Geoffrey Oryema is looking for meaning in his music… his childhood world fell apart one day in 1977 when his father was brutally murdered on the orders of dictator Idi Amin. Up until that day, the young boy had enjoyed a privileged childhood befitting the son of Uganda's most respected police chief who later became the Minister for Natural Resources. Then came news of his father's death announced on public radio. Devastated and only 24-years old, Oryema had to be smuggled in the trunk of a car to the safety of a neighbouring country ….. Like the fable Greek character Odysseus who begins wandering after the fall of Troy, Oryema was launched into a journey of searching for meaning in music. Oryema's eclectic musical journey started with Exile, produced by Brian Eno, then came Beat the Border (1993), Night To Night and finally Spirit. There are two newly recorded versions of his popular tracks, Pir Wango Iya and Ye Ye Ye.
