UKerim Melik Becker aka Kechou

UKerim Melik Becker aka Kechou ngumqambi, i-multi-instrumentalist, umbhali kunye nomvelisi. Ukhulele kwindawo ephithizelayo yaseBerlin kunye nemvumi yaseAlgeria kunye nomnini westudiyo kunye nombhali waseJamani. UKerim ebefunda umculo wase-Afrika iminyaka eliqela kwaye uye wavelisa kwaye wadlala ngemifuniselo eyahlukeneyo yehip-hop eyosulelwe yi-jazz kunye ne-afro-fusion eJamani, kodwa nakwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zase-Afrika.

Umculo wakhe umele ukungqubana kunye nokudityaniswa kwehlabathi ezimbini ezingenakudityaniswa ngaphandle kokungquzulana kunye noxinzelelo, ukudala imvisiswano kwindlela yakhe yokubonakalisa kunye nenkqubo yokuyila entsha. Wakha i-loops ephilayo, ukudibanisa i-organic, i-acoustic, izixhobo ezenziwe ngesandla ezinezandi ze-elektroniki, ukudala i-hypnotic, izingqisho zokuphilisa kunye ne-grooves ebetha uphawu.
UKerim ubhale iingoma ezahlukeneyo ezineempembelelo zesimbo ezahlukahlukeneyo, wafumana izakhono ezibalulekileyo kwimveliso yomculo, unolwazi olubanzi lwenkcubeko yomculo othandwayo eYurophu naseAfrika, kwaye udlala izixhobo ezininzi.

Ukusukela ngo-2007 ukuya ku-2018 uKerim wayeyinxalenye ye-jazz ephenjelelwe yi-hip hop crew yaseZaunkönig eBerlin. Ngo-2012 waphuhlisa iprojekthi kunye nee-MCs kunye nee-beatboxers eKampala. Ekupheleni kuka-2016 wagqiba ukuhlala nemvumi ebalaseleyo uMatchume Zango eMozambique. Ukususela ngo-Apreli 2017 waseka iprojekthi ye-INYE kunye nomculi waseColombia uJorge Sepúlveda, awenza naye eMzantsi Afrika nase-Uganda. Kwangelo xesha linye, uKerim waqalisa ukusebenzisana kwakhe noGugulethu Duma (Dumama) eKapa. Ukusukela ngoko aba babini baye bacula kwizixeko ezahlukeneyo eMzantsi Afrika. UKerim uye wangena kwintsebenziswano ephilayo kunye nabadanisi kunye nabadlali be-choreographer uAdriana Jamisse kunye noJulia de Rosenwerth. Ukwasebenza eMzantsi Afrika noMadala Kunene kunye noLeraba Morena. Ekuqaleni kuka-2019, uDumama kunye noKechou bagqibezela indawo yokuhlala eGautheng, apho barekhoda uninzi lwe-EP yabo ezayo.