Zakes Bantwini Explains Why He Won’t Be Making Music For SA No More
Zakes no longer eager to perform in small circles
Zakes Bantwini Explains Why He Won’t Be Making Music For SA No More. Singer and Dancer Zakes Bantwini has revealed that he is now working on expanding the circles he dishes out his music to and that means he is now planing on taking things internationally. Zakes’ album Love, Light and Music got internatonally acclaimed which was enough motive to grow. The artist said that now that he’s no longer making music to survive he is glad and is looking to reach for an audience outside SA.
“Right now, I can’t be satisfied with just being number one only in SA. I’ve already been number one here. I’ve been the talk of the town and had a song that people cross over into the new year with. I am no longer about competing in small circles on small stages, mine is to plant South African music in the world.” said Bantwini speaking to TshisaLive.
He said with Love, Light and Music 2, he had more freedom and remembered a time where he didn’t have that luxury.
“This album is my third professional one but fourth album if I count the passion project I did when I still had L’vovo in my stable. But after a month of having that album done, I stopped distribution and promotion of that album. So when L’vovo left my stable, I went straight into survival mode. I knew the album would not do great, so I dropped it and made my other album because I needed to survive.”
He added that not only has love inspired his latest project, but providing the world with a soundtrack for the different kinds of love was his main aim.
