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Oskidowebsite
10 October 2008
Harare — A kwaito treat awaits revellers this Saturday when Oskido jams for the first time at the Summer Pool Party.
The show slated for the Rainbow Towers' pool deck will see the South African kwaito star sharing the decks with the likes of T-Bass, P Styles and Mos Deezy.
The show starts at 3pm until the wee hours as the DJs play a medley of sounds including R&B, soul, house and hip-hop.
Born Oscar Mdlongwa in Zimbabwe, he's been known by different nicknames over the years, including Oscar "Warona" (which means "ours"), "The Big O" and "Godzilla".
His career is a fairytale one: he started out selling boerewors rolls from a stall outside Club Razzmatazz in Hillbrow. It was the early nineties, and late at night he would sneak in to the club to jam to fresh house tracks.
He became fascinated with deejaying and occasionally he took over while the DJ took a break. One night, Razzmatazz's resident didn't pitch up and he was asked to stand in. He hasn't looked back.
Oscar was soon running the legendary Arena in Highoint, Hillbrow, with the late Ian Segola and doing his first production work on bassy cassettes aimed at taxis and passengers, like 'Mixmaster' and 'Big Jam'.
His reputation as a DJ grew and he was soon spinning at campus parties at Wits and as far away as Mmbatho, where he met his future Brothers Of Peace (BOP) partner Bruce "Dope" Sebitlo.
He also joined forces with Don Laka and Christos Katsaitis to form Kalawa Records (the name a fusion of the first syllables of their surnames; Oscar was using Warona at the time).
Oskido is also one of radio's most popular personalities, having taken care of Y FM's Rap Activity Jam with Rudeboy Paul for a while and now hosting Church Grooves, a bumping groove that's the only place to be on a Sunday night.
The Church Grooves concept has extended into a platinum-selling range of 'Oskido's Church Grooves' CDs (through House Afrika Records), which have had the entire nation bumping.
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