The Herald
Isdore Guvamombe
The album is new and contemporary. The second you play it, it sticks to your thoughts like glue. Be warned, for those who begin taking part in it, you won’t cease. I discovered it addictive.
That is typical of the magical results of Chimurenga Music.
Sure, I don’t deny that I’m a fervent Chimurenga Music fan, having adopted Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo’s music for a very long time however this teenager Kurai Makore has certainly arrived on the music scene with a bang.
The album “Ngoma Kurira” is a robust social commentary, apolitical and spreading the messages of household unity, dealing with dying, love, peace and concord the normal manner, albeit utilizing a mixture of folklore and fashionable avenue lingo.
Makore’s language is pleasant to the previous and the younger, alike. His instrumentation, intonation and vocal stylisation is great and he neither struggles nor permits the devices to drown his comfortable however agency voice.
Should you thought the Chimurenga Music style is getting moribund and dying, play Makore’s newest album “Ngoma Kurira”, launched on October 28 in South Africa and you alter your angle, promptly.
The person is a genius. His voice projection intermittently spiced by melodious backing vocalists and a shifting arras of congas, the normal drum and percussion offers his songs the true Chimurenga beat.
The primary observe “Pasi”, as an illustration, takes a listener to the disagreeable aura of dying and the following depressions that observe the dying of family members. Then Makore takes you to the unhappy actuality that the earth (Pasi) continues to be open for extra graves and never but full. And, he says it in a wretched metaphorical timbre.
“I needed to go and launch the album in South Africa not by selection however some progressive considering individuals observed me in that nation once I went and curtain-raised for Mudhara Mukanya, early this 12 months.
“It was an enormous stage and I’ve not gotten that stage in Zimbabwe. So, they organized that I launch the album in South Africa and the whole lot went effectively on October 28.
“This album is my providing for the individuals of Zimbabwe and all Chimurenga music followers. I’m nonetheless rising my profession however I feel I’ve accomplished my finest on this seven observe album,’’ he mentioned.
Apart from “Pasi” which is definitely a success, there may be “Tsamba”, a love rendition that options musician Aurah, then one other conventional love music “Ekenia”, (the village magnificence from Dande). “Ekenia” has comfortable love lyrics, that may make even the strongest girl blush.
Then follows “Gaka”, a conventional Korekore music, whose quick pulsating beat takes one to the dance flooring, inviting deft and fancy footwork. It’s one thing you may dance to all night time.
“Makaripa” is a a few harsh peacemaker, who intervenes in conflicts, regardless of his harsh method. On the finish, peace is achieved.
‘“Kukaripa’ in Korekore is the equal of hasha in Zezuru however the character nonetheless achieves peace.”
“Mapapiro” which options Ras Bledz, is a simple going and really feel good rendition of reward for good work. It additionally introduces a number of characters who make the music in Makore’s life tick. On the finish, it would as effectively be known as an Afro Jazz music. It’s a great experiment for a Chimurenga musician.
The final music on the album, “Kanyarugwe” (an notorious village rooster predator) is euphemism for dying and the way it snatchers family members. However the beat is supper quick and simple to bop and but the lyrics conjure feelings.
When the story of Chimurenga Music is instructed from at the moment onwards, Kurai Makore’s identify will occupy a particular place. He has arrived and those that perceive Chimurenga Music will definitely take pleasure in his work. “Ngoma Kurira”, let the cross-rhythm of drum beats, play. Let the drum play.
