Times Of Swaziland: SANDS IN ‘MY YOKI YOKI’ REMIX WITH VHUDIE

SANDS IN ‘MY YOKI YOKI’ REMIX WITH VHUDIE
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BY MMELI MKWANAZI on 15/09/2021 08:38:00


MBABANE – “Music has no limits, borders or ages.”
This quote resonates with the collaboration between golden boy, Sands and South
Africa’s ‘My Yoki-Yoki’ hitmaker, Vhudie. The pair is on the verge of
releasing a remix of the much loved song in the continent right now. Vhudie,
real name Vhudihawe Mamphwe, first got recognised on Idols SA season 16 last
year, after he impressed both the judges and Mzansi with his audition, original
song ‘My Yoki Yoki’. His love song went viral after the episode aired and it
didn’t take long till Mzansi fell deeply in love with the afro-pop jam.
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He even had rapper and musician Kwesta ready to give him a feature. He has gone
on to release his album titled ‘Uthando’ which has garnered close to 1
million streams collectively from different music streaming digital platforms.
His break-out hit song’s video which premiered on November 9, 2020 currently
has close to 950 000 views on YouTube.
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In a telephonic interview with Vhudie’s record label manager, Stanley Khoza
(SA), he said the collaboration came about after having an idea to create a link
between Eswatini and South African music. “I first met Sands in Mozambique and
I told him that I would love to work with him as I liked his music. Fast forward
to now, we felt as if this was the right time to work on the remix as we created
something magical while in studio,” he said. He went on to add’’, I hope
emaSwati will love the collaboration since there is a lot in the pipeline with
Sands. We want to make sure that we create music that talks about love and
connects people from different walks of life.” Asked on when the song will be
released, Khoza said as a team, they wanted fans to give them time as they
wanted to release the song when there aren’t any COVID-19 limitations but
disclosed the date would be revealed soon.
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Having recently made a soon-to-be released Amapiano song with DJ Kwiish SA
‘Liyoshona’ hitmaker, Sands said he recorded the song this past weekend as
he was in South Africa with the song’s producers. “They called me as they
showed interest in remixing the song and I was happy to accept their request.
All that I can say is that, this is the best of Eswatini and Venda music. This
is also part of the growth we are trying to achieve for Eswatini music industry
as we want to make it international so that we reach a peak where our own music
is easily recognised, ultimately opening more doors for other locals,”
exclaimed Sands. It is worth noting that this is not the first time Khoza has
worked with local artists. He has worked with renowned gospel artists like Sipho
‘Big Fish’ Makhabane and went on to win an award at the Crown Gospel Awards
with Bakhe Dlamini.
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He has a sublime track record with artists he has worked with as they all have
won respective awards in different categories between SA  and locally. Between
managing and producing, Khoza has also worked with Hlengiwe Mhlaba, Oliver
Mtukudzi and Hugh Masekela to name a few. The song is produced by Vhudie
himself, Pappy Nsenga, Stanley Khoza and Maspila Mabasa and the song will be
released under Khoza’s record label, Show Them Flames Productions.