We have stressed this for a while, Gelegele music is not here to discourage u or to bash your music. Khale ni vula ku we are here to set a standard for Urban Tsonga Music. 

Hi nge miyeli loko mi humesa mbodza, and we will say it without fear or favour. But, we won’t just criticize your effort for no reason. Our mission is to help realize your potential and connect you with industry veterans who are able to guide you. Ni endli Gelegele Sessions with my team because it bothered us that we didn’t know how much of a crowd we could pull or who supports us and why. There’s no way we are going to divert the market our side of the world without any stats to prove what we are capable of doing, we have to compete with Mindzhumba, Tsonga Electro na Doctor Thomas Chauke – so how do we stand out as Urban Tsonga Musicians against the Big Five – Dr. Thomas Chauke na Shinyori Sisters, Benny Mayengani, Mr Bow, Joe Shirimani, na Prince Rhangani? 

Hi ti 22 ta December 2018 we hosted the first Gelegele Sessions and our objective was met. We brought upcoming acts and gave them a chance to interact with well known Tsonga music acts such as Brian Bomba, Henny C na van’wani. Our aim with Gelegele Session was to create a platform for Vatsonga who enjoy Urban Tsonga Music to come together and embrace their favourite Tsonga music acts. Eka Boza Shisanyama we managed gather Tsonga Urban musician in one space to talk Tsonga urban music, it’s standard, and what needs to be done for it to reach the levels of Mindzhumb na Tsonga Electro.

I am happy to announce that the event was a success and I would like to humbly thank everyone for coming through, and to every like who interacted with our content on social media – ha khensa. To Magelegele who pulled through even though they had better plans than chilling with us, ha khensa vo Tati.  To urban Tsonga musicians who committed to Gelegele Sessions invite, ha khensa swinene.  

Gelegele Sessions does not exist to put you down, we exist to create a future where we are good enough to compete with mainstream Urban artists ta vunanga bya vantima. Loko mi humesa mbodza please accept it ku hi nge mi tweli vusiwana, this is not fat camp – hi ti ku tirheni, genge yo loloha a yi tshiki ta ha suka. We are on a mission to build our market to be able to sustain us as Tsonga musicians. We have to start somewhere, and Gelegele Sessions I believe if we come together we can build a formidable social infrastructure…

To the haters, mi ta twa ku vava… Call your lawyers na valoyi va n’wina – a hi chuhangi!