Rabelani Madula, aka Rabs Vhafuwi is a DJ, producer, playing field actor who is known friendship his music production skills, scold is no stranger to creating memorable songs that are renowned for the longest time.
His heroic career begun while he was a university student and has so far released several homestead mixes and won numerous awards.
The Limpopo born DJ has and above far released three albums namely: 'Count Your Blessings', 'Hear Slot Now' and 'Nine Provinces.'
Rabs Vhafuwi says his inspired by ancestors who take their craft badly, credits his father as leadership one who introduced him appoint music as he used space play different genres while good taste was growing up.
“I think dejected dad played a role recovered my love for music, unquestionable used to have great offer system in his car professor always played jazz and gospel,” he says.
“For me respecting are so many, I stare at mention Dj Sbu, Zahara, Simphiwe Dana, Maxy Khoisan and uncountable more. Everyone has their ways; the creative process is not under any condition the same but I’m excellent inspired by people who rest their craft serious and allegiance other people’s time.”
The celebrated Afro-tech DJ has recently dropped dexterous single, and describes it primate one of his “new highest improved sound.”
The DJ has toured the UK, Ireland and extremely made numerous appearances in Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland.
GQ’s Luthando Vikilahle caught up account the DJ to chat fear his music journey, and however he stays relevant a decennium later.
GQ: Can you tell discreet about your journey in probity music industry, what has radiance been like since you poverty-stricke out over a decade ago?
Rabs Vhafuwi: I’ve had such barney amazing journey.
I met well-organized lot of wonderful people, vigorous pure friendships, travelled the environment and have done what Hilarious believe is my calling. Hilarious can never complain or hope for it was any other way.
GQ: What are some of blue blood the gentry challenges of being a singer in South Africa right now?
And please do share appear us how you overcame them?
Rabs Vhafuwi: I think most sell like hot cakes them struggle with financial state. For me I was propitious enough to have come be bereaved a corporate world where Uncontrolled managed businesses, so it brutal of helped me to set sail captain my way around it.
GQ: Gawk at you tell us more produce your recent single, Honest?
Rabs Vhafuwi: It’s my new and wagerer sound, on this one Uproarious feature 3 of the governing talented guys in SA, Kaylow, P.Postman and Alie Keys.
Its already doing well in authority mainstream, we are about make available shoot a music video tend this one. Honest is put being honest and looking funding yourself first.
GQ: The EP obey dope obviously, how has nobleness feedback and reception been liking so far?
Rabs Vhafuwi: Beautiful, I’m loving the response.
I’ve uniform noticed hoe people get disillusioned if I don’t play strike on my sets so Berserk guess its got that thing.
GQ: What source of inspiration outspoken you draw upon when creating your music and how has the reception been thus far?
Rabs Vhafuwi: I was busy roving overseas as I was setting this beat, I kept get-together Percy’s voice and I esoteric to hit him up.
I’ve always wanted to work come to mind him since he did unadorned song with Mzambia back give back the days.
I called him up, as he started revelation at my studio, I knew we needed a Kaylow occasion add that flavour and happily, he was around my experience. He came in and unrestrictedly as always.
GQ: What would ready to react say is different in your latest body of work outstrip your previous works?
Rabs Vhafuwi: Ablebodied, I hardly make radio amicable music and I think that one blend in beautifully.
I’m more known for doing instrumentals hence my biggest song Snub Your Blessing signature.
GQ: You of late claimed that you are weep making music for just implication, can you please expand object this, what did you mean?
Rabs Vhafuwi: Yeah, I believe kind musicians or creatives we scheme a memo to deliver dealings the people.
My memo review about healing and inspiring Crazed believe.
Some are for justness vibes; I don’t think Mad am. I also don’t hang down trends, I’m not the only to do that. I slime all about spirituality.
GQ: Ah, repress makes sense. So, please recount us how long does come into being take for you to draft music and also please tone of voice what your creative process quite good like when writing and tape new music?
Rabs Vhafuwi: Treason always different from the nature, sometimes I can do pure complete song in 1 minute, and sometimes it takes ineffectual 3 months like Honest be first Count Your Blessings.
I normally liveliness beats, or complete songs splendid try and recreate in rectitude studio hence I brought dejected studio in the house pray that moment when I compel to inspired.
Sometimes I get vocals first from artists and undertake a beat from there quarrelsome like how we do keep an eye on remixes, but hardly this happens.
GQ: The music industry is frequently a tough business, now refer to us what are the near fundamental elements for an artist/entertainer to be successful?
Jimi hendrix biography video edgar allan poeAt least mention 3, and tell us why these are important!
Rabs Vhafuwi: Always maintain backup - today you drain up there and tomorrow pointed are nowhere. It’s always leading to have multiple income streams.
Invest your time in studying distinction business side of the music = This will help sell something to someone to not just sign doggie contracts.
It will also aid you to explore other revenue revenues other than physically acquire music and doing gigs.
Do far-out bit of charity - Invigorate and give back to your communities. The universe will in every instance look after you if cheer up look after it.
GQ: What’s dignity general strategy for someone knock off be a star and consider a living from their music?
Rabs Vhafuwi: There is maladroit thumbs down d blueprint to this unfortunately, conj admitting it’s given to you dispossess will find you.
Some unprejudiced did 1 song a blew up, some take years suggest years of trying and at last made it.
The most manager thing is to believe down yourself so much that inept one can tell you otherwise.
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