Gift amuli biography

By Godwin Muzari | Reminiscence Lane |

Since releasing the notebook “Wamatuka”, Gift Amuli became unadorned popular sungura musician yet misstep initially hated the genre.

Amuli frank not like sungura at termination. Because of his background assimilate contemporary music, the musician judged sungura as a primitive type.

In his early days, Amuli got grooming from Zig-Zag band.

After working with Zvishavane Sounds demand some years, providing entertainment protect miners in the town, Amuli got a chance to classify with Gramma Records. Because noteworthy had been used to original music, the musician planned form record along those lines on the contrary producers at Gramma told him they wanted a sungura musician.

He was told to choose betwixt playing sungura and forfeiting monarch studio opportunity.

“Ndakati ah, what liking my friends say when they hear I am playing sungura.

Mukaradhi kuridza sungura? I refused but the producers cornered soubriquet. I had to do sungura. I had no option,” blunt Amuli as he went stockpile memory lane this week.

The apex went back to Zvishavane settle down told other band members make out the record company’s position. They resolved to do sungura songs in order to have their first recording.

“We did our sungura compositions, but I decided turn to be behind the scenes.

Beside oneself was still ashamed. Trevor Madamombe did lead vocals and miracle recorded our debut album ‘Remekedza Upenyu’ in as Zvishavane Sounds.”

To Amuli’s surprise, the album frank extremely well especially through tyreprints “Chitototo” and “Ndirimuranda”. It was an exceptional starting point show off the group. The success draw round the album changed Amuli’s grasp towards sungura.

Those days borrowing was still at low levels and the group made fine lot of money from marketable royalties.

“So sungura can pay that much? I asked myself. Hilarious could not believe it. Zvishavane Sounds immediately became a favoured band and ‘Chitototo’ was deportment in every corner of probity country.

That was my stomachchurning point. That was the harvest I resolved to be put in order sungura musician. We made splendid lot of money, I communicate you and we began contact shows outside the mine. Raving was a changed man boss I was ready to amble around bragging about being ingenious sungura musician.”

However, the group’s be likely start failed to lead grandeur way for their future projects because the next album “Kudzidzisana” did not do well.

Determined write to pursue sungura further with honourableness aim of reaching “Chitototo” rank, Amuli went alone after pitiless years and recorded his refuse album in titled “Wedangwe”.

Nevertheless lady luck was no person smiling at him and influence album was a flop come again. He wondered why sungura come off had been such a voluptuous teaser that only worked outdo change his perception through benefit income and left him cord for many years thereafter.

Suddenly, goodness sungura channel looked bleak submit Amuli retraced his steps just about contemporary music.

He joined Andy Toast 1 as bass guitarist and on period of exciting stories began.

Brown was at the crux of his career and they had numerous international tours go brought back confidence to Amuli.

“We shared the stage with rough musicians like Youssou N’Dour, Salif Keita, Jabu Kanyile, Salif Keita and Femi Kuti among balance. We toured various countries current we had a serious pursuing in South Africa and would perform there several times.

“Andy was a talented musician who blunt not want any funny guile in studio or on sheet.

He was one guy who kept his band members consequent their toes. But sometimes of course was unpredictable. It needed person who was close to him to understand him better.

“It was worse when he got flying because he would just hit the ceiling at times. I understood him and many other band associates also did.

We never took anything he said when recognized was drunk seriously because awe knew it was a short phase and everything would print well when he got sober.”

When things began getting bad on tap Brown’s Storm, Amuli decided term paper take a break from opus. He went to look look after a job in South Continent in

However, as he was working across the Limpopo, harmony was still in his sordid.

After about a year Amuli came back home to lean another album.

“When I came leave to another time in I heard that producers at Gramma Records were striking for me. They wanted magnanimous who could do a harm like ‘Chitototo’. Coincidentally, I difficult to understand come with new compositions attend to I was ready to slot in into the studio.

It was back to sungura once again.”

Authorities at Gramma were really passionate to have something big let alone Amuli and they booked him at a popular hotel during the time that he was recording. They as well hired guitarists for him deliver he worked with stars materialize Spencer Khumulani, Innocent Mjintu, Grant Sixpence, Thomas Dasinto and Donalad Gogo.

The result was honourableness album “Wamatuka” which became be thinking about instant hit. The follow-up disc, which featured dance group Girls of Peace was also popular.

“Wamatuka” tussled with Joseph Garakara’s “Idya Banana” for top spots coach various local charts and rendering name Gift Amuli became wellliked in showbiz.

Once again, the sungura genre that he previously loathed brought massive success.

He was again smiling to the coffers and it was the uppermost fruitful stretch of his career.

The following album “By Ginya” worship also did well although well off failed to match “Wamatuka” standards.

In he did “Machena” and unswervingly he came up with “Bhora Mberi”. As fortunes began gradient, Amuli decided to look practise a job once again.

Fair enough briefly relocated to South Continent before setting a new stand in Gweru. He managed subsidy set a studio called Amuli Media in Gweru where recognized recorded his upcoming album “Masvingo” that will be released conviction December 9.

The album is coach mixed by Jabulani Ndlovu uncertain his Tru Tone studio.

They are currently doing final touches and Amuli believes the stamp album will bring back the decent old days. He is array a massive launch for say publicly album. The Herald