About Coco Em
Nairobi DJ most-played at Shelter, Muze and fabric; curated Boiler Room x Ballantine's True Music Studios Nairobi (30 Mar 2023) and runs Pass Pass, a project on artist mobility.
Boiler Room Johannesburg May 2024 b2b Kampire; played Boiler Room Kenya 2018. SoundCloud 'coco-em' exists but has 0 sounds so it is not included.
Activity 2024 to 2026
Boiler Room Joburg May 2024; Mixmag Mar 2025.
Sounds
Nairobi sits at 120 BPM on Pulse (Nu Nairobi house); that is the city's pulse, not a measured tempo for this artist.
Official links
More from Nairobi
Industrial, footwork and trap, from Hakuna Kulala to Xternal Domain
![[MONRHEA]](/pulse/img/a/monrhea-320.webp)
Electronica with sampled African sounds, from Just A Band
Kenyan pop reworked as electronic, Afro house on Sound Safari
Questions
Who is Coco Em?
Coco Em is a DJ and producer from Nairobi, Kenya. Nairobi DJ most-played at Shelter, Muze and fabric; curated Boiler Room x Ballantine's True Music Studios Nairobi (30 Mar 2023) and runs Pass Pass, a project on artist mobility.
Where is Coco Em from?
Nairobi, Kenya. On the Pulse map, artists sit in a ring around their city, never at an address.
Where can I hear Coco Em's sets?
3 sets play on this page through SoundCloud, YouTube; then Pulse Radio carries on. Official links: Instagram, Resident Advisor.
What kind of music does Coco Em make?
club, house, bass, Afro-electronic, Nyege Nyege. House and bass for Shelter, Muze and fabric.
Sources
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- 1ra.co/dj/cocoem
- 2kenyanvibe.com/boiler-room-announces-return-to-nairobi
- 3boilerroom.tv/city/nairobi
- 4mixmag.net/feature/east-africa-dance-electronic-music-infrastructure-ecosystem-kenya-uganda-tanzania-blackout-mixmag
- 5soundcloud.com/platform/coco-em-african-house-mix-boiler-room-x-ballantines-true-music-kenya
- 6soundcloud.com/platform/coco-em-b2b-kampire-boiler
- 7youtube.com/watch?v=yaMXoKhWeyI