Groove Magazine International Issue 3 Issue 3 | Page 26
On the
decks …
They might be twenty-seven but these young men are 'deep' and that's probably
why they go by the name Deep Legendz. Simbarashe Kaparipari and Tawanda
Takure who are known by their aliases as DJ Eskay and DJ Icytat, respectively,
caught our attention by playing their sets to a mature crowd at the upmarket
restaurant lounge, Maestro and we were hooked.Their sets are unlike others
because these young men, go deep with a popular dance genre of 'house'-they
play 'deep house' to unwind the minds of all the hard working patrons
who escape to Maestro to get that right vibe for the weekend. It was an honour to
get to meet and sit down with these young 'maestros' of the decks and find out
what makes them tick.
GM: Welcome gentleman to Groove Magazine and for the sake of our readers could you
please give us a brief introduction to who Deep Legendz is?
Icytat: Deep Legendz consists of Icytat and Eskay who are house music DJ and producers.
GM.: So tell us, how did you get into deejaying? And as
producers what projects have you worked on?
Icytat: We started right about 2006 as a brand as Deep
Legendz, but before that we were doing house music
productions. So far we have worked on two album