Coke Studio Fun Voyage Goes on with Episodes 6 & 7
THE commitment to entertain audience
across Africa with good music continues
on Coke Studio, as very talented artists
from the continent showcase immense
talents. Episodes 6 and 7 raised the
musical standards in the studio a notch
higher with the wonderful performances
from the musicians and in-house band.
Episode 6 opened up with a soulful
rendition from multi-talented Coke
Studio Musical Director, Zwai Bala,
crooning a delightfully soulful song,
which is followed by fusion between
multi-talented Nigerian Di’ja and
Maputo-born singer, Hernani Da Silva,
with an energetic performance from
Kenyan producer, Owuor Arunga.
Speaking on the mash-up, the energetic
Arunga said, “I looked up the meaning of
Musica De Fim De Semana and
Badamuwa, and they fit together. It was
a beautiful thing we can make a logical
mash-up which fits within the realm of
reasoning, lyrically.”
Coke Tale offered a heart-to-heart talk
from Mozambique’s Queen of Hip-hop,
Dama Do Bling, who explained how her
provocative personality had sparked so
much debate, and had her standing up
against the ‘old guard’ in many ways.
In her words, “I love to be sexy on
stage… I feel big when I do that on
stage.”
This was followed by a heartfelt
performance when the skilled producer,
Silverstone stripped Wangechi guitar
laced music and replaced it with
percussion. The result was a fusion that
infused the rhythm of Kevin Lyttle’s
Turn me on to their delivery.
While Kenyan producer, Eric Musyoka
battled with recreating the songs, Poiera
and Eleda Mi, by Neyma and Olamide,
which were programmed and came with
no live musicals, the two musicians
appeared to also struggle for chemistry
to eventually deliver an unplugged mash
up to them.
Musyoka said, “It was the most
challenging song. The main challenge is
that both songs are programmed and
they do not have a lot of live instruments
that I could use to incorporate them. So, I
focused mainly on the melodies and
strength of the singing and choruses.”
Enigmatic Unknown Disc Jockey
masterfully revved up the chemistry
between Nigeria’s Flavour and soulful
Ugandan singer, Julian, who learnt to
‘shake ukwu to the mash-up of the songs:
Woman/Shake. The performance again
emphasised why they are slowing
turning into the season’s favourite.
The last performance on the episode
came from Avril and MI who performed
a clap song titled, “Hands Like”.
Cobhams Asuquo produced them.
Like the earlier ones, Episode 7 also had
interesting mash-up sessions, beginning
from the all-male team made up of
Nigeria’s Ice Prince and Kenyan group,
Sauti Sol. Although, they had no
producer, they made it happen by
keeping the Aboki/Sura Yako fusion very
African.
As usual, the very energetic Yemi Alade
gave an electrifying performance
alongside Kenya’s King of Genge, Jua Cali
as they performed Mastercraft’s mash up
of Taking Over Me and Ngeli Ya Genge.
Other performances came from
Mozambique’s Soulful G2 and Uganda’s
battle rapper Numero uno, Navio; as well
as Alikaba and the delectable Victoria
Kimani.
Episode 7 ended with the return of
Musyoka, who produced a mash-up of
Neyma’s new release Mama, with
Olamide adding his street edgy touch to
the song.
As Coke Studio Africa Season 3
progresses, the show promises more
electrifying and surprise collaborations
among artistes. Join the fun this weekend
as Alikiba and Victoria Kimani; Hernani
Da Silva as well as Di’Ja; Yemi Alade and
Jua Cali return to set the stage on fire on
episode 8.
Remember to give your favourite mash-
ups a chance to get on the Coke Studio
Africa album, by voting on Twitter,
Facebook and Instagram with the
hashtags # song number and
#cokestudioafrica.
Coke Studio 3 airs every Sunday on AIT
at 6pm and Soundcity at 7.30PM, ONTV
on Monday at 6.30pm, every Thursday
on BCOS at 6pm and Nigezie on Friday
at 7pm.
Jua cali and yemi alade
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