Songpot · Amsterdam Dance Event 2026

Tempo shifts hard, but the pull stays physical: dense percussion, chant-led passages, and bass pressure that reads like a live machine room. The steel-built custom percussion system gives them a mechanical snap under the hand-played drums, so the set sits between ritual music and brute-force electronic pulse.

More about Arsenal Mikebe

Arsenal Mikebe are part of Nyege Nyege’s Kampala orbit and have been heard at Dekmantel, BRDCST, and Boiler Room. The group centers on drummers Ssentongo Moses, Dratele Epiphany, and Luyambi Vincent de Paul, with Jonathan Uliel Saldanha and sculptor Henry Segamwenge key to the project’s design and debut album Drum Machine.

A story

Their custom steel percussion setup was inspired by the Roland TR-808 and built by Ugandan sculptor Henry Segamwenge. In their own words

Playing

• 2026-10-23 20:30 · Arsenal Mikebe · Bimhuis

Start here

• Drum Machine (2024)
  Debut statement: chants, percussion, and steel-machine bass.

Worked with

• Ssentongo Moses band member · source
• Dratele Epiphany band member · source
• Luyambi Vincent de Paul band member · source

For fans of

KMRU, Nyege Nyege Tapes, Moin, Senyawa

Official links

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