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Mbulelo Mpofu, Online Reporter
THEY hinted at it and now, it is finally here. Victoria Falls-based music duo, Top Kings have delivered on their promise to set up a recording studio.
The twins, Mr Africa and Mr Culture (real names Nkosilathi and Nkosenhle Ncube) will use the studio to record up-and-coming artistes in the resort city.
Commenting on the latest venture, the duo said: “This started as a wish to produce our own music as we wanted to take our time so that we’d be satisfied with the outcome. That’s when we mooted the idea of setting up a studio and here we are now.”
Top Kings will test their recording, mixing and mastering skills on their upcoming third album, The Darkest Night that is due to be released next month.
To ensure that the recording studio is all-inclusive, the twins whose music is not limited to one genre said the studio will record music in different genres so as to be all-inclusive. Through the studio, the artistes said their hope is to uplift fellow artistes.
“We’ll produce any type of music from hip-hop, RnB, Afro-Pop to gospel as we don’t want to limit ourselves. We’ll even support and assist artistes who’ll be having fee challenges, for example with their studio and video shoots.”
Having worked with renowned producers in the form of DJ Tamuka, Oskid, Cymplex, DJ Ace Karter as well as Chuchue Manie, Top Kings are confident that they are ripe for music production and are going to be the next big thing to come from Victoria Falls.
As part of their expansion drive, Top Kings are already planning to set up more recording studios across the nation so as to give as many up-and-coming artistes a chance to make it into the mainstream music scene.
To promote the studio, the uMellisa singers who are Form Six pupils at Mosi-oa-Tunya High School are running a promotion for artistes who will record with them.
“The promotion that will see artistes who record their albums with us getting free video shoots for one song will run until October 1,” said Top Kings. — @eMKlass_49.
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