 Thank you DJ, thank you DJ. Don't you just love Kenyan rock? I mean, like something so relatable, not so foreign, something you can relate to, you can sing along to. And of course playing right here by our very own Kanyeki. And guess what? He is in studio with us. Now for those who are wondering, Kanyeki, Kanyeki means Kanyeki is our Kikuyu hard rock singer, songwriter, performing and recording artist from two, five, four. Can we put our hands together for Kanyeki? Of course, and he is in studio with us. How are you? I'm fine, thank you. I'm good. Well, the last time you were here, I can not even remember. It's been a minute. Like 2019? 2019. Yep. It's a long time. You've been well? I've been well. Kroftapesa? Kroftapesa. You know what? Just hold on to that. We're coming to talk about that. It is actually just, it's 5 p.m. And we have our top five at five. So I want DJ Max Jones to be a Ninini and a Shizuya for top five at five. Oh yeah, so there is a bunch of new stuff. We have a full-out boy with a song, hold me like a grudge. The next one will be I Prevail with a song, there's Fear in Letting Go. The title is Nothing but Thieves with that. Do you love me yet? The photo on his last year's tragedy featuring Rich Intercessor. The last one will be Two Year Break, Don't Bring Me Down. All right. Love it. Do you love every, you know every song on that. Oh no, no, no. All right, so there's a lot to catch up on. We have a lot to talk about. Because to be aware, you have been and all that. But first, I think we play the top five songs and then we come back and talk to Kanieki. This is the time where if you have any question for our guest, to show Kwanbiya at our studio. So if you have anything you wanna know about Kanieki, where, about his music, about his journey, anything, whatever you want to know about our guest, just come through our To Why Too Fair For channel. You can talk to us directly. We'll be asking him the questions when we come back. The hashtag is Rock To Why Too Fair For. So we take a break, come back, play for YouTube five at five, and then we indulge our guest. Let's do that. Yes. So before we took that break, we told you we hang out with the one and only Kanieki. He's right here. He's a Kikuyu, Gospa hard rock artist. He's a singer, songwriter, performing and recording artist. But before we indulge him, I want us to just sample some comments right here and you're gonna need to tune in. Nah, I need to make salamuki dogo. But actually, before we do that, a quick reminder, we have a poll running on Twitter. Feel free to go vote at Rock To Why Too Fair For. Today we went to Nigeria. Nigerian ladies are going head to head. We have Zeneb Suley. She has a new one. It's called Inevitable, and she's going up against Klay Rocks. You who's also a Nigerian rock artist, she has a new one. She's sampled. Who's your guy? You know that song? She sampled it. Now we have a rock cover. So the poll is running. Zeneb is taking an early lead. 60 versus 40, that can change any time you vote count. So go vote your favorite song, right? Other than that, I want to send some salams to, hey, we're gonna turn Nakupenda right here on Facebook. I'm Sasseni. This is called Poa. We're representing all introverts from Nakuru County. Keep rocking. Shout out to you, Kolo. Mad love to Nak City. I'm Joseph. I'm Raythe. I'm gonna play Eminem. Eminem, I think there's a rock song. Yeah, I probably will go get that. I'm Yvonne Kashi. I'm from Umoja. The show is Lita Santai. I'm Edgar Hanson. I'm from Nya Hururu. I'm from Nya Hururu. I'm from Santai. Kelvin Kee. I'm from Olgilgei, Subukiya. Watching live. Shout out to Subukiya Santai. I'm BD Ashley. Watching from Macha. Shout out to Macha. Of course, Abdo, Abdo Razak. Get to see you on some What's Up rocker. How's rockers? How's your weekend? Mine only starts when rock tour comes on. Yeah, look at that. I love when you say, how about Hero by Skillet? Hit me up. I'm gonna need a hero. You know Skillet is actually a gospel rock band. Yeah. If you do not, now you know. All right. Nick, I want to say my kindly a drop for me. Gendwan Nahawe by BTC Music UG. Drop link. Kindly drop your link. They're gonna go through it. If it's clean, why not? Nick, I'm MC Batchelike EGK. I'm on your inside, Santesana, Abu Bakar, Missingo. Kimi Lili, B2U watching til the end. Thank you. Calvin Tugi. I'm good. I'm feeling up. I'm cooking. Rada and Shazam. Wah! He playlists me fire. Ha ha ha ha ha. Go work DJ. I love it. I love it. I love it. Nick, I want to say, Abdo, Abdo, I want to say, rock and ball simply drifts away to the atmosphere of formal dialectic, okay? Beyond your social concern. A nuclear blast of reality in a mundane world where number one is allowed to be magnificent. Eh! Okay. Ha ha ha ha. If you get it, if you don't get it, forget about it. Ha ha ha ha ha. Nick, I have high respect for you. I have the X on fire, kindly Leon and Madwall tears for fears. We'll see what we can do. Shout out to you. Nick, I call you in Spanish. I'm a high feeling