‘Revive Us’ is a worship song written, produced by Florocka and voiced by both Florocka and Sandra Suubi. Florocka states that Revive us is a worship Anthem that will bless people’s souls. It is a prayer of intercession which he holds dear to his heart.
Sandra Suubi’s vocals blend well with Florocka and thus birthing a soothing, prayerful, powerful yet a soul rejuvenating song. Sandra Suubi shared with us how the song is so timely with the movement of the Holy Spirit in the church and rejuvenates her souls as well.
Both artistes shared their excitement about the collaboration by posting on their social media platforms about the release of the song. This gives hope that the song will be promoted both in Nigeria and Uganda. The song will be released on 26th February 2020. The song will be available on all streaming platforms and performed live by both artistes on 27th March 2020 during the Vine awards at Serena.
https://soundcloud.com/thaf…/revive-us-again-ft-sandra-suubi
FLOROCKA, also known as ‘Akinwunmi Nathan Oluniyi Akiremi’, has been into the music and audio production business for over 27 years and is well known for his single Twale. Besides being an accomplished Producer, Sound Engineer, Singer and Songwriter and Legal Practitioner, FLOROCKA has written, co-written, produced and worked with countless number of artists including ‘Shalamar’, ‘Midnight Crew’, Mike Aremu’, ‘Mike Abdul’, ‘JEDI’, ‘Tosin Martins’, ‘BOUQUI’, Áyodele Vincent’, ‘Wale Adenuga’, ‘House on the Rock’, ‘Sammie Okposo’, ‘Kore’, ‘Onos, ‘Éloho Efemuai (Aberdeen)’, ‘Ibiyemi’, and many more. FLOROCKA has received several awards to his credit as a singer and producer as well. In June 2011, his song ‘You are Lord’ topped the charts on the acclaimed site ‘OURSTAGE.com’ and won the Grand Prize of $1,000. Also within the same time frame FLOROCKA was awarded ‘The PRODUCER of the year’ by SAMSUNG.
FLOROCKA has also received numerous nominations for being one of the best producers of his time. He received 8 Awards at the 2013 Mega Awards. He was also nominated at AMVCA (Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Award) for Best Sound Editing 2015 for the movie ‘THE ANTIQUE FLOROCKA is known for his crisp, crunchy and FAT mixes and mastering. As MTV Base once put it ‘Whenever there’s excellence, FLOROCKA isn’t far from it!’ FLOROCKA has six (7) albums to his credit.
Sandra Nakitto popularly known as Sandra Suubi; is an award winning artiste with several award nominations and Visual artist. She is a musician, a vocalist and song writer who has established herself in the fusion of afro soul, afro-pop and afro –zouk through her music. In 2015, she won the Airtel Trace Music competition – Uganda chapter, and went on to release her EP titled Anthems of Life in 2018. In 2019, she released her two singles Faya and Musalaba with Faya topping the charts in Uganda.
Sandra Suubi uses her voice as the instrument to study and explore how the themes of love, faith, hope and identity translate in her own personal experience as well as her local context in Uganda. Her voice has been termed as ‘a resounding bell tower to which one can’t help but pay attention, always with such conviction that it draws you in to an experience curated by the artiste herself.
She holds a MA in fine art and has consistently devotes her work to critical explorations of how material (mainly recycled plastic), environment and social factors impact the reality of contemporary Ugandan life. Suubi’s investigations and curiosity are really based on providing a challenge for herself to figure out what she and her audience can discover through this material. Suubi often says, ‘If it stays with us, it must work for us’. She creates intricate, amorphic, highly textural sculptural installations using waste materials that mimic the ways of nature and hopes that the audience would bring their own associations and experience to the work thus its completion.
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