Online Reporter
Latwell Nyangu
SOUTH Africa-based music director Moses ‘Mukanya’ Manduwa has launched an initiative aimed at bridging the old and the new in terms of sound and also helping celebrate the contribution of legends on Zimbabwean music and culture.
Mukanya said the objective of the initiative is to create a sound that is authentically Zimbabwean, which is grounded in Zimbabwean roots but with global influences.
He has since remade Steve Makoni’s song ‘Kana Usipo Handirare’.
“We released a track at the beginning of February, a remake of mudhara Steve Makoni’s song ‘Kana Usipo Handirare’.
“It features Majour, DJ 6ixbeats and Amara Keys.
“We are releasing the next track on March 10 and, hopefully, more tracks to complete the EP.
“The idea is to bridge the old and the new in terms of sound and delivery and also help celebrate the contribution of our legends to our music and culture.
“What we want to do is a concept EP spotlighting the overlooked contributions of these legends to Zim’s musical and cultural heritage at the same time bridging the old and the new,” he said.
Mukanya said they were going to work with other legends and all the recordings will be done at Zimbarock Music stable.
“Keeping their legacy is also one of the objectives over and above celebrating their contributions.
“The EP is called ‘Timepieces: Zimbarock Music Vol 1’.
“It is mostly labelled as a magitare pop fusion album, which blends together diverse genres that the executive producer listened to when growing up in Zimbabwe, including maskandi, sungura, folk, reggae, rhythm and blues, pop, hip-hop and traditional Zimbabwe rhythms.”
Mukanya has also hosted shows for Freeman, Jah Signal, MC Smiley, Magikkal, Trymore Bande, Rev Chivaviro, Ray Bopoto and others.
“We also have our own house band made up of musicians from across Africa such as DRC, Zambia, Nigeria, SA and Zimbabwe.”
