By Trevor Makonyonga
“To see that a father is proud of his son, listen to the way he speaks about his child in public and how he addresses to him.”
This is a quote that best describes what former Black Spirit, Clive ‘Mono’ Mukundu, did yesterday as he was endorsing his son, Taku’s new album.
Mukundu could not hide his pride in his son as he talked about the young artist’s history during his birthday celebration.
Taka appeared a little shy to speak about his album unlike his father who grasped every moment.
Although he did not talk much on the Facebook live launch on Tuesday, he told Bustop TV that he is experiencing a great feeling because he had finally released the album.
Taka said, “It’s really a great feeling that finally I get to drop it because I have been working on it since 2014. I sometimes did not get time to work on it because I was really busy. I am really excited about this because it’s finally out. I trust that people will enjoy it.”
He also touched on many other aspects about his musical journey.
The recently turned 22 year old instrumentalist took time to narrate how the name of the album came through before emphasising that he did not sing because he cannot sing.
He said, “The album has 10 tracks. It is called Chronicles of the culture kid. The reason I named it this is because back then when I was in high, even up to now, I used to be a person who liked Zimbabwean music. A friend of mine jokingly said he would name me culture kid so that’s how the name came along. So the album talks about how I became the culture kid. There is one song on the album that was sung by a guys called Kelvin. I didn’t sing, I cannot sing.”
The former Prince Edward School scholar also talked about the influence his father had on his music and how it has effected on his career now.
“I remember when I was a kid my dad used to play a lot of Afro Jazz. He played the likes of Oliver Mutukudzi and Thomas Mapfumo. That’s when I got inspiration. If you listen to my music there is influence of Oliver Mutukudzi and mostly Thomas Mapfumo. That’s where my music inspiration came from.
“College helped me to broaden my music. It helped me more on the ethno music side. I am now able to play marimba and nhari. The college experience also helped me to know of other significant historical facts about music. It is important for musicians to go to college.”
Other than his father, the young musician has worked with Joseph Sax, Stephen Nyoni, Naphtali Chivandikwa, Archford Sunguru, Prince Madhiwali, Tedd on percussion, Trevor on bass and the legendary Nick Nare.
The album consists of tracks, Kare Kare, Mutorwa, Mutema- Nguvai, Family with love, African march, Mood, Raejazz, Mushana, Lost and Mhanzi yekumba kwedu.
Taka has been a regular feature on the lockdown jam sessions being hosted by his father.
His music can be bought on all online stores or directly from Taka Mukundu for US$5.
