From 2000 - 2005 I toyed with three overly ambitious solo music projects; the songs on this album come from the first one of these projects. This album has been fraught with delays; it was originally to be released as part of a rather self indulgent double album of 30 songs called Blue Magma in 2003 telling a story through songs; unsurprisingly this naively over ambitious release never happened. Later Blue magma was split into two batches Naked & Blue in 2004 and Blue Tena (meaning blue again). The second installment was due in 2005 but wasn’t released. It was rescheduled for 2008 and that failed too; I began to think it was not worth the bother as my musical approach was changing! So I gave up on the project. Nonetheless, at the end of 2010 I revisited this music & found it had a naive charm and friends convinced me it was worth some trouble. It had 15 songs which were originally written and recorded mostly in 2001-2003; I chose 8 songs that still sounded decent. To these I added 6 fresher songs to make a new work titled Dance with Me. To my horror when the album was complete and mixed, I had all my files stolen and the album was gone! The only sensible path was to forget this album and start something new. However, three months after the robbery, I came across some earlier mixes of the songs. Its these that were mastered, which allowed me to release this particular version of the album; it doesn't realise my full original vision of the material but I am still fond of these songs and I hope you can get some joy out of them as much as I did when I was making them back in 2001 and again in 2011. I am glad & actually surprised it’s finally out! Kaz Kasozi 1. Dance with me [written & recorded in 2003 @ Survival Studios, London , re-recorded @the sOund Kitchen Kampala in Feb 2011] Featuring trumpeter Timothy Nabulwa. 2. Cherrylips [written & recorded 2001 @Global Fusion, London, redone in 2004 @the sOund Kitchen, London then redone again Feb 2011 @the sOund Kitchen, Kampala] 3. Nsonyiwa baby [written & recorded in Feb 2011 @ the sOund Kitchen, Kampala] 4. Singa ii [written & recorded @ Global Fusion Studios, London in 2002] 5. I pretend [written & recorded in 2001 @Global Fusion, London; re-recorded @the sOund Kitchen Studios, Kampala 2010] 6. You Got it [written in 2004 & recorded @the sOund Kitchen, London, completed @ the sOund Kitchen Kampala in March 2010] 7. Obsessed [written & recorded in 2001 @Global Fusion, London; remixed @ the sOund Kitchen, London 2003] 8. Beera wange [written & recorded in 2001 @Global Fusion Studios, London] 9. Destiny prelude [written & recorded @ the sOund Kitchen, Kampala in Jul 2011] 10. It’s my destiny [written and recorded @ Tad Motel Mbale, completed at the sOund Kitchen, Kampala in Jul 2011] 11. Looking4u [written & recorded @Global Fusion Studios, London in 2002] 12. Soft Jam [originally written in 2002 & revised for the Destiny TV show & recorded @the sOund Kitchen, Kampala in Aug 2011] 13. Dance with me Cherrylips [written in 2002 & recorded in August 2011 @ the sOund Kitchen, Kampala; redone in Dec 2011 at the same studio] 14. Singa dance edit [remixed @the sOund Kitchen, Kampala in Jul 2010] Acknowledgements Special thanks to Timothy Nabulwa for unreservedly giving me your time & featuring on "Dance With Me" I wish you could have done more; to my mum Eva Kabadaki Abwori for your unending support; to George Kaggwa for your enthusiasm in my work and continual support, your efforts in all areas don't go unnoticed; Essence Kasozi for being a continual inspiration and believing in my work; to my sis Prossy Nakibuuka for believing in what I do, you gave me my first guitar, remember Foyle road; to Maurice Kirya and Faisal Kiwewa for introducing me to new people; to Dj Ivo for giving me advice on "Singa ii" and the guidelines for the remix, I wouldn't have thought of that myself; to Osman Matovu and the cast of the Destiny TV series for inspiring "Its My Destiny" & "the Soft Jam" revision; thanks to Maloe Klaassman & Joe Kahiribanyi for loaning me your guitars. "Beera Wange" is dedicated to the late Jimmy Katumba [RIP] for whom I had originally written the song to sing. Much appreciated. Love you all. Kaz Kasozi