In addition to organizing ongoing parties and an artist residency,[2] the collective runs two record labels and a multi-day annual festival.
Unlike other local parties, which played mainstream dancehall, reggae, and hip-hop, Boutiq was focused on African genres like kuduro and coupé-décalé.
[4] As the party's audience and reach grew, Debru and Dilsizian opened a recording studio in 2015 and began an artist residency to foster producers throughout Africa.
[14] British online radio station NTS brought a contingent of DJs to the 2017 festival,[15] and streaming platform Boiler Room has hosted a stage since 2018.
Locals distributed pamphlets condemning the event in 2016,[4] and in 2018, Uganda's minister of ethics attempted to cancel that year's edition, claiming the event would "compromise national integrity" and put citizens "at risk of deviant sexual immorality," but was overruled by the minister of the interior.
[14] Some releases are home productions that digitally recreate traditional music like chakacha, while others are influenced by Western electronic genres like techno and trap.