jam? You connecting with Antolibi. First how did you guys connect with Antolibi? Well actually this was an idea from our American label, Ineffable Music, that's the name. They liked the song at first and they said we have to do a remix. Let's try to connect with different artists. So Albarozio we know each other long time, he's Italian and stuff like that. Antolibi we know each other long time because Antolibi is one of the artists. I think he's the artist who toured the most. He's always playing around, having shows all over the block. We know each other but honestly they were contacted by our label. And then we got the direct link. And I think they liked the song and they wanted to jump on it and we're very happy and grateful about it. Amazing, that's a big track. Today we'll be joining in our studio. But I know you guys are going for a tour right now. Briefly let's tell me about the tour which you're going right now because I know it stopped you in the car. Tell us about the tour. The tour we're very happy to be back on the road. It's been two years, almost nothing. Right now we're on our way to Austria. And then we will touch here and there almost all Europe. We have the UK, we have Ireland, France, Spain. A bunch of gigs in Italy, Poland. We're busy till mid-September. And then hopefully we get busy again. Amazing. You know why? We will drop a new record, a new album mid-July. Hopefully we get busy even after the summer. And before I let you go, maybe at any point do you think you'll ever do some collaborations with Kenyan artists? Because in Kenya we have, it's one of the roots of reggae, reggae music. Do you feel maybe, have you ever listened to Kenyan artists? We've listened to a few of them because I remember they would play on, well I don't know if I should mention any competitor. But would we collaborate with any, absolutely. Let's go. Let's do it with pleasure. That's great. And I can't leave you without you guys singing for me. Just a bit of an acoustic from the song which I and I, maybe if we can get something before we let you go. We can show media platforms and we can interact with them. Okay, so on social media you just type on Google Melomood or Melomoodofficial and you find everything. Just YouTube, like YouTube, Instagram and Facebook have the platforms that we use. Of course, they have Spotify. Melomoodofficial and you find it. And we got Paul the Kenyan Massive. Yes. Thank you so much guys for making time for us. I believe when you learn to Kenyan, why do you prefer the place to be, right? Wa agon, wa agon. Na even do kwa tunafanya shugli mazena Melomoodo. Actually, kwa na even kwenye gari, they were heading to Atua, Venyomekambia. They were going to perform in Austria. So after performing in Austria tonight, but they will be performing in Poland, they will be performing in Spain, then in all the Europe states. Big up to themselves for giving us that particular time to speak to them. Nuskiya Rosa Kicheka. Nikuza bale gwame vayo. We wanna hit you jack up. Friends of their twins. And me DJ. Manze Melomoodo, manzona fanya shugli mazena. Na meneyambia pya ume kukchiza music zaw. Sini ya? Mikiwa sample enyana for the rider. Na jio, see what the sample is. Ya man. Ya man, our hashtag it's in the yard regate. We hope it's amazing from international and local state here. I will see you. Ya man. Me DJ. Wa agon. We want it again to a blessed tena.