South African musician Zakes Bantwini today dropped his latest single tilted Freedom which features a new artist from Botswana called Moonga K.
Moonga K is a relatively unknown artist but is a great talent.
“This is my first single release without my vocals which is quite exciting as people will get to understand another side of me,” Zakes told Zimbuzz.
“I wanted to show the producing skills side of me which many aren’t aware of although I have produced many songs I had never put myself out there as a producer,” he said.
The musician said the song freedom was produced months ago but they delayed the release because they felt they needed a perfect time to release it.
“We did the song many months ago but we felt the market wasn’t yet ready so we waited for a relevant time to release it, hence we are dropping it Friday (today), on the eve of South Africa’s Freedom Day.
Although the song is not specifically touching on South African freedom, it speaks about emancipation.
“In the song, there are words like we will write our names in stone telling story of how we will definitely find freedom,” explained Zakes.
“It’s about freeing ourselves from the borders. Before you think that you are a Zimbabwean, Nigerian or South African you have to think of yourself as an African.”
Like many artists from across the Limpopo Zakes is looking forward to coming to Zimbabwe and perform.
“It’s a good thing when our music cross borders it shows that we are making music for everybody and not just ourselves.
“One of the major reasons why our music is doing so well is the infrastructure that a lot of African countries don’t have.
“Through that infrastructure we are able to use it as a machine to push our music,” he said.
“I can’t wait to share my love for music with the Zimbabwean people I would like to come there and present something that you will enjoy,” he said.
Currently experimenting with a new way of delivering live perfomances, he tell us how that has been going.
“At the moment people might say that I am a one-man band because I’m on the vocals, I play keys and DJ which is quite unique because I see myself as a person seeking new ways of delivering my performs,” He explains.
Listen to Freedom below
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