Mantshwabisi twins back with Tsoga Tsoga
Bonte Seepi | Wednesday January 13, 2016 14:38
The eight-track album was released in November 2015 and it is expected to be in the market soon. Tsoga Tsoga, which comprises different music genres, was recorded at Mjoe Studios at Francistown. Kagiso said that their title track is a wedding song motivating couples to portray acceptable behaviours in marriage.
“These days there are a lot of divorces which are mainly caused by disrespect in marriages,” he said. “Even in-laws are disrespected, which in most cases displays the background of one’s family.” The new album has other songs like Ditaola, which is against fighting for inheritance. The third song in the album is a gospel song, Morena o ba Etele. According to Kagiso, the song tries to enlighten people about atrocities such as murder and the mushrooming of new churches.
“As a music group we are concerned that people are in the dark nowadays. They throng many churches that are mushrooming around and later complain that they have been crooked. These days it is like people worship other people instead of God the Almight. So, with this song we are trying to enlighten people on such issues,” added Kagiso. The fourth track is a House Kwasa, Tukutuku that reminds people about culture. There are Kalanga phrases as well as idioms. To remind people about who the owners of Mantshwabisi are, they named their fifth track after them, hence Kago le Kagiso.
“The song is about us, how we started music back in 1999, how we survived through our talent. We wanted to tell the people about our lives,: explained Kagiso. After failing their JC, the twins opted for music. “The main message of the song is that failing school is not end the of life. there are many ways to earn a living,” Kagiso said.
O Lesole is another hit track in the album, a House Gospel song which encourages people not to give up on God.
The seventh track is Thabeng tsa Shoshong, which is a wedding song and the eighth track is a jazzy offering titled Moratiwa. “We have opted for mixed genres to cater for everyone because people have different tastes. Our album is all-in-one because we are very certain that one song can sell the album. And we hope that Batswana will buy our album so that they can all get the message clearly.” Even though, the CDs and DVD’s are not yet in the market, Kagiso said the album was already in demand. “We have not yet printed the CDs as for now but we only have promotional CDs,” he said. “From the few shows that we have attended so far I can say that the album is in high demand. There is pressure, our supporters can’t wait for the DVDs but we wished to take our things at our own level.” In their new album, the twin brothers have featured a woman from Borolong, Lucia Mega. The album is expected to be in shops all over Botswana by end of January. The group, based in Francistown, is involved in a project called Tsoga Tsoga whereby they identify less privileged children across the country and help them accordingly and they are pleading for support from Batswana.