John Magiriba Lwanga

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John Magiriba Lwanga (2016)

John M. Lwanga (* 1982 in Berlin ) is a German singer who became known as a member of the group Culcha Candela . He is also known by his stage name Johnny Strange .

Life

John Lwanga grew up as the son of a German and a Ugandan in Kreuzberg. There he came into contact with other musicians , especially through the youth center Kreuzberger Musikalische Aktion eV (KMA) and the reggae club YAAM . So he founded his first band B-Town Busted while still a schoolboy. He graduated from the Hermann-Hesse-Gymnasium in Kreuzberg.

In 2002 he founded, together with Mateo Jasik and Lafrotino the Reggae - / Dancehall - / Hip-hop - band Culcha Candela . In 2004 the first Culcha Candela album Union Verdadera was released , which entered the German charts at number 52 . In the meantime, Culcha Candela has released seven studio albums, played over 900 concerts and received various platinum and gold awards.

In addition to his work at Culcha Candela, John Lwanga founded the Afrika Rise eV association in 2008 , which supports a vocational school in Uganda, the EDI Buwere Vocational College . Through his socio-political engagement in the competition Energiesparmeister, the travel portal Welcome to Uganda and Airmail for Africa , he was featured by various musicians, including Itchyban , the Berlin band Ohrbooten , Cross Beatbox and the Swiss rapper Ay Dee.

Discography

Publications with Culcha Candela

Albums

date publication Musician medium Label
May 23, 2008 Rhymes 4 Creation Johnny Strange et al. a. CD Al Dente Recordz (Alive)
December 21, 2011 Say something B-Town Busted CD

Singles

date publication Musician medium Label
November 4, 2005 Highway Ohrbooten feat. Johnny Strange Album: play instinct Jkp (Warner)
July 28, 2006 Purple punches Capones feat. Johnny Strange Album: "Mistico Capital" Soulfire Artists (Rough Trade / Edel / Music Distribution)
June 1, 2010 Please DJ (Remix) Clubcrushers present Yeyo feat Lafrotino & Johnny Strange Download eSingle Nutibara Records / Touch the Sky / Art of Sound Group
22nd of November 2013 Dance With Me Ay Dee feat. Johnny Strange Download eSingle
May 30, 2014 200 pulse Mateo feat. Johnny Strange Album: "Imperfect" Warner Music International (Warner)
July 21, 2017 Crazy world Tuklan & Solion feat. Johnny Strange Download eSingle Cleantone Records / Kontor New Media

Individual evidence

  1. Artists' biographies: Odara Sol & Johnny Strange @ Bela sound , BERLINDA.ORG, 2013
  2. Strange about the YAAM , Eva Apraku, tip Berlin, October 12, 2012
  3. ^ Johnny Strange Facebook profile description John M. Lwanga, Facebook, 2014
  4. Life Mateo Jaschik , Wikipedia.de, 2014
  5. Afrika Rise eV , 2014
  6. Strange: In Africa I am white , Peter Zimmermann, tip Berlin, July 18, 2013

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