DJ, Max Jones. Hi, hi to you too. I want you to tune in and play for me whole a lot live by Led Zeppelin. We're gonna be doing that. Just keep it right here. Keep it rocked to one, two, five, four. Because we love hearing it from you. And of course, now we get back to the interview. Look, I told you we have Kanyeki right here in the studio. Kanyeki, our name is Masarok, but in Kikuyu, you know, he's a Kikuyu rock artist. And we have the pleasure of having him in the studio. Not the first time. The first time we had him was in 2019 and he's been away. But he's back. So have you been since the last time we saw you? What have you been up to? I think the last time we hear the COVID thing. You know. The love was the last thing, the interview that she came and Corona was there. I did my last interview and then I left the country. Yeah. Yeah, and you've been away, what do you miss most when you're outside the country? Let me say food. Right? Yeah. I know. Weather? Mm-hmm. Yeah. And you know, like a lot of artists, a lot of friends who travel and when they get back, they tell you weather, Kenyan weather is perfect. You know, it's not too hot, it's not too cold. Cold, yeah, definitely. Kuna mahali. Jotou. Ita kuwa. Lafu kuna mahali. It is too cold. You're like, awanangi juwa. You know, there are places you never see the sun. Like a couple of months, yeah? For a couple of months, I've been there. And when I see the sun, I'm like, laaay. You know, picture. You know, you just see it when it's setting, but it doesn't get to you, you know. So, let's say home is best. Hey, so home is the best place to be. Always. But let's talk about rock music. You know, when you're outside the country and you compare it to Kenya, how, is there a scene where you are currently? Do they have a rock scene? And if they do, how does it compare to Kenya? I would say yes or no, but I wouldn't lie. Because I never dodged myself in music when I was out there. Oh. So you wouldn't even know. Like, it's just like rock and like, you know. Rock, rock, rock. But probably next year, I'm thinking of doing something out there and then I bring it back home. Why not? Why not? Why not? Of course, we love to see the impact the outside world has had on you, of course. Through music. But also, you are a rock artist, but you sing gospel music. And that is very controversial to some people. As long as I rock, it does not glorify God. In Norway, it's possible. I request skillet and I'm like, okay, skillet is a gospel rock band. There are people who beg to differ. They're like, there is nowhere. As long as you're doing metal, I take my name by mungu. Yes, it does not glorify God in any way. What would be your take on that, especially for critics who say that? What would you tell people who think like that? To me, I think the general music doesn't matter. What you do, actually, the message that you portray out there is what matters to me. It doesn't matter if you're doing the hard or metal or you're doing death metal, black metal, everything. As long as the message that you're giving out is positive, that's to me, that's off to me. Yeah. So, as long as the message, what's the message? The message is the thing. It's not the general music. It's not the general music. As long as you want to be a mungu, it's not the message that matters the most. All right, all right, mungu is a matter of choice. Like these guys, they do more metal. This guy, I'm learning that, they call it O'Hama. He's a band from States. This guy, they do heavy music but still gospel. So, probably when you're listening, you hear the music being played somewhere out there. Unless you get the message, you see they're doing other things, other stuffs. Right. So, you have to be very intentional to listen to what are right. Not just the instrumental and everything, not just the drums and guitars and everything and then you start judging from that, no. You will actually get the real theme of the song or the message of the thing. Okay. Right, and especially in Kenya, I don't think we have a lot of gospel rock artists. These are rock of ages and then there's you. Why, okay, we have new bands coming up, rock bands in Kenya. The scene is growing of course, but very few. This is, I think for me, I think midway between rock of ages. So, what would you think that is? You guys are not having a big impact on people? Oh. I mean, you couldn't end that. Like, what are we supposed to do to make sure like a lot of people, you know, are following suit, maybe in your footsteps? Inside of a gospel, I think, let me draw this back to church, but I'm not judging any church, anyway. They need to appreciate what you are giving out. Don't just go and sing out, like, sing, you know, it's a rock thing and all they say, they judge from... From what we told, like, ages back there, when you listen to this kind of music, you're talking about the devil music and everything. No, that age is gone. We are like in 21st century. Yeah, time is growing, time is going. So, everything is