ABOUT

Many international artistes struggle to find their space and musical identity. There are those who experiment with various musical styles and others who use their own culture to define their ultimate sound. For emerging reggae artiste “Kingseyes”, musical identity came from his exposure to a potpourri of cultures and backgrounds throughout his lifetime. His first single “Mamacita Bonita” demonstrates the arrival of a multicultural talent, with the energy that capitivates his audience, but strikes out in its own territory. The “Kingseyes” sound is appealing to reggae and Soca followers, but can easily be identified with those who are soothed by smooth Lover’s Rock, Afro-beat, Dancehall, Pop or House music. He defines his sound as Afro Dancehall – a blend of Afro-beat, Jamaican dancehall, Trinidadian Soca, Latin American salsa and EDM.

Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Kingeyes is no stranger to music having started his career at the age of 10, singing in school and church choirs back in his childhood hometown. He left Nigeria in 1993 and moved to Stuttgart, Germany where he has been residing since. While in Europe, Kingseyes explored many professional fields and currently holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Law and a Master of Arts degree in International Business Management and Strategy. With his many years of experience in Law and Business Management, Kingseyes soon realized that his true passion was with music.

Finding balance with maintaining a day job and pursuing your true passion had not always been easy for this artiste, and found his solace recording and performing with a pop band called “E-Connection” in 1996.The group gained some recognition with hit single “Dreaming of You”, which was used as a soundtrack on of Germany’s leading soap opera series - “Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten”. The group changed its name to “Dream Beat” in 1998 and later recorded a cover version of Whitelion’s “When the Children Cry”, released on the Bravo hit compilation album in 1998.

He continued to tour and record singles with the group until 2000 when he embarked on his solo project. In 2003, Kingseyes recorded a pop song titled “I Can't Stop Loving You”, the track was released by Universal Records and Digidance in the Netherlands.

By 2007, Kingseyes had perfected his craft as a “pop” musician and recording artiste, shared stage with top reggae performers including Luciano, Richie Stephens, Christopher Martins, Inner Circle, Gramps and Peter Morgan of Morgan Heritage, top pop acts of the 90’s - Funfactory, Pharaoh as well as Master Boy.

Despite varied success and exposure as a pop artiste, his reggae inspiration forced him to experiment with the Jamaican rooted genre. Influenced by the sounds of veteran reggae stalwarts Beres Hammond, Jimmy Cliff, King Yellow Man, Freddy McGregor, Shabba Ranks and the legendary Bob Marley; Kingseyes created an infusion of reggae, ska and rocksteady as the frontman for “No Sports” – one of Germany’s best known Ska and Rocksteady bands. He led the band between 1999 and 2003.

Boasting over fifteen years in reggae, Dancehall and Reggaeton music, Kingseyes delivers a unique concert experience during his performances, whether on a large open air reggae festival or in the typical European nightclub scene. He has performed in numerous cities in Germany and was featured on the annual Cologne Summerjam Reggae Festival in 2017 by Jugglerz. Kingseyes has also toured major cities in Switzerland, Spain, Poland and France. Kingseyes also toured the Gambia in 2015, where he had a successful ten days tour.

He was previously signed to nicbay records and is now signed to the independent label Happy Village Music and worked with various international music producers to deliver his first 17-track Reggae/Reggaeton album, that was released early 2015. Christopher Birch (Birch Records), Javier and Julian Montilla from Columbia produced tracks on the debut, along with German-based producers Royal Commanders, Jimmi Love from Harlem New York (USA), German producer and singer Ganjaman, Roger “Sunlounger” Shah,House of Riddim as well as Jugglerz.

For his second album "Natural Desire" Kingseyes worked with none other than Weedy G Soundforce from Switzerland, Richie Stephens (Jamaica), Jugglerz and Pionear (Germaica Digital).

Indeed, his passion for reggae music is based on the positive messages and the life it brings to its listeners. Kingseyes explains, “Reggae music has soul, and it is the soul of the music that never leaves your ears and your heart.”

Kingseyes is hungry for success and is ready to take on the world. “ I am in this to stay, I want to take my music worldwide, I am here to inspire, revolutionize and break all barriers. To me the limit is the sky.”