Times Of Swaziland: HITMAKER TENDANESS & JOJO TO DROP EP

HITMAKER TENDANESS & JOJO TO DROP EP
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BY MMELI MKHWANAZI on 28/10/2021 08:29:00


MBABANE – Renowned ‘Jika’ hitmaker Tendaness is set to drop a body of work
with Jojo this November.
Fans of the duo and music lovers alike will be pleased to know that Tendaness
and talented songstress Fikile ‘Jojo’ Tsabedze will be returning with a body
of work in the form of an Extended Play (EP) titled ‘Tendaness and Jojo’.
The EP will come after the duo’s debut collaboration wherein they released a
single ‘Uthando Lwakho’ seven months ago, which was followed by a music
video.
Views
On YouTube, the single garnered over 17 000 views and the video which was
released two months ago has over 2 300 views so far. In a telephonic interview
with Tendaness, whose real name is Tatenda Mandaza, he said the first single
that would be released prior to dropping the EP is ‘Inyembezi’ which would
be released this coming Friday. He further added that the EP will be available
on all streaming platforms on November 12, 2021. The upcoming duo’s body of
work will consist of five songs including their debut single, ‘Uthando
Lwakho’.
The duo promised fans that the new songs will be something different from what
they‘ve heard before. Tendaness went on to say, “I am very excited about the
upcoming project which will be released under my label TendaMix with Jojo. While
recording music for the project, we went out of our comfort zones and with this,
I am taking things to the next level.”
Fans
Having signed Jojo under his label – TendaMix, he said fans can expect new
music from her early next year. Tendaness mushroomed into the scene with his hit
‘Jika ft. Bholoja & LO’, a record that introduced the signature Tendaness
sound and positively redirected the course of his journey. Even though 2017 was
the year many were first introduced to his music, the inception of the Eswatini
born DJ and producer’s career was a decade before. The release of subsequent
singles ‘Love Me’, ‘Call On Me’, ‘Solo’, ‘Tell Me’ and ‘Make
Up Your Mind’ verified his position in the music industry, proving that he’s
not here by accident. Described as a ‘genre bender,’ Tendaness’ sound
infuses elements of a variety of genres such as Jazz and Folk with electronic
elements and the result is a sound with worldwide potential.