The sibling pair who tore their way into the limelight when winning the Live and Unsigned UK competition in 2007, this week released their latest project at Milton Keynes’ Groove Night Club.
Kazz aka Farhaan Khan described their new album, African Spirit as "a positive, feel-good record.”
“African Spirit symbolises growth, new beginnings and a fresh perspective for us; we feel our world and the whole world is going through this transformation as well. Our album comes out at a time where there's question marks and uncertainty all over the place. People want to be reminded that it's all going to be all right,” he said.
The Zimbabwe-born duo has already launched the critically acclaimed lead single Eva Since – a sunny and catchy number with Congolese Soukous influences tinged with House baselines. Eva Since’s production values set the tone to African Spirit, characterised by a summery jangle to the guitars, sonic synthes, echoing vocals; all hemmed neatly with languorous African tones to knot a tight and genuine pop number.
Earlier this year, the brothers teamed up with six other Zimbabwean artists based in the UK, New Zealand and Malaysia including African Music Award winner, Jusa Dementor, R&B diva Cynthia Mare and TK Paradza, to release an intercontinental remix of Nigerian superstar, JJC’s We Are Africans. The track embodies the meaning and significance of African unity and combines the sentiment of pride with clear messages of harmony and positivity.
Born Seiraj Khan (Bkay) and Farhaan Khan (Kazz), they picked up the guitar and the piano respectively as toddlers. In 2007 B-Kay & Kazz packed their bags and flew out to set base in the UK. They entered the national talent show Live & Unsigned UK – the second biggest competition in the UK after Simon Cowell’s X-Factor, and after auditioning with 30,000 other acts, the boys waltzed through every level to be crowned the ultimate winners of the competition.
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