DJ Banks: And also the one good
thing, one advantage of radio over
live sets, you know they say that
your personality is who you are in
the dark, so when you are there
alone there is minimum interaction
with whom you are playing for so
it’s easy for you to be yourself. In the
club there is someone who doesn’t
like what you are playing, they are
holding a bottle and they are
looking at you. (Everybody laughs)
.They can’t wait for you to finish. It’s
not easy.
DJ V: That’s when you show your
musical maturity. You know some
people go on radio and they just
play songs. On radio there is that
chance of introducing new songs
and you know showing people your
style. I believe Banks has been on
radio so many times and he has
developed his style. That’s one thing
that takes us back as djs.
GM.: Which artists/djs would you
like to work with locally,
regionally and internationally?
DJ Banks: Wow! Locally? Hmm
(Thinking) I’ve worked with most
of them. But I have to say Winky D
and Gutspy Warrior. Those two
really know what to do.
DJ V: Or people you wouldn’t want
to work like Mic Inity. You’ve
deejayed for him? (looking at Banks)
DJ Banks: I’ve worked with him but
I’ve not deejayed for him.
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DJ V: I wouldn’t want to work
with him. He has no respect for
djs. People should respect djs. DJ
Banks when he’s sitting here no
one knows that he has degrees.
We are actually educated, we both
have degrees, and we went to
school. We are actually looking
forward to masters even have a
doctorate. The problem with most
people is that when they see a dj
and think that they are not
educated. There’s a big market for
djs. There are some big djs that we
don’t know about that are in
Harare but we don’t know them.
They are probably in the Brook,
playing for weddings in the Brook.
DJ Banks: Regionally I would love
to work with 2Face Idibia, I know
that it is random, many would ask
me. I would also like to work with
these guys Radio and Wizzo from
Kenya. From SA, I’m a huge fan of
HHP, he’s really good on stage and
I would like to see DJ Fresh before
he gets old. (Laughs) Yeah,
internationally I’m a very, very big
dancehall fan. I love dancehall.
Most of them have already come
here. If I were to choose who I’d
want to work with? I know that
Mavado came but I would love to
work with Mavado. I was part of
the Popcaan concert, I actually
deejayed there. But I would love to
be on stage, up close with Mavado.
I think that’s about it. And please
bring Jay Z to Zimbabwe. That’s
an extreme dream, you can tell.
(Laughs)
DJ V: Artists and DJs? You see
with the type of house that I
play; say that I get a chance to
play; I wouldn’t mind giving a
shot at performing live with
Toya DeLazy. She’s got that
groovy, unique style, you know,
that’s bumping and gets
everyone moving. Em, DJs? I
don’t want to look too high. I
just want to see what I can do
within the next three, four
years. I want to perform with
Euphonik and share decks with
the likes of Kent; and actually
show my style to those guys.
And that’s about it. (Thinking)
I look up to guys such as Nikki
Romero, Dmitri Vega. Those are
the guys that inspire me, they
do it. At the, what you call that
annual festival with Swedish
House Mafia? (Asking DJ
Banks) Yeah, the Tomorrow
land festival. Those guys, they
really showed the power of the
DJ, producing songs, you know,
just like how David Guetta
turned around the art of music
with Black Eyed Peas making a
beat for those guys and actually
making a world hit platinum
single, “I’ve got a feeling”. I
think it was a hit during the
world cup, so yeah, something
like that. I think that
Zimbabwe can be part of that
as long as we appreciate our
own style of music.