Muzi is on the move

HE’S REINVENTING OLD SA MUSIC AT ROCKING THE DAISIES Following UK tour and collaborations with international acts.

Afrovision

usic can sometimes be boring, with not much thought or creativity going into it, but not Muzi Mazibuko’s music.

He is strongly invested in his craft, with the goal of being a refreshing addition to the local music industry. On his second album, Afrofusion, he croons about modern relationships and Africans, hence the title.

The producer and musician will be gracing the Rocking the Daisies stage again this year, having last performed in it in 2014. He’s looking forward to all the local acts that will be gracing the festival’s stages.

Dubbed as the South African Kaytranada, Muzi recently got back from his Afrovision UK tour where he collaborated with international acts like Yadi, Example and Ghetts, to name a few.

“The UK tour was great. It was also great seeing how far the music has travelled and seeing people that side singing the lyrics back to me, and vibing with me when I was performing. The experience was awesome and humbling. I plan on going back,” he said.

Muzi has been producing and creating music long enough to serve as a guiding light for newcomers.

The 27-year-old began making music on a 128MB computer in the early 2000s and has created music for the likes of Riky Rick, Locnville, Kabelo, and Reason.

This ultimately led him to also making music for international brands such as Apple iWatch, Ralph Lauren and Nando’s adverts.

His journey has been pretty odd. When it seemed he was on the right track producing music for influential artists, he didn’t feel entirely in his element, so he decided to move to Berlin.

“Berlin taught me about minimalism, about how less is more and about using spaces in your art. I have tried to implement that not only in my creative space, but also in my personal life and it works a treat.”

This can be seen in his most recent work in which he uses fewer instruments and finds that the lighter a song feels, the better it works. Fans can look forward to hearing his new work, MuziMonday edits, where he edits old South African music at Rocking the Daises for the first time ever.

Over and above #RTD, Muzi is working on shooting a few more videos of his latest offering and making merchandise for Afrofusion.