muzi | Think In Electronic

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Muzi Chats About Chats About Chasing Dreams</span></h2>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="line-height: 24px;">When he was thirteen Muzi started making tunes on his brother’s crappy old PC with 128meg of RAM, using software like EJay, Reason 1, or Cubase 1, which his brother’s friends had installed on the machine. He would spend days sitting in his yard in Empangeni, trying to make beats that sounded exactly as they did in his head. He knew what that shit should sound like. The trick was getting it into reality; making it manifest in the ether. Muzi grew up in this township, where kids either played basketball, netball, soccer, or stayed at home. Rolling through all of this was Muzi on a skateboard, at a time when no-one skated in the townships, and making an early </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">form of the music he makes now in his room. He was an outcast from the get-go. Spin the dial forwards a decade and most kids in the township have skateboards, swag, trying hard to do their own thing, make their own music. They’ve caught up. But Muzi has moved on.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAhAYfqc1Gc0VpJB3jXXC5ROhgimmOnAm3xvBbwZ7NyDoH8nzwRAOfWhInFb7LSrDNVzfA16YUQ0PGmK7nf7nmLadQMiyPT-0t1NNrCcHTgm76ESFY8Qk6uPVkR8NYD1dW1OKaQUBcnNh/s1600/_73A705422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="muzi chats about grietfest " border="0" height="556" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAhAYfqc1Gc0VpJB3jXXC5ROhgimmOnAm3xvBbwZ7NyDoH8nzwRAOfWhInFb7LSrDNVzfA16YUQ0PGmK7nf7nmLadQMiyPT-0t1NNrCcHTgm76ESFY8Qk6uPVkR8NYD1dW1OKaQUBcnNh/s1600-rw/_73A705422.jpg" title="" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">How are you doing today and how has winter been treating you?</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- Firstly, thank you guys for the
interview. It means a lot to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm okay. Trying to do this routine
thing, woke up late, again LOL. Will get there soon though. Winter has been
hella cold but I survived.<span style="color: #f1c232;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     
</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">To start of can you tell us a little about who you are on a non
musical front?</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- 23 year old from Empangeni. An avid
reader. I like to think I'm funny. I'm a drop out like Kanye West LOL . Im an
introvert. Just a normal dude trying to make something out of himself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     
</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">You’ve specialized in a sound that combines the rolling bass of trap,
electronic and bass music which is something not on offer by many local
producers. How has your sound been received to crowds you’ve played locally?</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- I wont lie, the reception has been
hella awesome. I play all my own bootlegs, remixes and original tracks, so its
always a risk because people dont know my shit as yet but they be vibing to it
and I think thats dope. I didnt even know what to expect really, I was just
doing what felt natural to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     
</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">You’re currently located in Johannesburg, which is a heavily
fragmented city in terms of electronic genres. What would you say makes
Johannesburg different from other cities in South Africa in terms of the
musical palette and diversity here?</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- Johannesburg is that type of place
where you could have an idea in the morning and see it in fruition by evening.
Most of the head offices are here, the record labels, the tv shows, the media
outlets etc so thats dope and thats something a musician can take advantage of.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The diversity is there but one needs to
find the different music movements that are happening. Theres mainly a rock and
urban crowd but then when festivals like Grietfest come through, you see 5000
people packed for some electronica so people here are open to new things. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     
</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Your remix of Cassper Nyovest’s Doc Shebeleza is absolutely mental,
what has the reception been like?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- Aweh y'all have heard that shit ? Dope!
Thank you. We approaching 7000 total plays on my soundcloud and like 2000
downloads. That is big to me because it doesnt reflect the number of followers
i have, I should be averaging like 500 plays LOL. Cool thing about a track like
that is people know the original, so when I play it out, it always works
because they can identify with it instantly. Funny thing is, I dont think
Cassper has heard it though LMFAO <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     
</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">With everyone being connected to the internet and being exposed to new
genres and artists especially in electronic music lately, do you see crowds
here that would normally opt for traditional hip hop, deep and urban house
genres becoming more open minded and adventurous in their choices these days? </b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- Yeah. That is happening as we speak. I
