Setson Wahengo and The Mighty Dread recently dropped ‘Warriors Worried’, a hot six-track album.
The album, which is expected to set the Namibian music scene alight, features some of the country’s best instrumentalists and singers on backing vocals.
Samuel Batola and Rodrigue Ntsika, two of the country’s most sought-after guitarists, are featured on lead guitar, while heralded music producer Steven !Naruseb and Mia Antonio are deployed on the keyboards.
Maestro JP Ntsika is roped in on the bass guitar, while Fiston and Hellao are smashing it on the drums.
Oga Kay Sax and Moses Saize are blending the music nicely on the saxophone and shakers and percussion, respectively.
Setson has pulled out all the stops to hire the services of his long-time friend Ngatu Nganyone, former NAMAs Female Artist of the Year Tekla Ita, and the sweet voice of Avo to add more harmony to the album as backing vocalists.
The album, which consists of a mixture of shambo and reggae tracks, opens with ‘Koshi Yetango’ (‘Under The Sun’), a lively dance track on which Setson sings that everything happening under the sun is eventually revealed.
He says whether things are done in darkness or secrecy, it will be exposed.
‘Warriors Worried’, which is also the title track, is a beautiful song sung over a fast-flowing reggae beat.
The song is about the warriors who are worried about poverty.
“The gap between rich and poor is huge, and the masses are suffering. The system is getting worse. Alles is net deurmekaar (everything is just upside down),” the lyrics go.
The third track, ‘Owela Metifa’ (‘Game On’), is just a happy song on which the dreadlocked singer is philosophical as he sings about a variety of aspects affecting and effecting life.
This song has the potential to become a township street anthem.
Setson sings about the problems money can create in society on ‘Roots of Concern’.
The poor man has money in his mind, the rich man has it everywhere, he says.
‘Tolinyenge Nawa’ has a West African influence with a little touch of Fela Kuti’s Afro beat, as the singer puts in a hilarious narration about friendship, and that he is happy with the way in which his friend is executing his craft.
The last track on the album, ‘Shahalakana’ (Disorganised), is also blended with beautiful shambo and a West African sound with a kwasa kwasa-style guitar adding to the flow of the music throughout the track.
Setson sings that the country looks like a disorganised kraal with the one person blaming the other for the chaos.
The song warns that aliens are looting our resources while we are fighting each other.
He also points out that the corruption, tribalism and nepotism which are rising on a daily basis need to be brought to an end.
A must-have album for any serious music fan – absolutely bombastic!
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