Times Of Swaziland: CHICO, SMADJ ‘ELECTRIFY’  THE THEATRE CLUB

CHICO, SMADJ ‘ELECTRIFY’  THE THEATRE CLUB
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Phumelele Mkhonta on 19/12/2018 07:57:00


MBABANE - The sounds of guitar strings and electro music sounds that echoed the
Eswatini Theatre Club were electrifying.
This was last Thursday where the beautiful city of Mbabane saw the performance
of Mozambican legendary duo Chino Antonio and Smadj for close to two hours. The
event dubbed ‘Electro Chico Tour’ was hosted by Alliance Francaise de
Mbabane and it was attended by close to 70 music lovers who were attentive to
every song.
Featured
The show featured the performance of Eswatini-born artist Mbali, who had a
magical voice that captured the music lovers. Behind the production was
Eswatini’s very own music producer Ralph Smit. The tour was a
once-in-a-lifetime performance by legendary Mozambican singer Chico António and
Smadj, whose dynamic music is set to transform Mozambican music.
This concert was intended to bring eclectic futuristic sounds to Eswatini and it
did just that. The songs, which were performed, mainly constituted of chants and
‘tongues’.
Motivated
The event was motivated by the partnership between Alliance Francaise de Mbabane
and Central Culturel Franco Mozambican (CCFM) who are both under the French
Embassy. The two entities do cultural exchange programmes with artists and last
year, Eswatini music producer and trumpeter Ralph Smit and his band known