Checkmate Mido KE Dembede Mido Nairobi Checkmate Mido (the dancing poet) is a performing artist (Poet/Actor/Beatboxer) and certified trainer of the performance arts. He is widely known for his unique gift of merging art forms together to create an interesting, interactive and engaging performance. Considering himself ‘a carrier of stories’, his work borrows from life, life experiences (his and others’ as well) which he weaves together creatively through collaboration. He co-facilitated a poetry performance workshop with Bassey Ikpi (Def Jam Poetry Star) in 2015 and opened up for global poet/hiphop artist Akua Naru during her African Tour. His poems and songs have been featured on BBC [Focus On Africa and Arts Hour], Badilisha Poetry and SPOKEN WOR:L:DS (https://spokenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/spoken-wor-l-ds-nairobi-berlin). He is the founder and one third of the band ‘boxofbeatske’ with which he recorded and released the well received ‘Box of Beats EP’ Discography 2020- FREQUENCY LP (TBA) 2020- Alive… (live album with boxofbeatske) 2016- Box Of Beats EP 2016- Dreams (Single) in collaboration with Akua Naru 2014- SPOKEN WOR:L:DS (Compilation Album) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p049vgh0 Checkmate Mido KE’s tracks Checkmate Mido BBC interview by Checkmate Mido KE published on 2020-01-06T11:58:46Z Soul Winner by Checkmate Mido KE published on 2017-07-24T14:16:47Z Popup backyard gig - Live recording by Checkmate Mido KE published on 2017-06-29T13:33:13Z Letters by Checkmate Mido KE published on 2016-09-17T10:19:28Z Intro ft Ngare Mukiria by Checkmate Mido KE published on 2016-09-17T10:14:50Z