changing. So, for our own local scene here, to do something with rock or any, for example, we do the contemporary thing, say someone to do their own research and then don't just do something because someone else is doing it. Come up with your own thing and then from there, package yourself, try to push it out there and see what will happen. All right. Okay. I can concur with that. But then, I also wanted to ask you, like, now you're here, I know you're probably going to be leaving soon because of work. Do you have, since we still have you here, are you maybe working on something with any Kenyan rock band, maybe any collab before you leave? Because you have a new song. We'll talk about that. But aside from just you dropping for us a new video and everything, do you, have you worked on anything else with any other artist? Are you planning on going to the studio with someone else before you leave? Definitely no. Time is on my side, actually. I have only like three days. Oh. So... So I have to pick a pizza. We just have to pick a pizza, bro. We don't even know how long you're going to be gone for again. You know? Yeah. For recording, no. No project, but only that one song, one video. But most probably, maybe next year, from around March or May, more music is coming up. Yeah. So I'm leaving some, some two or three projects. With the video. Actually, I have... With the videos? Yeah. One just dropped. We'll talk about that. One this year. I think that is very, very awesome because we talked about it. We've been playing your music and we talk about it. We're like, oh, when Kanyaki is back, we're going to bring him to the show. And also probably he releases more music because to go on a rata, not to go on a mini. Like the same song. So when you're talking about Kanyaki, we don't have like a lot to play. So now we do. We're going to have actually like, probably three new songs before. So we're going to hold you to that. Whenever you're going like, I still have your numbers. I'm just going to be like, bro, we only have stuff. We're going to hold you accountable. But that's actually, it's awesome that you're doing that. So probably the next time you're coming, a lot of people can organize that, right? Oh, yeah. Right. And as an artist also know, like probably when it comes to pushing your music, it's an investment that a lot of people, it requires a lot. But this is a crude issue, a person who invests is awesome. So is that the most challenging part? What kind of challenges do you face as an artist, especially as an artist who's not doing, you know, who's not doing like a mainstream music, what everybody would go for. So what are some of the limitations you have? One, we should say, I think they are not me, but they will say that you are a professor and not accepted at home. Mm-hmm. And that's one challenge. Mm-hmm. Secondly is like production, you know. Mm-hmm. When you talk about production, you need to give us something that, even if two, three, five years come down the line, you still have the quality. Not just to do something like video only for one year. And then when you check out the quality, it's low. So one challenge I think to accept what you do, the second one, is the people to produce your music. Definitely, I think I know only two guys who can do a good production when it comes to audio. Drop music, yeah, there you go. Audio and for video, not really, only for audio. I know two guys, the guy who produced me actually, it's called K-Mo. And that's it. Okay, no, should I to K-Mo? See, we've heard him on the show before, Marakada. See, it's K-Mo, the teamer. Yeah, last guy used to be my guitarist. Yeah. And then he's saying, no, I won't be doing the guitar. Let me be producing your audio. I'll be working on your audio. That's my producer. And Nick, Nick. Nick, why me? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Those are the only people that I know that I can give you. When you talk about rock music, or metal, everything, those are the two guys that I can advise you go to. I know, like, have you ever tried working with another producer who is not like a, they're not like a rock producer, just like a mainstream producer. Have you ever worked with them, and maybe they just didn't deliver? I mean, you haven't given them a chance. I tried once. The song is called Kanyoba Kanyaki. It's the first song. It's my first song. It's titled The Alba, but actually it's called Kanyoba Kanyaki. We still, the album is still- Now Kuala Borna, is that Nick Kanyumba Kanyasi, right? Yeah, definitely. The Heart. The Heart, yeah. That song, I went for the first producer. My idea was I need a soft rock, and I just told him I need a soft, soft rock thing. But what I got was like, back then we used to have Kapuka and a gang. It was in between the two young, back then. They didn't do it. It was between Kapuka and gang. It was something. So it was just something that does not even have a definition. Yeah. I had to go out again, not Rufo Kimo. That was back 2010. Then I and Kimo have