Raw artistry and pure love can best describe Ugandan born Jenifa Mayanja’s aesthetic as a DJ, producer, music artist and educator. Deeply entrenched in the underground deep house music scene for more than 25 years since the early 90’s, Jenifa Mayanja staked her claim in New York and paid her dues the old fashioned way. Throughout the course of her career, Ms. Mayanja’s profile has maintained a coveted underground buzz earning her a revered place in the house community and a reputation for being an innovative, fearless and respected musical ambassador for house music culture and for women in the music business. While other djs place value on mass exposure, Jenifa Mayanja’s DJ ethos is about introduction & preservation of house music culture, while injecting love and the craft of djing back into the game. She has played at premier venues like Panorama Bar, Fabric London, Lux Lisbon, Rex Club while mixing it up with gigs at beloved events like “Freerotation”, Djoon, “Kala Festival” and recently at Picnik Montreal appearing in a Boiler room event. Currently Jenifa holds a monthly residency at Public Records in New York called “Back to the deep” playing alongside Francis Harris and Timmy Regisford.
As a label owner, Jenifa is the creator of Bumako Recordings label started in 2007 which introduced the world to Jenifa’s signature naturalistic deep house sound. Jenifa Mayanja was also part founder of the now defunct Sound Warrior Records, the label dedicated exclusively to releasing music by other women producers. The uniqueness of her production aesthetic has seen Jenifa as a sought after remixer and featured artist working in the last year on Seb Wildblood’s label, CC Disco compilation, remixes upcoming and released for “Conclave” on Love Injection records and Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange on Secret Sundaze .
In the last couple of years, Jenifa has decided to bring her experience and knowledge to others through first educational initiatives, then formally introducing a mentoring and coaching program called “The Music Life Mentor” that works with music creatives at all levels to overcome mental and practical roadblocks to success.
