we clicked and thought that we
would make a great tag team of
DJs. And now that’s ten years
later.
GM.: How ironic for somebody
in the limelight?
Tbass: I suppose it’s because of my
Christian background. Everything
that I achieve and in everything
that I do, I put God first. I am
showcasing a God given talent.
There is no need to be pompous; or
to be “this” superstar. Just be
yourself!
GM.: Live set or the studio,
which of the two do you prefer
and what is the difference?
Tbass: Live set any day. It is
motivating to see how people
respond to what you’re playing.
On the other hand radio is also
cool, because I get to also speak to
the nation at large. When playing
a live set in a club in Zimbabwe, at
the most, you are communicating
to a 1000 people. Whereas on a
radio program you have a
minimum of 25 to 50 000 people,
so the reach of radio is far greater
than the reach in the club. At the
end of the day it still remains
greatly motivating to watch
people through a live set.
GM.: You are currently playing
at the Grain. Please take us
through your residences up to
date.
Tbass: I broke onto the scene at
club Mambo, actually, I was doing
Kebab with Dee Nice because he
was the main deejay there. I don’t
know, I guess some people get to
the point where they have
outgrown being interactive with
people, so at some point Dee Nice
stopped coming to Kebab, and I
automatically became the main DJ,
still under his stable at the time.
We then moved to club Mambo
and there the club kicked off.
Unfortunately he became sick at
some point, he got hospitalized
and then I took over as the main
DJ there; and that landed as a
Groove Magazine Zimbabwe
launch pad for my deejay career.
We played at a gig at what is now
Skyy Bar, which is formerly Envy;
formerly La Vida. That club really
has a place in my heart, actually in
what I do. We did Stars, that’s
when I hooked up with P Styles.,
From Stars, I went to South Africa.
There I was trying to break
through into the South African
market. I did a couple of gigs with
Channel O, live on Channel O. I
think that this is when my
relationship with some of the
biggest South African DJs
developed with the likes of DJ
Fresh, Oskido, Euphonik, Black
Coffee, DJ Voodoo, Milkshake. I
was uncomfortable, the life there
was too fast for me! I was like a
fish out of water. Things were
great in terms of business but I
just didn’t feel like I was at home.
I came back to Zimbabwe, then
Stars had died down a bit, so I did
club Infinity by Greystone Park
shops, from December to February.
Then a big opportunity came for
me to run a club by an investor,
that was club Monaco. , P Styles
joined me and we did club Monaco
and Infinity as well. I then went to
Sing