BORN Michael Inalegwu Kuzasuwat, the 25-year-old Nigerian born but Copperbelt-based music producer and graphics designer Yxung Bxss has teamed up with celebrated Zambian vocalist Abel Chungu on a single titled Stingy Boys.
Speaking to the Weekend Mail, Yxung Bxss said the single which was released on Friday 23rd January has a strong meaning on how girls perceive guys who are really there for them, with real love as being stingy and prefer blessers who give and flaunt them with material things at the expense of marriage.
He said the song is a feel good sound that everyone will be able to relate to, especially now, with trending Stingy Men Association of Zambia (SMAZ) posts on social media.
“So in the song, we are just playing around that notion and how girls prefer guys that flaunt money and not those that truly love them and are willing to spend eternity with. It’s obviously a huge collaboration and it has nice sound and definitely better production,” he says.
He adds: “The good part about this collaboration is that it has a huge artiste in Abel Chungu and the beat is something that is not as common. So, I can only say, it is very different and it has all the nice fusion to it – it’s a feel good song and something that people can dance to.”
Yxung Bxss is hugely a deejay artiste. “I don’t sing on my songs. I just get artistes to sing on the vocals as I take care of the production aspect of the songs,” he says.
Make no mistake nonetheless, Yxung Bxss already has also previously worked with the likes of T Low, Chuzhe International, 408 Empire and Sashiska. But now, he decided to release something of his own.
Already with two EP’s to his name – Shades of Life which was released in 2018 and had 12 songs as well as Yxung Bxss, the eight track EP which was released in 2019, he says he is working on an album which will be due for release sometime this year.
“I have an album coming out and I am working with a whole lot of artistes who include Chuzhe International, Sebastian Dutch and other friends of mine. I have a title in mind already, but I would rather not reveal it just yet,” he says.
Yxung Bxss is a second born in a family of five which consists of three boys and two girls.
He started learning music production at a young age in late 2012 shortly after his parents who are missionaries moved to Zambia from Nigeria.
He describes Zambia as being his home now. “I have enjoyed my stay here and I call it home now unless God decides to take me somewhere elsewhere.”
He says working with Zambian artistes has been both easy and hard. “But overall, the thrills outweigh the spoils,” he says.
Of his previously released EP’s, Yxung Bxss said they didn't do well locally but he was impressed with the streaming statistics from major music streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer.
He says Yxung Bxss, the EP had about 324, 000 streams and Shades of Life garnered about 30,000 streams online.
Yxung Bxss describes his genre as electronic dance but is trying to transition into mixing it with afro beats so that he doesn’t go very far from home. “I can basically say I am both a western and local sound person. I like both and I like infusing them in what I do so that I can still sound relevant locally,” he says.
In terms of getting Zambian music to the levels that Nigeria has gotten theirs to, Yxung Bxss says there is a need for unity and stronger friendships among Zambian artistes.
He says he has observed that people in the game tend to sit on and downplay one another’s talent and potential. “They would be laughing and smiling with you today as you work on a project together and start talking ill behind your back. That behavior won’t take the game anywhere. What we need is unity and friendships and strong business values,” he says.
He adds: “Much as we would have friendships, people should also know how to value their works – paying producers the right money for their productions, paying an artiste and songwriters the right money for their works and many others. Everyone should respect what everyone is putting.”
Yxung Bxss who only has a Grade 12 certificate says given a chance to further his education, he would love to study music and graphics to compliment the knowledge he taught himself.
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