The Golden Voice records for posterity

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Making music is like a calling that has led him to produce deep, therapeutic and spiritual healing sounds that appeal to both the old and young, says Casper Albert.This has in turn earned him a name from kids who upon recognising him on the streets call him ‘alilili’ in reference to the ululation sounds that are heard in his songs.

Albert who trades by the stage name Casper The Golden Voice is the music industry’s new-kid-on-the-block and has everyone wanting a piece of him.

The mbaqanga sensation whose inspiration includes the Soul Brothers, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Pure Gold states that he is on a mission to preserve culture through music.  Although described as mbaqanga he says he prefers to call his genre of music cultural fusion because it embraces four elements that are the South African Maskandi, Zimbabwean Ndazula the Kalanga Hosanna and Borankana.

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