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big, bad & heavy

Nairobi’s Home of Bass Music

Built for the Bass Heads

BBH Building Blocks

BBH is building more than nights out.

SESSIONS

Bass-heavy gigs with weight, boom-ting energy, and intent.

SOUND

MONØ (Coming Soon). Guest Mixes. Live Sets.

GROWTH

Room for selectors, producers, artists, and new energy to develop.

THE RECORD

A living archive of the scene in motion.

the movement

BBH exists because Nairobi deserves a bass culture with its own force, identity, and voice.

It’s still forming.

Still finding its shape.

Still being written in real time.

If you’ve felt it, you know.

If you haven’t… come see.

Built for the heads.

Open to the curious.

Bass is architecture. Sound is community.

Big Bad & Heavy (BBH) is a Nairobi-based bass-music movement uniting Africa’s underground through Drum & Bass, Dubstep, Tech House, UK Funky, and Afro Tech.

Founded by Sir. Loin, BBH builds spaces for connection, rhythm, and release!

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Listen

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MONø

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Listen 〰️ MONø 〰️

MONø (Coming Soon)

Guest Sets

Live Transmissions

Upcoming events

MIXES

Want to feature? Submit your BBH mix.

Get Involved

Submit a mix.

Collaborate.

Support the movement.

[Get Involved]

Built on Bass.

Fueled by Collaboration.

From design and sound to visuals and experience, BBH thrives on creative collisions.

We work with collectives, artists, and brands who share our passion for bass culture, bold ideas, and building something that lasts.

 

Current collaborators include:

Jungle Culture KE: Nairobi’s champions of Jungle and DnB culture.

Shifteye Photography: The creative lens behind our visual world.

 

We’re always open to working with new partners, from DJs, designers, and visual artists to venues and brands looking to push the scene forward.

Pitch us: concepts, visuals, installations, brand collabs.

Got energy, vision, or sound that aligns with the movement? Let’s build.

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Contact Us

From DJs to designers and dreamers... Whether you’re looking to collaborate, feature on BBH, or say what’s up… drop us a shout!

We’ll only use your email to reply or share BBH updates.

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