Unplugged | Yes |
Cover band | No |
Members | 5 |
Oct / 2018 | • | Sound City Korea | Seoul, Korea | |||
Sep / 2018 | • | Lake of Stars Festival | Malawi | |||
Nov / 2017 | • | BBC Introducing x The Great Escape First Fifty Showcase | London | |||
Nov / 2018 | • | British Ambassador's Residence | Paris, France | |||
Oct / 2018 | • | Zandari Festa | Seoul, Korea | |||
Oct / 2018 | • | Stream Europe | Greece | |||
Jul / 2018 | • | Lake of Stars Malawi 2018 x St Mary's Music Hall | London | |||
May / 2018 | • | The Great Escape (First Fifty Artist - for BBC Music Introducing) | Brighton | |||
May / 2018 | • | Liverpool Sound City | Liverpool | |||
May / 2018 | • | Live At Leeds | Leeds | |||
Sep / 2017 | • | Sebright Arms | Sebright Arms, London, GB | |||
Sep / 2017 | • | PRS Momentum Artist Day | Norwich | |||
Jul / 2017 | • | Oval Space - Funk & Soul Festival Headliner | London | |||
May / 2017 | • | Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen | Eaton Square Bar, London, GB | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | BFI London Film Festival - Gala Premiere (Disney's Queen of Katwe) | London | |||
Jul / 2016 | • | Secret Garden Party | Cambridgeshire | |||
May / 2016 | • | Parklife Festival | Manchester | |||
May / 2016 | • | Lost Village Festival | Lincolnshire | |||
May / 2016 | • | The Great Escape | Brighton |
Label / Release | Type | Year | |
---|---|---|---|
Love Ssega | |||
Capes for Blue Skies | Single | 2022 | |
Keep Going (Just Change The World) | Single | 2021 | |
Our World (Fight for Air) | Single | 2021 | |
Automation | Single | 2020 | |
Find Another Way | Single | 2020 | |
Sanjiang Synth | Single | 2020 | |
Celebration | Album | 2020 | |
The China Tapes | Album | 2020 | |
Nothing Is Promised | Album | 2019 | |
Defiant | Album | 2019 | |
Emancipation! | Album | 2017 |
He was a founding member of the band and subsequently performed with them live on Jools Holland to the Other Stage, Glastonbury in front of 45,000 people. He’s now striking out as a Solo Artist with his full live band.
In 2018 he performed international solo sets on the Main Stage at Lake of Stars, Malawi; Zandari Festa and Sound City Korea in Seoul, Korea; and at the British Ambassador's Residence in Paris.
Love Ssega’s live show, put together by none other than Friendly Fires’ Jack Savidge, has been receiving solid support from BBC Music Introducing. His showmanship and highly-skilled 5-piece band were singled out by BBC World Service in December 2017 as one of the most exciting UK acts poised for attention on the International stage. The Great Escape Festival 2018 had him as one of their First Fifty Acts announced - with a blistering set in Brighton justifying the hype. Media support has been strong come from all angles from Mixmag to fashionable tastemakers Notion, Stereogum and Noisey.
Channelling a vibrant mix of New Wave, 80s hip-hop and NYC disco into smart modern pop, Love Ssega draws on an evocative point in sound and culture far removed from the London borough of Lewisham where he was raised. Love Ssega has a keen eye for colour and visuals and on stage he can be found wearing shirts custom tailored by his sister out in Kampala, Uganda, where his family originates. The creativity all bleeds into the music. Never to be constrained, his musical experiences, are as wide-ranging as his life story so far - both unexpected and undefinable.