Get-out-of-my-way type of “on the up” notes, clubbing harmonies, textured pitches, as well as intense tempos; pick hard smite listeners’ interests in such an embryonic and solid unabridged mien — that strictly emits a light on genteel ballad making skills. Supercharged by industrial vocal layering expertise — synchronised in rich basses, non-too-din snaps as well as haunting kicks — putting together the former and latter different elements of a song; brings a pulchritudinous effect on the bridge as well as chorus.
Thereupon, mounting something justly matchless, gaga fans and berceuse stalwarts took a sticky sweet bite into — ‘Sunlight to My Soul’ — Angélique Kidjo’s quiche fresh single; dropped slightly under two fortnights after the birth of Major League DJz produced smacker — ‘Mine for the Night’ — tethering Wiz Khalifa, who “kangarooing on the log drum” spools lines of a double entendre breed.
A hybrid tone in anyplace in the middle of a kick drum, 808, synth bass, as well as actual log drum percussion; the log drum engenders the bass lines and spur for the latter ditty, therewith, giving the American rapper — known off-stage as Cameron Jibril Thomaz — the prospective to sprout a triple entendre.
For Banele as well as Bandile Mbere the “with sovereignty of feeling so many gaps” South African record-setting Disc Jockey (DJ) and music producing pair — behind the moniker Major League DJz; ‘Mine for the Night’ has marked the identical twin brothers’ second official Quislingism with a US rapper. Hailed by Forbes for being “at the forefront of Amapiano’s global takeover”, the duo is creating from raw materials — the sound of the future, with a galvanic portmanteau of immersive African oeuvre blasts as well as revolutionary production.
Having played a carping role in rewiring redbrick terpsichorean euphony — experimenting with elements from Hip-Hop, Kwaito, Afrobeats, and Amapiano — for more than a decade; Major League DJz would bring home the bacon just in time, with a cutting-edge summer number (‘Mine for the Night’) singsongingly an extremely hoped-for sojourn to Queens, NY’s ‘The Ruins’ at Knockdown Centre.
An up-to-the-minute in the duet’s Balcony Mix Africa series — a hit on the ceiling — the all-day event would feature “crush worthy” sets. From Nvcho — a Mzansi artist of African ancestry long-familiar for his brisk Afrobeat tonal pattern, to DJ as well as producer Mathandos aboard the C4 DJs — a duo correspondingly from the ‘rainbow nation’ made up of Dj Spizo and Sakhile Mlambo; the “easy on the eye” affair — would “surefire” showcase, liberal midas touches delivered by numerous anthem doyens.
Major League DJz erecting a non-too-eclectic laud on a high horse; with a well-executed face-to-face with the bunch at San Francisco — CA’s The Phoenix Hotel — in the bag; a Balcony Mix Africa date with buffs that feed on blues, would saucily quench — hunger silken — chewy souls at London’s historic Crystal Palace Bowl.
That right there being “too good for words”; pure splicing togetherness is a duty call of some sort, led by vocalist, librettist as well as activist Angélique Kidjo, who besides scoring spots on Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World and The Guardian’s Top 100 Most Inspiring Women in the World, was likewise among Forbes Magazine’s Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa.
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Of a dulcet as well as euphonious calibre, ‘Sunlight to My Soul’, is the latter Beninese-French five-time Grammy Award winner’s “doing the rounds” dewy behind the ears canon. A quirky tap of American songwriter Diane Warren (Academy Honorary Award, Grammy Award, Emmy Award, Golden Globe Awards, and Billboard Music Awards), Nigerian Afrobeats platinum record producer, Disc Jockey as well as songsmith Shizzi, and South Africa’s more than 30-member ensemble — Soweto Gospel Choir.
Foaling the saintlike pollyannaish birdcall, having celebrated her 40-year vocation with a triumphant sold-out concert at The Royal Albert Hall last November; Kidjo’s arc has stretched as well as smitten the letter-perfect mottle! Umbilical chained to the sonic, besides impressing at the Peace Ball for Barack Obama’s inauguration in Washington — DC, doing the most with stellar performances at the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa, and heating the iciness at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver; her pipes swayed the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games opening ceremony. Heavily scattering her super heroine sang-froid!
Scribbling incessant; Diane Warren — the most nominated songwriter in Oscar history — composed ‘Sunlight to My Soul’ fathomable. An opus officially produced by Shizzi, whose blockbuster tag team with Ed Sheeran — an English singer as well as lyricist, Nigerian vocalist and songster — Fireboy DML, as well as Sean Kingston — an American reggae fusion singer and rapper; evinced the approach of his prime point.
By shuffling stops, Major League DJz is set for a drudging summer of live events in North America as well as around the globe; while Angélique Kidjo — a recipient of the 2023 Polar Music Prize, who was among BBC’s 50 Most Iconic Figures on the African chaste — remains a fancied icon: with unparalleled consistency for tasting a travailed triumph with a symptomatic shine!
*Grant Moyo is a prolific writer, innovative media personality, entrepreneur and a creative artist who is passionate about using his creative mind for the betterment of society. Follow him on X: @TotemGrant