been working now from 2010. Till now, we are one. Yeah, but Kimo, people only know Kimo, like they think he's only an artist, but he's a really big-time producer. He works with even artists in Uganda. Like, there's some rock artists. Yes, it was a void of an issue. Yes. No, no, no, no. What, void of? I'm an issue or something like that. You guys from EJ, yes. Yes. I think, am I, is that the void of omission? I think no. If I'm not wrong. Probably, probably. But yes, I also realized they record in Kenya. Imagine, there are so many studios in Uganda. There are so many producers they could go to, but they come to Kenya and they record it, Kimo. So I think he undersels himself. People don't want him to come sign it. No, Kimo's a big man. But he's a big-time producer. Yeah. All right, I also wanted to talk about the fact that you came, now to watch a bullet, you had an event last Saturday. And a lot of people were so excited. And we couldn't imagine who's been away for too long. And then you guys are like, oh yeah, I'm going to be here. Like, people were so excited about that. So what was your experience, especially being on stage after such a long time, what was the feeling? Being back home, being on stage, the faces, you know, very familiar faces. Let me say it was funny. Fun, funny. It was funny. The last time I was on stage was 2019. And then now, we just came back to country and then someone just booked it for an event. Actually, that was my first day. We are meeting the whole band, actually. The day of the event. No. Wait, wait, wait, wait, hold up, hold up, rewind, rewind, rewind, rewind. To not do it before the event, band up at Tannam and practice, for at least a week or two weeks, we rehearsed, rehearsed, like proper rehearsals. No, us, we didn't have that time, because after came jetting back and was like, I didn't know there's a gig coming up. So like after like two, I think two weeks to the gig, you know what I'm saying? We have a gig to come up in there, two weeks. So talking to my guys, again, they're all occupied, they're working. So I'm like, I mean, you only look at jobless, kind of jobless, corner kiasi. So the guys are all working. So they tell me, man, we cannot manage to do this. You can manage to practice. We can't do this, we cannot. So let's all of us, the drummer do the drumming. The people drum home, the guitarist, they work on their home. Practice home. So we just meet on the day. You meet on the day of the show, to pattern it to be good. To pattern it to help. If I do the, but it was fun. We enjoyed it. It was fun. Actually, I've been sharing the stage with the... I'm going to pattern aside. Hey. So it was fun. It was fun. Yeah. But you had an amazing time, though, like being on stage and just doing what you love and having an audience who... Do you know, like, it's a different thing, having an audience and having an audience who know what you're doing and they're singing along to what you're doing. Like, I feel like that is very encouraging. Yeah, it was cool. To a point where it's someone who are like, can we do the karaoke, can we do the lyrics without the drums and everything? It was fun. Yeah. So people are just singing without drummers. So they're like, oh, wow. That's cool. Yeah, must be quite interesting. All right, we'll talk about that because some venue, there's an event going down today. We'll tell about you. We'll tell you about that in a few on Rockpost. But let's talk about your song, that you have a new song just came out. Is it today? Actually, the song, actually, you are the people having the song. Actually, it's not easy to connect. You need to take me back to the Bible. Actually, the song that, for the audio is not new, but the video is new. The video is new, yeah. Yeah, and basically, when I like my songs, it usually comes from the Bible. It's just something that I sit down and then they pop about like, I was walking into town and then something comes and then I just like something. No. No. It's inspired by the online. Mostly my life. And specifically for this song, Muramunanawaita, she will come from the book, the Bible, or the second chronicles. That's where I got the song from. What does he say? Oh. You wanna know, right? Second chronicles, what does he say? No, I don't know. I don't know the Bible here. Oh, you don't have the back? Okay, so. Yeah, but I know something. I see the book. The second song comes from the second chronicles, 2017, which is basically the song is to tell or to encourage us as human beings, Christian, non-Christians, and those who trust on the Lord. Yeah. To have faith, to pray for the battle, and by the end of it all, the battle belongs to the Lord. And it will start. The battle belongs to the Lord. Yeah. Did you hear that? And for the people who haven't had the song, we have the privilege to, you know, just we have the song, we had the privilege to get the song first, and the DJ has it. So I'm thinking we play it, and then we come wrap it up. Why not? You know. DJ Montez. All right.