Bien-Aime, has released his first solo EP titled – ‘Bald Men Love Better’ in collaboration with well-known Kenyan jazz maestro, Aaron Rimbui. This follows the success of the project’s lead single “Bald Men Anthem”.
Bien-Aime and Aaron have now released the second music video of the EP titled “Mbwe Mbwe”. “Mbwe Mbwe is undoubtedly my best song in the EP,” adding, “It’s a song about making merry and enjoying the spoils of your hard work” Bien said. It was a very beautiful challenge from Aaron to Bensol and I to write a Rhumba song that resonates with the 80s.
Sauti Sol’s creative enterprise also announced Bien’s signing to Sol Generation Records as a solo artist. The three year deal worth 50 million Kenya shilling will see him record and release his solo music and albums under the Sol Generations outfit. Bien-Aime’s project ‘Bald Men Love Better’ is the first release under Sol Generation Records through a joint venture with Exodus Entertainment.
The 5-track EP features the newly released single “Mbwe Mbwe”, “Bald Men Anthem”, “Stamina”, “Coming Home” and “Reset Rewind”. Aaron says of their collaborative project, “Bien and I will always make art and music when we meet. We did a live recording for the whole album. It was a project of fast executions but you can feel the timelessness of it and I love it for that.” Bien adds, “When we started making the project, I didn’t know what to expect. We were not trying to exist in any genre and the music we made is not in any genre. I did not expect it to be that beautiful and I hope our fans, old and new, will feel the same.”
Their first collaboration “Say Mama” was released in 2016. Aaron also collaborated with Sauti Sol on the original “Kuliko Jana”. Bien says, “We have always made music when we had the chance to break bread. He’s in Kenya right now visiting from New York where he lives and I am sure that for the 8 weeks he’s around we will be making music. Bald men love better tunes on the way.”
Mbwe Mbwe” on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL9yXKjhWXY
