Kel P: “I love producing Afrobeat so much. I guess it was unique enough that when the world heard it, they loved it too” – MusicTech

A man with blond hair and sunglasses stands at a sound mixing console in a MusicTech recording studio with speakers, monitors, and yellow curtains, channeling the energy of Afrobeat.

Grammy-winning Nigerian producer, Udoma Peter Kelvin Amba, otherwise known as Kel-P to Afrobeats fans, is shifting from behind the desk to the front of the stage. The producer has worked with the likes of Burna Boy to Wizkid, generating billions of streams, and is now making a name for himself as a solo artist.

His latest record, Best of Both Worlds, which was released in collaboration with fellow Afrobeats bigwig Wande Coal, is hoped to make a change in which collaboration becomes more commonplace in the genre.

He talks to MusicTech about…