Aro Kuma is a British-Nigerian artist, guitarist, and producer whose music blends Afro-Blues, jazz, soul, and cultural memory into a sound both rooted and forward-reaching. Formerly known as Zero-B1, he emerged from London’s independent scene with a raw, exploratory approach—looping guitar riffs, live instrumentation, poetic vocal layering, and a hunger to forge something that felt deeply personal and spiritually grounded.

As Zero-B1, he began releasing music in 2021 with a string of genre-defying singles. "Oceans" introduced a delicate jazz-pop fusion alongside the vocals of Syauqi Destanika, while "Long Time Ago" and "Who Gave the Order?" explored Afrocentric protest grooves and spoken word cadences in the spirit of Fela Kuti. Tracks like "You Don’t Know" pushed further into syncopated jazz and lyrical experimentation with Avia Athalia, and "Wetin I Do" laid down themes of vulnerability and self-examination through highlife-rooted rhythm.

In March 2022, he released Hi-Lofi Chronicles Vol. 1—a meditative lo-fi EP that showcased his reflective, stripped-down side. The breakout track "Everything Bliss" went on to garner over 110,000 streams on Spotify, marking a major moment of recognition and connection with a broader audience.

That momentum carried into June 2022 with his debut album The Zero Experience—a fully self-produced, guitar-driven project that fused soul, jazz, spoken word, and African rhythmic traditions. Featuring live session musicians and looped sonic architecture, the album was praised for its emotional resonance and sense of purpose. Shortly after its release, Zero-B1 was featured in the Bandcamp Navigator (July 2022 edition), spotlighting him as a standout voice in global independent music.

In September of that same year, he released "Oh My Baby", a joyful Afrojazz-meets-Afropop track—his personal homage to the golden era of 1980s–90s Nigerian love songs, reimagined with his signature melodic phrasing and guitar storytelling. Early 2023 brought two lo-fi singles, "Haunted" and "The Igbo", both quiet explorations of memory and identity told in hushed tones and textured rhythm.

In November 2023, sensing a creative shift, he curated and re-released much of this early material as The Early Work Demos—a retrospective archive that allowed listeners to trace the evolution of an artist in formation. It marked a closing of one chapter and the birth of another.

Now recording under the name Aro Kuma, he enters a new era with a sound more refined, spiritually aligned, and culturally resonant. The upcoming project, The Zero Experience: Live Reimagined, brings his debut album into full bloom—performed live with musicians, expanded through improvisation, and grounded in a deeper understanding of what the music was always trying to say.