Wana Benjamin

Wana Benjamin, commonly known as Wana, is a Ugandan born record producer, music composer, audio engineer and DJ.

Wana has displayed exceptional work ethic through his multi faceted, genre bending approach to producing and engineering music.
His time and work at the helm of Uganda’s most prolific “outsider music” label, Nyege Tapes and Uganda’s premier music publisher/label got him introduced to a wide array of artists including MC Yallah, Byg Ben Sukuya, Joey Le Soldat, Dimitri & the scarecrow among many others.

His work also spans engineering songs and albums for internationally acclaimed labels including Nyege Tapes & East African Records of Uganda, Sahel Sounds of West Africa, Mungo’s Hi Fi of Scotland, Ancient Astronauts of Germany, Tentacule Records of West Africa, Grammy award nominee DJ Vadim, Grammy award winner Martin “Youth” Glover and numerous film and TV production placements as music composer, mixing engineer and sound designer on films such as Imperial Blue, Little Black Dress, Date My Family, Chicken and Chips among
several others.

Wana is also a co-founder of the media agency and studio, Ace Music. He currently produces and publishes all his work through a distribution label he cofounded called “Bodastage”.