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Tanga WEKWA SANDO

Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment Reporter
Tanga WEKWA SANDO has released a single called “Love Aziko” featuring one of the pioneering urban grooves outfits – Extra Large. The township love music singer has shown that he is still very much around and the track feels a lot like the Tanga wekwa Sando of old. Yes, the Tanga who brought you the hits such as “Wake”, “Paidamoyo”, “Buhera” and “Nyenyedzi”. Production-wise, the single is bouncy and danceable with a lingering bass synonymous with the township love rhythms.

“This is taken from my upcoming album which took me a lot of time to produce,” Tanga wekwa Sando said.
By the way you can expect anything from an artiste whose versatility is as varied as Tanga, who draws influences from funk, afro-jazz, rock, soul and what have you. Like one critic said: “Tanga’s music exudes such power and beauty that invokes in Zimbabweans a sense of pride and belonging.”

Extra Large, who sing on the hook, did well on vocals as for the first time they sang not just from the top of their voices but according to the notes. For once, Tanga taught the young generation how to make music changing from low to high notes.

“Love Aziko” simply put means the love is no more. When two people stop seeing each other, stop calling each other or stop everything they used to do one of them is bound to conclude that love no longer exists.

On the flip side, there is a superb love track called “Katsindi” which promises to be another gem for music lovers. It’s a feel-good number with an addictive chorus and boy oh boy, you got to listen to it. If you have not liked Tanga before it’s about time you ask yourself why.
Besides singing township love songs, Tanga is also a social commentator having released such hits as “Torai”, which talks about the land reform and “MaNetwork”, where he criticises the poor services by telecommunication networks, his music is about people.

He is also passionate about the African renaissance and the emancipation of Africans from colonial mentality.

Just before the July harmonised elections, Tanga released a single called “Vhotai Murunyararo Vhotai” urging Zimbabweans to maintain peace before, during and after the elections.

Born Ernest Tanga Kambadzo Sando, the township jazz maestro cut his teeth playing in numerous bands, including the Harare Mambos, before striking out on his own. He released his first solo album, “Wake” in 2000 under the moniker Tanga Wekwa Sando from his Hakuna Matata Studios.

Below are the lyrics of the “Love Aziko” featuring Extra Large:
Ndati phone yazofa airtime
Chigunew changu ichi chakupopota pota
Ma airtime dealers akutondiketa
Haunyari here kundiona ndichifamba ndifonekedza iwe
Uchanditsvaga, uchandishaya
Ndarama pezeka
Nakugura airtimo
Manja anga ata nakuscratcha airtimo
Tsapato zanga zata
Nakudinga airtimo