Joka’s Forest Green EP

Joka’s second studio Forest Green EP is not just a rising pop star immaculate dance record but a rich celebration and appreciation of the new wave of Ugandan Music as it brings a variety of musical aspects with such a hungry spirit.

Over the last two years, every Joka (born Ntale Joram) project has become an integral part of the growth of the rising popstar. Though he hasn’t released a proper studio album since BLACK/WHITE in 2020, he has consistently dropped a number of singles and four studio EPs. All these projects have been dedicated to make it clear the he is intensely focused on celebrating the long legacy of Ugandan Urban Music and the afrobeat genre, of which he intends to be a part and a beacon.

Recall 2022’s Louder Actions, the first studio EP of Joka since signing for RackTide Records, in which he indelibly framed his afrobeat element remotely working with Nigerian producers Callie Majik and Oddz Youre a Bad Boy to deliver a massive 5-track project titled Forest Green EP that has kept the heads of fans on a swivel with tracks like Ntale and Banda freestyle still on rotation.

Joka is hooked on the feeling of self-expression since he looks at his music as a safe place, a place without judgment, a place to be free of perfectionism and overthinking. In turn, he pays homage to the true inspirations of the craft that he is now grooming and also celebrates the art of his peers with all due respect.

Forest Green is a feat of imagination, day dreaming about what could have been, capturing the feeling of thinking about all the places you wish you could have gone to, the people you could have been with while stuck at the unending passion of music creation. Unlike Joka’s previous projects, Forest green sticks to the dance floor exhibiting pure energy, propulsive BPMs and fuck-em-all strut. The love songs are almost entirely aimed at a real life persona and the lyrics are underpinned with a libidinous frankness.

CHRISTINA – The first track off the project was inspired by Parvin Makula who has been a fan of Joka’s craft since 2020. TULAGE(ft. GEOXwill) – Is the second track and only collaboration on the project and it features GEOXwill (born Muiri George) executive producer at RackTide Records who has a wide range of music production skills. MURDA ME – the third record was inspired by the South African amapiano groove. Producer Pingting (born Odongping Siraje) brings the flavor of log drums and grimy bases into Afrobeat shakers and kicks to produce an unheard vibe of alte music that you can all call Afro EDM.

MUNAKAMPALA – is the last track off the EP and was purely inspired by the beautiful girls that light up the nights of the capital city. Joka addresses the struggles of the rising popstar and how he is perceived by his peers of the opposite sex ever since his music went mainstream in digital stores as he quoted “Or she likes me for the stores with no figures my ngga but she donno my ngga”. To add salt to the sauce, he released his 2021 single MUWALA as a bonus track to the project. The entire project was produced by Pingting and mixed & mastered by Timothy Dylan.

Maybe Joka and his extensive array of producers and co-writers, which includes mainstream names like GEOXwill and Timothy Dylan as well as more underground producers like Pingting spent a couple of months digging for an unheard type of Afro music. It is hard to imagine that Joka has been able to go through the situations tackled in the EP.

Forest Green is inherently about feelings bottled in the dark, under strobes, sexual urges and most importantly the state of mind of the creator. Ultimately, it is an exciting execution of a command to be perceived again, without judgement as you can feel synapses coming back together one by one basking in the unfamiliar sensation of feeling good, if only for its 30 minute long duration.

Stream the Forest Green EP here: https://songwhip.com/joka3/forest-green

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