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7/24/14 - 9/27/14
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06.08.2014

Musikerportrait: Tendai Mandziti aka Tendex

Benjamin Beblo
Benjamin Beblo3 min Lesezeit

Der vielseitig begabte Tendai Madzviti, mittlerweile unter dem Künstlernamen Tendex bekannt, wurde 1987 in Harare / Zimbabwe geboren. Bereits in seiner Jugend hat er viele Preise gewonnen, sei es als bester Musikstudent oder als bester traditioneller Tänzer, was schon früh seine Begeisterung für die Bühne erkennen läßt. Auf der High School belegte er Kurse in Musik- und Klaviertheorie und begann Demo-Songs aufzunehmen.
2011 ging Tendai Madzviti auf das Musikkollege, wo er sein Diplom in Musikethnologie machte. Über die Musikschule kam er zur traditionellen Mbira („Daumenklavier“), was wiederum seine Musikrichtung veränderte, weg vom Pop hin zu mehr afrikanisch beeinflusster Musik. Im gleichen Jahr gründete er die Band LUGGARDS, die Folksongs und eigene Kompositionen sang und zum Beispiel auf dem internationalen Festival of the Arts in Harare auftrat. 2013 wurde Tendai gleich zweimal als musikalischer „Botschafter“ Zimbabwes ausgewählt, wodurch er die Möglichkeit bekam, auf Tournee zu gehen. Tendex ist bekannt für seine verrückten Tänze auf der Bühne. Er singt auf Shona und Englisch; inhaltlich geht es vor allem um das Leben miteinander und um alltägliche Erfahrungen.

In seinem Pressetext lesen wir über ihn:
Still new in the music industry but already making heat waves in Zimbabwe with his afrocentric sound,Tendai Madzviti - known as Tendex - has performed in most hot places in the capital city of Harare including Zimbabwe Germany Society (ZGS) and also in the second biggest city in Zimbabwe called Bulawayo not forgetting on the biggest stage at the biggest festival in Zimbabwe called Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) for the past three years in a row.

Tendai Madzviti writes his songs mainly in Shona and English and usually sings about social life, love and his day to day experiences. He also has a national certificate in ethnomusicology and is currently working on his degree at the Zimbabwe College of Music in Harare. He plays an instrument called mbira nyunganyunga, his best instrument being his voice. He has a band called THE LUGGARDS, has an album called GWENDO and two videos. He has shared stage with German bands called MASSA in 2013 and JAMARAM in 2014. He has also shared stage with the best artists Zimbabwe has to offer, Sir Oliver Mtukudzi, Prudence Katomeni to list just a few and has also performed with one of the best artist South Africa has to offer ZAHARA.

Tendex is known for his energetic moves on stage and crazy dances. He has also performed in Mozambique and South Africa.
Tendai Madzviti Tendex is hear to stay and one force not to be tempered with as he does his job to perfection.

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Benjamin Beblo
Wesslinger Strasse 22
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8/19/14 - GRACELAND heisst jetzt HEAVY HEAVY! Wie...

GRACELAND heisst jetzt HEAVY HEAVY!
Wie jedes Album hat uns auch dieses im Laufe seiner Entstehung klar gesagt, wie's heissen will: HEAVY HEAVY ist eine simbabwische Floskel - eine, die dieser Tage sehr oft durch's Wesslinger Studio schallt.
Prayersoul über die Bedeutung: „Heavy Heavy“ is a slang response to when someone says „what's up?“ It means „it's all good“... It's a very free and casual way of saying „fine“.

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