 Nosapo Wel resolution Uögamu apumata Muzik na liye kama kawaida Mama Kill so many S trauma Tugali na time, barutu na nandambiyo. Tuga barutu na nandambiyo. And that's how Fridays should sound like. That's how Fridays should feel like. Now guys, I promise that I'll bring one of my favorite artists. And I think you also like him so much, Miltu. Eh, Mimi. Nili kwa barutu sheza goma flania lichia, Ailim bana madini, classic. Oh yeah. It's okay. We'll play it. We still have a lot of time. Guys, you all know Dilad. I mean, the last time I interviewed him was like, I think I was still here at Y244. And you know, he came with his guitar and there was this, like he surrounded the entire studio. We were like, oh my goodness, this cannot be happening. And we are so lucky to have him again. This time not in studio, but on zoom, because you know of this kafi and the lockdown. So he's really accepted. I mean, we are honored that he accepted to come live with us. And definitely I think the main reason why we did this was because of the new song that he's done. Manzee, no masana. Amazing. I also don't go anywhere. We'll be playing for you his new song and we're going to be talking to him in a few. So, you ready? Do you want to play a bit of his song? Is all the song? Actually kuna, there's a song which is playing at the background. Say mamilele, bajila. Please. I miss the good old days where I could be up close and personal singing to you in studio. We're really hoping for that and we hope tomorrow the president might think otherwise and say otherwise. So we can have that. Do you think it is up? We might just still get locked in. All day I thought it was going to happen. All day I was convinced. Tomorrow is the day. And then I read somewhere in a newspaper that all his advisors are telling him it's dangerous. So now I'm thinking I don't know anymore and we'll just wait and see. I know. He's just been here, looking at all the memes that are going around about how people will dance tomorrow. But then again, what counts is the fact that we are safe. I think our safety is what counts. And then he was just there laughing. That is so funny. That was really... It's something but we hope everything is going to be okay. I'm out of this and I think we've learnt a lot in this COVID time when we are all locked down. I'm telling people that I've learnt a lot because you know you spend so much time with yourself, you learn a lot about who you really are, right? How is it? It's like I've been telling people the moment the lockdown began I started writing new songs. So I kind of grabbed the guitar as soon as I locked us down and I started writing songs. The first of which is the new song Mawingu that you're playing tonight but there's a whole bunch of new songs coming because I've been writing and I've been recording. So I've been using my time wisely. That is amazing. I've listened to Mawingu and we're going to be playing it in a few, right DJ? But before we get to that, I mean, of course I think many people know who you are and I mean you have a lot of fans and there are people who are die hard fans like us guys here but there are people who want to know who is this glad guy, where did he come from and we all know where you came from but I'm sure there are people back there who really don't know where you came from and you're a little past. We are trying to gossip in Swahili but we know you understand. I'll tell you a bit about me. My name is Zunguni and I'm from Swahili. Zungu and I'm from Swahili. I'm from A.K.A. I'm from A.K.A. I'm from Africa. All of these wonderful names, Kenyans have given me. I used to represent Israel here as a diplomat and then I worked here in Kampuni, in Amkulima, Amiran for a few years and then out of the blue I released a song in 2015 Kuna Jua Pamojenawendi Kimani and it went really, really well and then Sema Milele which you were playing earlier and the rest as they say history, I stayed with it with my song number 21. Wow, wow, wow. Did you ever think, I mean when you were walking did you ever think you'd just stop and go into music and when music would be such a hit? No, no. I gave up music completely. I was a musician in my 20s I was living in Israel in Jerusalem I had a band back then and I quit music when I was 20 some things in June 23, 24. I quit music completely and I went to work for government for news, I had careers and I just forgot about it completely and then when I came back to Kenya I started singing again for fun live music which I that's the thing I miss most. We talk about COVID and being locked down. I miss the crowd because there's nothing that compares to live music and feeling the energy of the crowds. I'm really waiting that we can go back and perform live but yeah that's the story. We went back to singing around 2015 and we're still here now five years later. You know, just killing it that song Najua with Wendy Najua with Wendy was it was your first truck and it was such a hit it was a huge hit until today people still do plate It still is. That song gets like 100,000 views a month on YouTube now still. You know it's still very, very popular. You get people writing and you know people who are in their 20s now that means they were 17, 18 when Najua came out and everybody still connects to the song now so it's a good feeling that music is timeless and can still be relevant five, six years after. Absolutely and we say I mean when people do songs just do something that people can listen to ears and ears from today. It's not just something that's, I mean something timeless it's not something that people will listen to today and then tomorrow they just don't even want to be associated with it. You know what I mean? I've been lucky like that. I mean, all of these songs they are still relevant today in 2019 we did kawaiida guy and all of those songs are still getting a lot of views and very popular and people are leaving their comments so that's a really good feeling. It's a good vibe that people still enjoy the music. Great, great. Now talk to me about Mawingu. Mawingu sounds sounds amazing. I feel like it's a very different sound that I don't know why I'm totally connected with it. First of all the sound itself, I went back to my first producer the same guy who produced Najua and Semamilela, that's MG and there was another guy working in studio with us called Moses and he kind of every person who's involved contributes and brings their own personality. So he's from Congo he kind of pushed the music in a different direction and gave it a bit of a more rock feel. It's a bit different from me but I really like the way it came out like I said, it's the first of several songs I'm about to release and every one of them is like a different vibe and in terms of the lyrics everybody released their own corona song, right? People call it corona. I didn't call it corona but Mawingu is that song about being locked up about waiting for the words, the chorus goes kabla gizaku ingia, baby come home kablambu wa kuwanza, baby come home so I mean, it's exactly that if you look at the music video on YouTube there's a shot of a crook that shows 6pm, Kamakurfi was almost here so it really is it was written in this time and it was really raining bad last month so it's kind of that kind of vibe of what we were going through and it's very kind of the times but also a timeless love song I hope It is kind of in that song it reminded me of Dottree you know Dottree, right? Dottree is a rock artist Yes, no like seriously I mean I'm a DJ and I listen to all types of music but I'm a huge fan of Dottree so when I was listening to her I was like I was just like that's what you should be saying that is so you like you sounded absolutely good and I can't wait to listen to the other songs that you've done why were you I originally come from rock I mean that's what I used to do when I was in my 20s and then when I came when I started singing again I was a bit older so I pulled more of a reggae vibe which is a bit lighter, a bit feel good and this is kind of a mix what I'm doing now is a bit of a mix of both call it reggae and rock kind of a mix of both people responded really well for me being one of them and Miltan being one of them like us guys have just been playing it here and I think we should play it one more time and keep you on zoom call for such a long time as we play the song but I wish you know the way you always do it and to the other room and I can bring it quick and I think oh that would be amazing you know I would have asked you to sing for me before we play it but I don't know how that will sound but I let's try let's try but you're not here nili jaribu kuku pembeliza where did you disappear baby come home baby come home come home like that the rest I give to you to sing live yes we're gonna be playing it in a few and you hear you know your voice I'm sure you can agree like it's a rock dotri type of voice right okay I'm gonna play for you that song in a few guys you decide for yourself it's a new song and there are many more songs coming from him let's play