South African Award Winning Reggae singer Nathi Bantu resurfaces with a new single titled ‘Sanitizer’. A prelude to his full-length album, the track (and two videos) is released on the new Running Order label and distributed through Content Connect Africa.
Written at the height of the 1st COVID19 wave in 2020, the dancehall-influenced production was recorded as a livestreamed performance at Soda Studio in downtown Johannesburg. “With this song, I sensitise and conscientize. It’s a fun tune about awakening and awareness. We say don’t just sanitise hands but mind and soul too”, the 2012 SATMA award winner posted ahead of his release.
The track also highlights how the poverty stricken semirural community Nathi resides in lacks basic services and has no access to the proverbial sanitizer to protect themselves from the virus. The two videos which premiere simultaneously on VivaNation TV are Nathi’s audio-visual interpretation of the content and energy carried by his new music.
In this song, Nathi puts a spotlight on the devastation caused by the pandemic. He also makes a gloomy prognosis about the future of the pandemic due to developed nations’ reluctance to waiver intellectual property rights for development of vaccines in Africa.
The single is part of Nathi Bantu’s 10 track album coming out in October 2021 and is out on all popular digital stores to stream or download.
Catch Nathi Bantu on #IQL (Iqonga Labatsha) with Slyso on Umhlobo Wenene Fm, on Saturday, 25, September, at 7:10pm. You can tune into the station on DStv: 818 or www.umhlobowenenefm.co.za (listen live).