Bwenieve Records is a Kenyan-based record label founded by producer

Agundabweni Akweyu Agundabweni Akweyu (also known Agunda) is a Kenyan born record producer, co-founder of record label Bwenieve, co-founder of Praise Atmosphere, arranger, composer, songwriter, entrepreneur, audio engineer and a husband to Kenyan gospel musician ...

and his wife

Evelyn Wanjiru Evelyn Wanjiru Agundabweni (born 6 May 1990) is a Kenyan gospel singer, worship leader, music director, songwriter, hostess of the annual event "Praise Atmosphere" and co-founder of Bwenieve production. She is best known for her hit songs "Mungu ...

, a Kenyan gospel musician. The label produced hit songs for musicians such as

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, Emmy Kosgei, Kambua, Tumaini and Martha Mwaipaja.

History

Founding

Bwenieve Records was founded on May 5, 2010, in Nakuru Kenya, when producer

, working for a human resources firm, discovered

, who could not source a producer to record her music. Agundabweni decided to study music production online through

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tutorials so that he could record Evelyn. On May 5, 2010 Agundabweni resigned his job and teamed up with Wanjiru to start Bwenieve records. The name Bwenieve was derived from Agundabweni's and Evelyn's names (Bweni-Eve). Between 2010 and 2013, Bwenieve produced "Mazingira", "Waweza", and "Mungu Mkuu", songs for Evelyn that did well and got a lot of radio and TV airplay. The success of the two songs was good for Bwenieve Records, and upcoming musicians gained confidence in the label. Songs like "Mungu yu mwema" by Praise Makena, "Kiwango" by Meisi Tamar and "Angalia Baba" by Rosemary Njagi were among the first few songs produced from Bwenieve during that period. In 2014, Bwenieve records relocated to Nairobi and produced "Tulia", a collaboration between Vicky Kitonga and Wanjiru. In 2015, Tulia won a Groove Award in the Collaboration of the Year category. This resulted in a turnaround in the Kenyan gospel scene, drawing upcoming and established musicians to aspire to work with Bwenieve Records. Since then Bwenieve has produced songs for Emmy Kosgei,

, Kambua, Tumaini, Mercy Masika, Size 8, Amani and more. Also Bwenieve is the producer of the live annual event known as Praise Atmosphere hosted by Evelyn Wanjiru.

Studios

Bwenieve Studio is currently located in Nairobi Lang'ata Kenya.

Accolades

Discography

Singles Albums

References

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