Entertainment News

Musician Nsaku back in studios

Nsaku:  I have spent a lot of time to come up with these compositions
Nsaku: I have spent a lot of time to come up with these compositions

Once-famous musician Charles Nsaku is in the studios, where he has managed to come up with Ayaluke, a song that speaks against housewives’ cruelty against their husbands.

In an interview with On the Arts, the musician, famous for the hit song Ndiphike Nyemba, says he is recording an album from which the single is to be incorporated.

Recording is ongoing at KPC Studios in Lilongwe’s Area 23 by the versatile Petros Ching’oma and Nsaku is optimistic that his art will sell well.

“I have taken a lot of time without releasing an album. With the demand and pressure I am getting from my fans, I am optimistic of good sales from the album. I have spent a lot of time to come up with these compositions,” said Nsaku, whose last release, Mourning Lucky Dube, came out in 2009.

Ayaluke, which is already playing in some radio stations, tackles housewives’ tendency of sending their husbands to early graves in a bid to inherit wealth. The single is a fusion of rhumba and reggae.

Nsaku, who lately has been an ardent composer of political songs, says this is no longer the time to talk politics; hence, his metamorphosis to sing against cruelty in matrimonial homes.

“There are a number of women who victimise their husbands in one way or another. Sometimes, they even kill their loved ones just to take over wealth from them. I have deliberately sang to let them reform. I loathe seeing or hearing men being oppressed,” charged Nsaku, who is fondly known as Njanji ya Reggae.

Nsaku, who has not released an album in the past five years, says he is now ready to hit the road after a hectic schedule in the May tripartite elections.

“The elections were time consuming and brought hectic moments in my career. I was busy campaigning for a friend who was contesting in Balaka; hence, my absence. I am now back to my usual reggae and traditional vibes,” said Nsaku.

According to the musician, the album hits the market next month.

“I am planning to come up with a CD and a DVD at the same time. By January, everything will be ready and the album will hit the market the following month,” he said.

Nsaku cut his teeth after joining Alleluya Band in 1994. He dumped the outfit to join the newly formed Mwizalero Band alongside Paul Subiri, Rod Valamanja and Ralph Ching’amba, before dumping it some two years later for Lucius Banda’s Zembani Banda. Two years later, he formed his own outfit Ali Kutauni Sounds.

Nsaku has 10 albums to hit credit.

Related Articles

Back to top button