Kay Oko

• Website: https://linktr.ee/kilamanzego

My artist name is Kilamanzego (pun: “kill a man’s ego”) and I'm a Philly-based sound designer and music producer. My work centers around bringing racial consciousness and equality to the experimental/electronic music scene which was created by Black queer musicians.

My musical style delivers uniqueness in today’s scene of beats centered electronic music by using unpredictable arrangements, off-kilter rhythms, and infectious sound design. Inspired by the punk and hip hop scenes I grew up in, I'm known for erasing lines between genres with forward thinking beats infused with touches of West African experimentalism and dance. In my six years as Kilamanzego, my music has been praised by Machinedrum, Anna Lunoe, ROMderful, NNAMDI, and more, with my work been featured on NPR, Bandcamp, Reverb.com, UK’s NTS Radio, Andrew Huang’s 4 Producers 1 Sample, along with live performances at Mad Decent / Brownies & Lemonade / Red Rocks and more.