SOUTH AFRICA-BASED house artiste Darlington Sibanda, known as D2X, has released an anti-corruption song titled Batai Munhu.
By Tatenda Kunaka Own Correspondent
The song was recorded at Hardtime productions in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The musician said as an artiste, he had decide to record the song because he believed that through music, corruption could be fought.
“I have just released Batai Munhu as my new free promo track and this is a song against corruption which has become endemic in Zimbabwe. It will help spread the message. The song will be promoted and distributed in Zimbabwe by Harare-based TMG records,” he said.
D2X, who was a hip hop artiste before he decided to change the genre to tribal house last year, said his wish was to collaborate with different artistes across genres and to perform all over the world.
Batai Munhu is his fifth single after Reverse that featured Byron Khumalo and Mindloz Smesh, Mabajabule Abantu, Jackpot and Tshona Phansi featuring Ice from Nigeria and all the five singles will be part of his forthcoming 12-track album to be released later this year.
“I am expecting to release my debut house album titled GTwEnTy9 0r simply G29 in September and it is a dedication to all my fans and those who wish to see our Afro tribal house go international,” he said.
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Sibanda is multi-lingual artiste who can sing in five languages which include Ndebele, Shona, English, Nyanja and Zulu.
He said he would also record Xhosa and Tonga songs as he wanted the upcoming album to be composed of different African languages.
Tribal house is a sub-genre of house music that involves indigenous instruments such as mbira, marimba and drums.
The 24-year-old artiste, who is also a music producer, said he was inspired by his day-to-day life and feelings and was born in Hwange, but grew up in Victoria Falls. However, since the phrase Batai Munhu had been popularised on the local music scene by sungura musician Sulumani Chimbetu in his song Sean Timba, his publicist, Joe Nyamungoma has hailed the new track, saying it was actually a good song they cherished .
“We have no problem with it, this shows that other people actually appreciate our work too,” he said.
