Newsday 7 June 2014

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ARTS &
CULTURE
Jah Prayzah,
Shinsoman team
up with Mingo
Simbarashe Manhango
Own Correspondent
Botswana-based Kwaito Kwassa
star Aminoni ‘Mingo’ Mojokeri
has released a compilation project
tiled From Bots to Zim that
features Tsviriyo hit maker, Jah
Prayzah and sensational dancehall
chanter Shinsoman.
The 12-track album is a collaborative
effort that features artistes
from across Southern Africa that
could take Mingo, a gifted lyricist
in his own right, to another level
musically and perhaps help him
build a fan base in Zimbabwe.
Mingo, who at the moment has
five albums under his belt, teamed
up with Prayzah on the track Keya
Gorata, a love song that fuses the
fast pace Kwasa beat with contemporary
sungura.
The song tells a story about the
need to embrace love as it comes
and making your loved ones feel
special all the times. The song was
sung in both Shona and Setwana.
The Tshaba tsotsi hit maker also
worked with dancehall crooner
Shinsoman on the track titled
Basheanyana that was produced
by Hesh Mfesh.
The song fuses the jazzy touch
and dancehall flavour that relatively
brings out a unique musical
feel complemented by the duo’s
lyrical and vocal prowess.
The song reflects back on the
duo’s career and their abrupt rise
to stardom, events that gave rise
to their careers and the entire
spotlight.
Speaking to NewsDay via the
Social Networking site facebook
from his base in Botswana, Mingo
hailed Jah Prayzah as a creative
genius citing him as a peer he always
looks up to musically.
“He is truly a whiz kid when it
comes to making music and he really
added essence and maturity to
Entertainment Reporter
AWARD-winning hip-hop artiste
Gerald Mugweni “Synik” is representing
the country at the 9th edition
of the Senegal Fiesta 2H currently
underway in Dakar.
A statement by Tafadzwa Sharaunga,
Shoko Festival spokesperson,
says the artiste will share
the stage with international acts
from the United States and France.
“The Zim Hip-Hop award magnet,
real name Gerald Mugwenhi,
will be sharing the stage with
international acts such as Akua
Aminoni ‘Mingo’ Mojokeri
my album. I have no doubt that
people will like it.
“We have always worked together
since I first met him in
Botswana and I always dreamt
of penning a hit song with him,
hoping that this song gets all the
support and love from Zimbabweans,”
he said.
Mingo also spoke on his collaboration
with Shinsoman and
even expressed his wish to work
with a couple of local artistes including
Winky D and Rockford
Josphats.
“It was really great working
with the talented Shinsoman; I
learnt quiet a great deal of ideals
when it comes to appreciating
music and exploiting one’s vocal
Naru (United States) and Pockemon
crew (France),” Sharaunga
said.
Synik also performed at this
year’s edition of Hifa.
According to Sharaunga, the
festival is one of the biggest hiphop
showcase in Africa.
“It is one of Africa’s largest
Hip-Hop showcase with 14 countries
participating this year. The
festival includes art-forms such
as rap, graffiti, break-dance, poetry
slams, concerts and DJ, ” he
said.
ability.
“For me, Zimbabwe is like my
second home and I would really
like to extend my working relationships
here. I do listen to and
love local music and I even approached
Roki to do a remix of his
hit song Chidzoka.
“If all goes well, we will work
together and I would also love to
do something with Winky D,”
said Mingo.
Currently signed under the
label Black Money Makers that
belongs to Odirile Vee Sentho
who rose to fame with his hitsong
Taku Taku that echoed all
over Africa, Mingo is highly rated
amongst some of Botswana’s
heavyweights in music circles.
Hip-hop artiste to represent Zim in Senegal
The tour was organised by
Magamba Network’s artiste agency
programme in association with
Africulturban the host of Fiesta 2h.
The exchange will also see artistes
from Senegal come to Zimbabwe
and perform at Shoko Festival
from the September 25 to 28
in Harare. The festival opened on
June 4 and ends on Sunday.
Synik produced an album in
2012, Syn City, which catapulted
him to dizzy heights and earned
him three awards at that year’s
edition of Zim Hip-Hop Awards.
