On the decks…
Club DJs
T Bass Gukuta
A man with a huge
reputable career as one of
Zimbabwe’s finest club djs
having hosted a number of
international acts and
played for a number of gigs
including earlier this year,
at the “wedding of the
year”, the president’s
daughter's wedding, which
was a huge honour , for a
man of T Bass’s status.
Despite riding on great
success, Tbass, actually is a
laidback gentleman and he
gave Groove some time to
share what it takes to be
great on the decks.
GM.: Welcome T Bass to
Groove Magazine. Please tell us
about yourself.
Tbass: I was born Tavona
Gukuta and I grew up in Gweru.
I moved to Harare as a result of
working as a manager at Chicken
Inn . I have always loved music. I
fell in love with music because of
deejays like of Kelvin Sifelani,
Tich Mataz and Peter Jones.
Those are the guys who inspired
me and got me into deejaying.
The DJ baton was passed to me
by my mentor , Bhekezela
78
Sibanda also known as B-Bass. I’m
T Bass; B for his name, Bhekezela
and T because I’m Tavona, and the
bass is for the beat that we both
love, which is house music. I’m a
devout Christian. I go to church at
Christian Community Life Church
in Mount Pleasant . I’m single and
no kids. That’s T Bass; that’s
Tavona for you.
GM.: It seems that you have
answered part of our next
question. How did you get into
deejaying and for how long have
Groove Magazine Zimbabwe
you been in business?
Tbass: Bass& Styles is 10 years
this year. I met P Stylez in
Gweru when he came for a gig
with Peter Jones, like I said,
then I was working for Chicken
Inn and we got along. When I
was transferred to Harare by
Chicken Inn, we met up and
started doing gigs together. Our
first time deejaying together
was at Stars. And because we
are similar people, we are
reserved, not too out there. So