The sungura musician, popularly known as Extrabasso, portrays his fascination with cyberspace technology through his lyrics.
"Zaka Zakaria! Anobva kuMalawi, akaberekerwa kuMazowe akamira pazvake, ndiyo office yake iyoyi, achi e-mailer, achi websiter, achifacsa facsa, achifacsa. Ari tii!"
But one hopes Extrabasso would also include twitter, blog and facebook.
The world over twitter has become an instant hit. Twitter is a unique approach to communication and networking based on the simple concept of status.
What are you doing? What are your friends doing right now? With twitter, you may answer this question over SMS or the web and the responses are shared between contacts.
As for facebook, it is basically a social forum network where friends can interact and share photo albums or invite each other for a particular event.
In one of the many interviews with his assistant manager, Jethro Machaya admitted that Extrabasso was a computer freak.
"Of course, mdhara has made computers his best toys. Usually he likes to use computers whenever he is at home relaxing.
"That is how he updates himself with the latest news and current events," he said.
Perhaps those who thought Extrabasso was backward in any way should think again. Some of us who have been following the musician closely would be the first to admit that Extrabsso is one of the geniuses of our time.
Do not let his simplicity fool you because even when he knows something he does not show it until he opens his mouth. He looks at life in general, makes it his own and then tells it like it is.
This is why most of his songs endear to multitudes of fans apart from the booming basslines and stage antics.
Even the way he composes his songs would tell you that he is one of the most blessed musicians to ever come out of Zimbabwe.
Songs that quickly come to mind include Wemakonzo, Madhawu, Charakupa, Baba NaMai, Murume, Sarah, Pertunia and Chengetai among others.
There is no doubt that all his songs are sure fire hits and the upcoming album which features the track Chimoko Changu is already making hit waves.
The song always appears on his playlist and whenever it is jammed fans stomp their feet.
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