Yunique

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Born in 1978 just outside Cape Town in sunny South Africa. Yunique is a talented, artists characterised by his provocative and consciousness style. His music is a mixture of rock, funk, jazz, pop, soul, ragga & traditional electronic music with energetic lyrics in Afrikaans & English that unifies his polyphonic grooves of his music. This creates a distinctive mark of his density of emotional lyrics, energetic body movements that takes the audience on a spiritual elevation and journey It all started in 1996 but this poet, performer, sound engineer, producer, presenter and activist started writing rhymes at the age of 12. He met up with Mizchif, his friend, mentor and ex- manager (famous for his song "Place for a wife" featuring the late TK) in 1997, the same year he joined a community radio station as a presenter/ Dj. In 1998 he started a hip- hop crew called Diziplez of Stone with his friend Miztah Naztaljah. Joined by four mcz, Mastylez, Bra Bizza (that passed away in 2005), Gedo and Joey. In that same year he had an opportunity to perform alongside Lauryn Hill, Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, etc. at the "Black August" concert at the Jam in Cape Town. He then went to study Sales & Marketing Management as well as Sound Engineering, Station Management & Technical Production and Voice- Artistry. Yunique took part in a competition in the South African Music Week and his crew won the opportunity to record their album at Tin Pan Alley/ Cape Audio College with Gee. Their song "Stone Anthem" was included on the "Ek sê mamela! It's our music." Compilation. In the following year he performed alongside Black Noise at a concert organised by him and then at the African Hip Hop Indaba at Beach Road Studios/ SABC. He had numerous performances with D- Form (ex- Moodphase 5 member), Blaq Pearl (the late Devious sister), Isaac Mutant, Afro- Z, Mafikizola, Freshlyground, Georgia Me (Tamika Harper - Atlanta, United States of America), Outspoken just to name a few. In 2005 he released his first album entitled "Bhind Enah-Me Linez" independently that sold over a 1000 copies just in his area. In that same year of 2005, was he joined by D.J. Jai Be Int. (International) that is responsible for the blend of his music with his phenomenal scratching ability & beat- productions. From numerous collaborations, 5 star reviews by MtaaFM, Nr.2 chart rankings of his song "Siyeza" on this radio station in Philadelphia, being featured on a documentary that was broadcasted in Belgium and his song "Swaar Raak" that is featured on MtaaFM's "African Syndicate" compilation, is he focussed on releasing his 3rd album for a cross to the mainstream market, where he is said to deliver deep rooted thought provoking songs to club banging party tracks. He is also the presenter of "Word on da Street" on Hip Hop TV Cape Town and is always striving to explore and evolve his music and lyrics. His music equally binds together urban rhythms, technology, power of real life ordeals and a return to roots a true cultural melting pot.