Kelvin Peter Wanjohi (born 21 August 1994) professionally known as DJ Fita, is a Kenyan DJ,

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and

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from

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. He is best known for remixing Kenyan

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into upbeat electronic dance music. DJ Fita is also a member of Fitemba. He was nominated for the '' VJ of the Year 2015'' during the annual Stylus DJ Awards.

Early life and education

DJ Fita was born in Makongeni Estate

. He graduated with a diploma in IT from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology and a degree in Information Security & Forensics from

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Career

DJ Fita uploaded an unofficial

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for Kookoo by

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in 2014. He subsequently joine
EDM Kenya
a community-based website that promotes

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artists from Kenya. In July 2016,DJ Fita released back to back remixes first releasing an official remix for "Doing It Right" by DJ Nruff on 11 July 2016. Shortly after, he participated in the ''Chemistry remix Challenge'' by Tetu Shani. The challenge featured 36 producers from around Kenya, making it one of the defining tracks of the Nu-Nairobi Movement and one of the biggest songs on Kenya's SoundCloud in 2016. DJ Fita's remix is the first track to feature two consecutive weekends on The Undercover segment on the Weekend Breakfast show on Homeboyz Radio; he only shares this record with Hendrick. On 27 January 2017, DJ Fita released a remix for ''Mungu Pekee'' by Nyashinski which was made available for free download on his SoundCloud account. The remix quickly gained traction in the club scene and was soon picked up by radio leading to an on-air radio interview on Homeboyz Radio in February. In 2018, he was invited to play three major Kenyan Festivals
Africa Nouveau FestivalOngea Summit 2018
and Earthdance Music Festival as well as going on his debut tour, ''Break It All Apart Tour''. He performed with legendary

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artist Makadem. ''Makadem & The Electric Bengaloo'' is an Afro-electronic live band that fuses Benga sounds of the

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with electronic dance music elements. During the shows, he changed his usual DJ set-up adding an Akai MPD18 Midi Pad Controller and

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. On 20 August 2018, DJ Fita released his debut official artist single which features

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nominee, Twist, supported by a 4-stop tour in Kenya and

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. On 15 March 2019, DJ Fita appeared as the special guest on Adoveli Podcast season 3 episode 11. Later on the same day, a new Afro-tech track titled "''jackals"'' by DJ Fita was given its first airplay on ''African Moves'', Drums Radio, UK by DJ OneDown

2020: Name of Love EP

In August 2020, DJ Fita announced his debut EP, ''Name of Love,'' which was released in November 2020. The first single, ''Ghetto Love'', features Poly Joe and Hendrick Sam and was noted for varying from his previous work.

Fitemba

DJ Fita's first full-length project was with Brian Mahemba under the guise of "Fitemba" (a

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on 25 September 2017. The track features

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. Fitemba were listed on the Kenyan EDM Artists of 2017 by

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Redux

In an interview with Rae Kiragu and DJ Kafi on May 20, 2018, DJ Fita premiered a

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remix for ''Ten Toes'' by Kenyan-Norwegian rapper

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. DJ Fita revealed that the remix was a collaborative project with DJ/Producer Pinch 254 for their new project called ''Redux''.The remix has never been released to date

Awards and nominations

Tours

;Headlining * Break It All Apart Tour (2018)

References

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