#CokeStudioZA behind the scenes with Uhuru & Moonchild

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New Music Reality Show : CokeStudio ZA

SA musos will show off their talent in a new upcoming music reality show. Artists including Mi Casa, Cassper Nyovest, Uhuru, Donald and more will work on different collabos on’Coke Studio’ which will debut on Monday 24 August at 8:30PM via e.tv.

Following the show’s success in Brazil and Pakistan, Coke Studio has now become an international franchise with South Africa adopting a local version.

Coke Studio will allow viewers to see some of the best local musicians get together to create hit songs from scratch with the help of award-winning South African music producers.
Artists from different music genres will be paired up in the Coke Studio and given three days to create great tracks, fusing different music styles.

                           

The episodes will focus on the interaction between the artists, the art of writing a song as well as the mixing recording and performing processes.

In the first episode, multi-award winning artists, Mi Casa and Cassper Nyovest team up to create a track in one day. Artists Mathew Gold and Bongo Riot also collaborate in the Coke Studio to create a fusion of reggae and funk, with surprising and inspiring results.

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Uhuru 's 2nd Annual Birthday Celebration

Engineers behind SA’s hottest kwaito and dance music are hosting their 2nd Birthday celebration as a group on the 15th June 2014 , Its a pre Youth day celebration. The event is hosted in one of pretoria 's hottest night spots " House 22".

Uhuru, signed under Kalawa Jazmee is currently dominating the music scenes on radio and television with their fresh new sounds. Their single ‘Y tjukutja’meaning shake yourself in ‘Portuguese’ is currently topping the local charts.

The group includes Maphorisa (Themba Sekowe), Mapiano(Nqobile Mahlanu), DJ Clap (Sihle Dlalisisa) and Xeli (Xelimpilo Simelane) have been generating big hits for big names such as DJ Zinhle, Dr Malinga, L’vovo and  Proffessor. These boys have raised the bars in the industry.

 “Uhuru is not really a new group. Before signing into Kalawa, we were friends pushing contemporary African jazz. Back then it was just me, Maphorisa and Xeli.
“The three of us originate from Soshanguwe in Pretoria. We met Clap in Kalawa and we all formed a group called Uhuru,” Mapiano says.
The boys individually had a dream of signing into Kalawa, their different musical talent fused as one with the desire of creating an exclusive sound.

Maphorisa and DJ Clap are known as the DJs and producers. Mapiano is a pianist whilst Xeli is the vocalist.
The quartet refuses to give their sound a niche as they believe they are versatile offering a variety of sounds.
“We can sing, rap, touch on gospel as well appear as a dance music group,” DJ Clap says.
Music is what keeps these four going. Although their sound is liked by many they believe they have not arrived in the industry yet.

“We always produce, search for different styles of making music and trying to stay on top of our game. We live and eat music but we are not where we want to be yet, we are not musically free. We are still under construction. We want to reach an audience beyond Africa with a live performance,” Maphorisa calmly says.

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SAMA Record of the Year nominees list

Seventeen artists will battle it out for the Record of the Year award at the Samas this April.

In total, twenty songs are in the running for the award which is determined by public vote. The Kia Record of the Year is one of the most eagerly awaited categories at the Samas.
The winner will be announced during the 20th Sama awards ceremony at Sun City on Monday, 28 April 2014. The event will be broadcast live on SABC1 from 8.30pm.

The list of songs nominated in the Record of the Year category below.

A. BlackByrd I Feel Good Today
B. Connell Cruise Not Just Friends
C. Danny K Brown Eyes
D. DJ Ganyani Xigubu
E. DJ Kent ft. Liquideep Top of the World
F. DJ Kent ft. The Arrows Spin My World Around
G. DJ Vetkuk vs. Mahoota ft. Dr Malinga Via Orlando Remake
H. Donald Over The Moon
I. Fistaz Mixwell & DJ Hloni ft. Mellow Soul I’m Free
J. Goldfish ft. John Mani One Million Views
K. Heavy K ft. Mpumi Wena
L. Jimmy Nevis Heartboxing
M. Jimmy Nevis In Love With You
N. Khaya Move
O. Khuli Chana Mnatebawen
P. Liquideep Welcome Aboard
Q. Mafikizolo Happiness
R. Mafikizolo ft. Uhuru Khona
S. Mathew Gold ft. AKA No Ordinary Guy
T. Mi Casa Jika

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MTV Base names Uhuru ' Artist of the Month '

Music group Uhuru is making it big, the popular group was recently named "Artists of the Month" for February by MTV Base.
Uhuru is signed to Kalawa Jazmee Records. They released their second album 'Our Father' last year and worked with artists including Oskido, Professor and McKenzie.
The group recently received the nod from MTV after they had two hugely successful years "behind the scenes"..
"Behind the scenes, Uhuru have been controlling the music direction in both 2012 and 2013."
"They produced some of the biggest hits on the continent and now it's their turn to take centre stage." The channel's director, Tim Horwood, said to Daily Sun.
"We salute them for their creativity and originality and predict that they are on track to be the faces of South African music in 2014." He added.
According to Sunday World, the group is looking forward to collaborations with more African artists this year.
"Things are getting better for us as a group, we are getting more gigs and more great artists keep approaching us for collaborations, we are talking the likes of your Naeto C, Lisa James..."
"2014 we just want to make a DVD, go more into live streams and we hope to work with Khuli Chana and AKA to fuse house and hip hop together." they
previously explained.
The group's album 'Our Father' reached gold status early this year and is reportedly heading for platinum status

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Count Down to the Metro FM 13th Awards

On the16th January 2014, the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) 's largest commercial radio station, announced the nominees for the 13^th METRO FM Music Awards.
The awards which will be hosted by the Kwa-Zulu Natal Provincial Government, City Of Durban and BP South Africa, will be held at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Conference Centre (ICC), in Durban on the 01^st of March 2014

Y Tjutjutja Boys (UHURU)

METRO FM Station Manager, Mr. Martin Vilakazi said “We are excited by the calibre of finalists for this year’s edition of the awards, which will also be celebrating and recognizing musicians who have contributed to the growth of the industry since the dawn of democracy 20 years ago. We urge the public to vote vigorously if they want their favorite musician or group to walk away with a coveted METRO FM Music Award trophy”. This year the famous trophy has been given a make-over that embraces the look and feel, and revolution of the METRO FM Music Awards.



Artists and DJ's all over South Africa have been campaigning non-stop  , getting their fans to vote . 

You'd be surprised by the things musicians do to win an award. Some vote for themselves more than 100 times , they give family airtime to vote for them . some host events and entrance is proof that you've voted 10-20 times. And yet i thought , The fans should vote based on how good your music is .
 
But anyways its a Tough competition this year especially in the House music categories , with new Comers like Heavy K and Uhuru making big waves , I have to say these guys have made afrotainment look like they no longer in the game.
But the final verdict will be made in Durban on the 1st March 2014.

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