think people just want good music now, no matter what the genre is. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo6; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     
</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">This year you’re playing Grietfest which is something of a unique
event, catering to genres that don’t often get to be paired with production,
stages and lighting of the scale we’ve come to expect from the Grietfest brand.
How would you describe Grietfest to someone coming through for their first time
in 2014?</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo6; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- Its where people come together to
celebrate their common love for everything electronica. I wouldnt advise them
to listen to any music the day before. Save your eardrums, there'll be enough
bass for you at Grietfest LOL. I love that people of all races are there too,
and it has an awesome vibe man, multiple stages to cater to all your
electronica needs. Tell them to check out for this kid named Muzi, i hear he is
hella dope too LOL.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfzQNXUaIbc2fsDX1Cg-QkEZy9eMH9U1XcZ8juiFi1C9Mt0S6MO7HWqhbu-4jF6U3q8ULs-y7AbA45fbBabd6GED3LxwCVQ2PaAJlfVNg3UC1lX53bWKgis7G71bVX_XyKhHC_0dfINDJ/s1600/_73A7075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="grietfest interview with muzi" border="0" height="640" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfzQNXUaIbc2fsDX1Cg-QkEZy9eMH9U1XcZ8juiFi1C9Mt0S6MO7HWqhbu-4jF6U3q8ULs-y7AbA45fbBabd6GED3LxwCVQ2PaAJlfVNg3UC1lX53bWKgis7G71bVX_XyKhHC_0dfINDJ/s1600-rw/_73A7075.jpg" title="muzi" width="425" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     
</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What is the one thing about Grietfest that stands out for you?</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- The out-of-the-box line ups. The International acts they bring are actually credible acts and I like that.
People at Grietfest know what they're doing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo8; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     
</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you have a crazy Grietfest story to share?</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo8; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- I dont have crazy stories because i
dont turn up much LOL. Grietfest 2013, I was able to get the floor almost fully
packed. I was nervous as hell but I was able to pull that off. Will never
forget that :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo9; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     
</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Which local DJs inspire you and why?</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- Haezer and Niskerone. Those dudes leave
the dj booth and go vibe with the crowd. I think that is fuckin amazing and
fearless. I've done that before, but I want to do it a lot more now after
seeing them. Das Kapital, Sibot, Christan Tiger School and Dj NightVision are
also dope as fuck.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo10; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     
</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Which international artists are you most looking forward to sharing
the stage with at this year’s event?</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- Far Too Loud !!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo11; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     
</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">If you had to the opportunity of playing to a genre-neutral crowd
without fear of judgment or being booed off the decks, what are some of the
songs you’d jump at playing that you’ve always been afraid of trying out?</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo11; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- My whole set is things I'm afraid to
play out hahahah but I always take that risk. Thats the thing that makes djing
fun for me, the fact that i can make something a day before, play it the day
after, and hope the crowd loves it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo12; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">  <span style="color: #f1c232;">   
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">What are some of the tracks in you record box that never fail to get
the crowd going?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo12; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><br /></span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- Uproar, Bundu FX, Riky Rick -
Amantombazane ft. OkMalumKoolkat (Muzi Remix) and my Macarena edit. It goes
off!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>

<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><b>Thank you so much for doing this
interview .We hope to catch up with you soon at Grietfest</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
v<iframe frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/users/8341852&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe></div>

Pre Grietfest 2014 Interview || Muzi

Muzi Chats About Chats About Chasing Dreams When he was thirteen Muzi started making tunes on his brother’s crappy old PC with 128m...

Think In Electronic

By ThinkInElectronic / 20140826 / No comments /

Pre Grietfest 2014 Interview || Muzi

By ThinkInElectronic / 20140806 / No comments /

Muzi - Funa

SOUNDCLOUD

You Might Like

Hearing Nic Fanciulli Out Interview

About Us

Popular Posts Of The Week

Drop Your Beats and Bests

Blog Archive