Zim producer brings together Zambiaa��s Cleo, SAa��s Bucie

Bruce Ndlovu
PRODUCER Tatenda Kamera recently became the third Zimbabwean to take part in this yeara��s edition of South African TV channel eTVa��s flagship music collaboration programme, Coke Studio.

Kamera produced the song Kamera, which saw South Africaa��s famed queen of house music Bucie come together with former Zambian Big Brother representative and rap star, Cleo Ice Queen.

Kamera follows Buffalo Souljah and Ammara Brown who both have made lauded appearances on the show which puts artistes from different genres together so that they can cook up songs that showcase the sum of their individual talents meshed together.

For this instalment of the series, Kamera and Cleoa��s hip-hop roots were stirred in the same pot with Buciea��s house music leanings.

The song fulfils the showa��s multi-cultural and multi genre mandate, as Buciea��s crooning is mixed effortlessly with Cleoa��s rapid fire rap verses. The song, which promotes unity as its title suggests, also sees the two interchange the languages that they use, with Cleoa��s verses comprising of both Chewa and English while Bucie mixes the queena��s language with a bit of Zulu.

Producing the song, the video of which has over 20 000 hits on YouTube thus far, is just one of the producera��s latest achievements as he keeps on bagging big placements.

Kamera is the man behind South African heavyweight DJ Maphorisaa��s latest single with Nigerian star Patoranking.

He also produced two songs in Ice Prince upcoming album, while he has also produced a number of hits for artistes both locally and continentally.