Nigel Siziba, Sunday Life Reporter
CREATIVITY is a precious energy and it’s something to be protected. It is putting your imagination to work, and it has produced the most extraordinary results in human culture.
Talking of creativity, one can be tempted to say that Kevin Makhosi did one of the most creative albums titled Nyimbo Za Ku Africa where he uses seven languages.
“I feel like I did achieve the vision I had from the beginning, that is fusing traditional and modern sounds. It all came out the way I wanted and the guys behind its production gave it justice so I’m happy,” he said.
He incorporated many languages, local and foreign. “I incorporated many cultures in my projects and used languages like Chichewa, Sesotho, Isizulu, IsiXhosa, IsiNdebele, Zulu, English and many more, that has become my identity,” said Makhosi.
In this Afro-House project he featured one of the best artistes in Zimbabwe who brought different dimension in the album.
“I featured Novuyo Seagirl, Qeqeshiwe Mntambo, HiRev Rockstar, Miss D, Afroe Sounds and Shackx. They all do different kinds of stuff and I featured them according to the kind of feel the tracks needed for example with HiRev Rockstar, I wanted to try and fuse my African sound with Rock Music and it came out well,” he explained.
He believes that this project will catapult him to another level.
“This album accommodates everyone, it has no sophisticated crowd. Plus incorporating different artistes from different genres helped broaden my market. People are way interested in my new sound and that’s the support I need,” said Makhosi.