Slizer targets resurgence
Local House-Kwasa artist Slizer believes her most recent release, Siyavuma has the potential to replicate the success of her second album, Mocha o chele, which served as the foundation for her musical career.
In 2010 Slizer stormed the music scene and instantly became a hit with the album Mocha o chele. It was during an era of CDs and DVDs and the album sold like fat cakes.
At the time, House-Kwasa was like the version of Limpopo music, which is currently giving mainstream genres a run for their money in terms of popularity. The Bobonong performer was expected to be the next big thing as she penetrated the Southern African borders to perform in countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
But that changed over the years with Slizer’s star fading. Coupled with the decline of her music genre and emergence of new sounds, Slizer’s next projects failed to keep up to the reputation of Mocha o chele.
The artist was also involved in a freak car accident in 2017, which also put her career on hold for some time.
Nonetheless, the energetic performer recently hosted members of the media and music industry colleagues for a dinner at Cloud9 Club to present her new project. She categorically stated that she believed the album
could be the one to spark light on her dimming career. Her latest offering, which is her seventh album: The album has 16 tracks. The songs include Bo swela pelo, Siyavuma, History e baya, Bodutunyana, Motho, A re beche, Moemedi, Morusu, Spitipiti, Ma 2000, Sebodu, Sera, Lenyoloi, Kgang yeo, Bazzoka and Nka iketsang. “My biggest career album has been Mocha o chele. It took me places across borders. But I believe here I have something that will also do well and inspire my followers. It is a big album,” she said. Slizer, real names Naledi Kaisara, promised her fans that she will keep on giving the best music at all times. She said her music has inspired many to follow their life dreams.
“I would like to thank my family, fans, friends and fellow musicians for their endless support. This album has 16 songs because we started working on the songs before COVID-19 struck. We then continued to do other songs. There are many songs, but we had to select just 16 from the long list for this album. I would like to thank my producers for making this possible as they worked tirelessly to produce a quality album,” she said.
In this album, Slizer has worked with different producers and artists to infuse different sounds.
She has worked with Kuseri Kumakili, Uncle Touch, Petit Poison, Thono of Rocking Stars and Thapelo wa Mojuta. She has also catered for gospel music lovers with songs that she did with Thapelo wa Mojuta.
While she has tried to diversify, it is safe to say she has not diluted her signature sound, which many of her fans would enjoy. The tempo that is synonymous with her music still remains in most of the songs.
For her fans, some of the songs to look out for in the album include Bo swela pelo, Siyavuma, which she says is her favourite, Motho, Bodutunyana, Sera and Ma 2000.