New dancehall kid on the block
winSTONE ANTONIO
OWN CorreSpondent
THERE is a new dancehall
chanteron the block, Looga Diamond
(real name Simbarashe
Chamboko) who successfully
launched his debut 10-track album
Zvirimumoyo on Thursday at
Super Label Club in Harare.
The album which was recorded
at Congo Records in GlenView
and produced by Tripple Star is
composed of tracks that include
Gogogoi, Zvirimumoyo, Zvinondishamisa,
Pachisisi, Vanokoshesa
Mari and Bounty among others.
The Budiriro breed chanter says
the album signals his arrival on
the local showbiz owing his success
to his manager Danman.
“I am where I am today because
Danman recognised my talent
and groomed me to become a
recording musician,” Looga Diamond
said.
The ambitious Looga Diamond
said he was looking forward for
duets with some established musicians
as a way of fine-tuning his
future projects.
“I want to take my music to different
corners of the country and I
believe I will achieve the goal by
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THE popular Chibuku opaque
beer brand takes its search for
talent to Mashonaland Central
and Masvingo provinces today
for their annual Chibuku
Neshamwari traditional dance
competition.
Now in its 51st year, the brand
Chibuku, through the competition,
has churned out a number of
talented traditional dancers who
have made names for themselves
on the local showbiz.
A number of traditional dance
groups will converge at Club
Changaz, Centenary, Mashonaland
Central today while in Masvingo
participates will battle for
honours at Farai Beer Hall.
The 13th edition of the competition
which rowed into life last
weekend in Mashonaland West at
Nherera Beer Hall in Kadoma will
spread to different provinces with
the preliminary competitions going
to be held on June 14, with the
next phase scheduled for July 26.
One group from the country’s
10 provinces will battle it out
to for cash prize at the national
grand finals to be held on August
23 at Harare gardens.
Winners at the grand finals
will walk away $4 000 richer
while the second place and third
place winners will pocket $3 000
and $2 000 respectively.
Delta Beverages marketing
manager Patricia Murambinda
working with renowned artistes.”
Gifted with a talent of rhyming
fast on different riddims, Looga
Diamond did not disappoint during
his performance.
An array of artistes who made
appearances include sungura
musician Romeo Gasa, Obvious
Mutani, dancehall chanter Mostaf
and Shiga Shiga among others.
Speaking on the sidelines of
the show, Super Label Club boss
Rogers Chinoperekwei said they
are committed to give upcoming
artistes a platform to showcase
their talent.
“Upcoming artistes who are
serious with their careers can
approach us we are prepared to
support them as we seek to unearth
and promote talent for underground
artistes who are failing
to get exposure,” Chinoperekwei
said.
The country’s dancehall genre
continues to grow as witnessed by
the number of artistes who have
ventured into the genre and several
Jamaican dancehall artistes
like Capleton, Elephant Man, Tony
Rebel, Turbulence, Mavado and
Agent Sasco, among others who
have visited the country.
Mash Central, Masvingo host
Chibuku Neshamwari
Traditional Dance search
told NewsDay that they will remain
committed to the development
of arts in Zimbabwe through
the company’s Chibuku brand.
“Through our Chibuku brand
we value the privilege of promoting
and celebrating our culture
and heritage with the aim of affording
aspiring young musicians
a chance to discover their talent,”
Murambinda said.
“The main idea of the Neshamwari
Dance Competition is
to encourage local artistes to appreciate
traditional dance and
thus promot and preserving Zimbabwean
Culture.”
Delta Beverages, through their
popular Chibuku beer brand, began
sponsoring the dance competition
at its inception in 1963
promoting the development of
music through identification of
groups with potential to produce
recordable material and assist
winning groups in documenting
their work.
The competition is run as a
tripartite partnership among title
sponsors Delta Beverages and
technical partners National Arts
Council and the Zimbabwe Traditional
Dance Association.
Over the years, Chibuku Neshamwari
finals have been characterised
by pomp and fanfare.
The event has also proved to be
one of the country’s biggest and
most successful talent identification
platforms.