1. IV WEEKEND POST, Friday September 18, 2015
STER Kinekor Cinemas today till next
Thursday presents ‘Perfect Guy’, ‘Maze
Runner: The Scorch Trials (3D)’, ‘Maya The
Bee’, ‘Hitman: Agent 47’, ‘Dark Places’ and
‘Transporter Refuelled’.
ALLIANCE Francaise today presents Zesko
Light Orchestra, a musical comedy featuring
old jazz from 1900 till 1920 with satirical
lyrics. 19:00 hours, Charges: K80 (K60 AFL
members)
PAMODZI Carnival procession tomorrow
morning from Woodlands Stadium to Lusaka
Showgrounds. Free.
LUSAKA’S Levy Mall next month hosts 2015
Stanbic Jazz Festival featuring US legend
Earl Klugh, Zimbabwean guitarist Oliver
Mtukudzi and South African house band
Mi Casa. Also featuring local artistes Abel
Chungu, Scarlet, Jaggari Chanda, Afro Red,
Kiki, Victor Kasoma and James Sakala. Dates:
October 2 and 3. Tickets: K450 ordinary;
K700 VIP.
What’s On!
Mapiki
features Innocent
Mumba.
Mwale, who featured in
the United Gospel
Artistes group which ded-
icated a song to late
president Michael Sata,
observed that some gos-
pel songs are only covered
when there is a bereave-
ment, which shouldn’t be
the case because gospel
deserves equal coverage.
“I am currently working
on a twelve track album
entitled Adonai which
will feature the likes of
Mark ‘B3’ Kasomo, Prince
Keddy, and Innocent
Mumba who is also my
producer at New Wine
Studios. However, some
tracks on the album are
being recorded at Sound
Pack Studios,” he says.
He adds that Gospel
music in Zambia has a
bright future and people
should not relent to help
sponsoring the genre.
Emmanuel to release ‘Adonai’
music is a mixture of gos-
pel and secular though
some find it difficult to
understand where I
belong but I tell them
that I am a christian so I
can sing gospel without
any harm any time. So my
album is suitable for all
ears as there is no abu-
sive language there. It
talks a lot about social
issues that affect us
everyday. It also a few
love songs like Emelina
and Valentines Day and
Kasilimu.” he says.
An 80s baby, Mapiki
gets somber as he takes
us down memory lane to
his humble childhood.
“ My parents worked as
labourers on a white
man’s farm. During that
time I used to listen to a
lot of Rhumba music. My
father was a guitarist so
he inspired me a lot.
When I was in grade 4 he
made me a three-wire
banjo and taught me how
to play it, which increased
my enthusiasm for Music.
In grade 7 I opened a
band with school mates
called Chisoba Gospel
Band with the backing of
the Salvation Army
Church where I was con-
gregating at the time. We
recorded an album at Maz
FM called Mbichana
Mbichana. It all started
as a joke but I knew it
would pay some day. A lot
of people were against my
music but I proved them
wrong by passing grade 7
and scoring the highest
marks. I was selected to
go to Canisius Secondary
school but could not go
because of financial dif-
ficulties so instead I
went to Monze Boys.” He
reminisces.
But it wasn’t until High
school that he took music
seriously. “ I started
doing music [seriously]
when I was at Monze High
School. I had the passion
for the music but never
thought I could actually
sing because most of the
guys I collaborated with
were rappers so I was
forced to start rapping as
well. Back then my name
was Coolbung but it didn’t
stick because Mapiki was
already popular so I stuck
with my surname Mapiki.”
Mapiki will be perform-
ing alongside Macha’s
Real Jay and Choma’s
Mpande in Chirundu
on the 25th of
October at a show
p o w e r e d b y
S o u t h e r n
Classics. “ I
have had big
s h o w s o u t s i d e
Mazabuka but my memo-
rable show was in Siavonga
at Freshview Homes dur-
ing the official opening of
the venue. I couldn’t
believe the massive sup-
port I received even
after the big star
B-Flow left the
stage for me.”
His journey
hasn’t been
without its
hiccups. He
h i g h l i g h t s
piracy as the
number one
t h o r n i n
every musi-
cians flesh.
“In music
there a lot
of challenges
especially
when you
are not an
e s t a b -
l i s h e d
artiste.
The big-
g e s t
challenge
is that of
p i r a c y .
Music in
Zambia is
difficult
to sell
because
of piracy.
F o r
instance
i f I
release
an album
today and
I put it on
the mar-
ket one
person will
buy the album and when
the neighbour hears the
music they won’t ask
where to buy the music ,
instead they
will bor-
row the
CD and
copy it
t o
flash disks and memory
cards. Eventually, you will
find someone charging to
50n per song to put it in a
flash or memory card. If
there was a way to stop
this we would benefit as
musicians.”
On Tonga music finally
getting recognition he
says “Competition always
brings aboyt quality in
everything. I believe
music can be done in any
language what matters is
how the artiste con-
structs his ideas.
The Mazabuka native
says his parents, espe-
cially his father,
are proud of
him.
Introducing...By Hope ‘Deejay Wolf’
Mkunte @selectalupo
M
ention
Mazabuka and
sugar comes to
everyone’s mind. But
that’s not the only thing
Mazabuka is known for. It
is also a budding enter-
tainment hub, and Mapiki,
one of Southern prov-
ince’s rising talents, hails
from there. His music may
not come close to sugar
but it is sweet to the ear
and is making waves
across the nation.
Mapiki - born Allan
Mapiki - was introduced
on the Zambian music
scene with his hit gospel
song Jobo Walila even
though it was his Award-
winning song Isosendeko
that catapulted him to
national recognition. It
also won him the best
upcoming artiste award at
Komboni Radio.
The 27-year- old pro-
ducer and singer is
gearing for the release of
his debut album High
Voltage, thanks to the
buzz his song Omubili
Wandilekelezya, which he
had earlier ignored.
“ Mubili features my
young brother Joe. I
produced and
wrote the
s o n g
but
I
never knew it would blow
up like it did. I did the
song and abandoned it for
other projects that I
thought would make more
sense. After 3 weeks Joe
listened to it, wrote his
verse and encouraged me
to finish the song. In just
a few hours the song was
all over Mazabuka. After
some comments from my
fans I decided to record
a remix and called it
Mubili Reloaded because
I think I added an irre-
sistible touch to it. “ He
says.
In addition to Joe, the
remix also features
Lastiz. Dj Dazzle, ever
giving unknown artistes a
chance, played it on Radio
4.
People often find it
hard to classify Mapiki’s
music. Is it secular? Is it
gospel? they ask but he is
quick to offer an explana-
tion . “I believe music is
another way of dissemi-
nating information be it
gospel or secular its all
music. My
G
OSPEL artiste
Emmanuel Mwale is
set to release his
debut album titled
Adonai, reports Chewe
Chota.
Also known as Emmanuel
GWS (God With Us), the
singer says his music is
inspired by the Bible.
Mwale is best known for
his single Muli Yesu which