SINGER -SONGWRITER / MUSIC PRODUCER / RADIO DJ N’ BROADCASTER / SHORT STORIES WRITER AND STORYTELLER / AFRICAN MASTER DRUMMER / PAUL RODGERS MUSIC PRODUCER AWARD WINNER 2022 -TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY

Robert Maseko is a music master, music maker, singer songwriter, producer, arranger, music teacher and an outstanding Congo- British, master drummer. The rhythm king of the North of England, from Kinshasa, now lives in Middlesbrough and described by the Musicport Festival as “one of the finest ambassadors of Afro-world music based in the UK”, performing countrywide with his band The Congo Rumba beat, which tracks its origins from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Nominated ‘Afro- British Ambassador par Excellence’ and invited to join a band called The Roots of Africa in the earliest years of his career, to tour worldwide representing African Music and Arts.

“This has always been an important part of my music, that it is not just for dancing, performing and recording, but is also educational. My music speaks out, telling stories with music about issues of today live, from love romance stories to environmental issues.” Robert Maseko courtesy of Radio Afric-Aye UK 2023.

As a music producer, he has won the Paul Rodgers Music Production Studies Award to develop his musical knowledge at Teesside University. Here he is spending time researching music production and technology, studying, creating work and developing educational material.