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“For us, a project involves a lot of costs if we are to come up with quality work. These costs go into paying the musicians who will play for you, recording time, mixing and mastering, in fact, there is a lot of input that goes into it. “There is no need to rush and make shortcuts because this will compromise the sound which should be of a global scale,” he said.
Asked why they opted to have the album mixed in South Africa while it could be done here in Zimbabwe, Chipanga said: “We recorded the album in Zimbabwe using four studios but the mixing is being done in South Africa because we are following Andrew Baird of Orangu Tang Studios who has mastered the kind of sound we like. That is the reason why we had to fly to South Africa because he has a special ear for Chalenam Music”.
Chipanga said the album will be preceded by a single they intend to take to the local radio stations to see how listeners will receive it.
“We will throw in a single first and it will direct us on how to do it. After the album then we will hold a live DVD shooting during the launch,” he said.
He said on the nine tracks on the album, their aim is to praise God for the grace He always bestows upon His children.
“When we are composing music, we always pray that God gives us the message of that time, what he wants His children to be told during that period. So this album is about God’s abundant grace,” he said.
“Grace Moments” comes after their 2009 duet album “Prayer Expose — Namatai” which announced them on the music scene although they first made a name for themselves at Oliver Mtukudzi’s Black Spirits where Chipanga played marimba while Namatai did the backing vocals.
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