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Black Moon is an Elim-based group which is enjoying fame in local music circles. The two men in the group, Freddy Mafela (21), aka DJ Bass Drum, and Mpho Siaga (23), aka DJ Naira, could hardly walk around in Elim without children and young adults crowding around them for autographs or just to touch them.
“Our music appeals to the youth in that we give them the kind of beat and rhythms which they like,” said DJ Bass Drum.
He told Limpopo Mirror that he had started singing at the age of 14, when he experimented with hip-hop. However, he met up with DJ Naira around 2013, who had sampled his first house track.
“He suggested that I do away with hip hop and focus on house music,” he explained. “He pointed out that I was good in that genre.”
The two artists agreed on the spot to work together. The first album, Black Moon Rising (2014) came out and, according the duo, was well received. It comprised 14 tracks, which include Vula Marukhu, Uri Wangu and Na Ku Rhandzha.
“I am still a pupil, and I hope to continue with my studies,” DJ Bass Drum said.
DJ Naira indicated that they form a good combination. “I work with DJ Bass Drum for live dee-jaying and mixing when he is performing,” DJ Naira said. “Black Moon is a popular group, but our challenge is that we do not have a manager to oversee our projects and us as artists.”
A fortnight ago, Black Moon performed for about 700 people at Elim Mall. The crowd went wild, screaming for more music as the duo played their musical game.
DJ Bass Drum started his music in Musina, where he grew up listening to top DJs. He lives at Mpheni Block C. DJ Naira resides at Mpheni Block D2.
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DJ Bass Drum and DJ Naira.
By: Tshifhiwa Mukwevho
Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho was born in 1984 in Madombidzha village, not far from Louis Trichardt in the Limpopo Province. After submitting articles for roughly a year for Limpopo Mirror's youth supplement, Makoya, he started writing for the main newspaper. He is a prolific writer who published his first book, titled A Traumatic Revenge in 2011. It focusses on life on the street and how to survive amidst poverty. His second book titled The Violent Gestures of Life was published in 2014.
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