Asine remix pushes DJ Bino up the popularity stakes
Chippa Legodimo | Friday June 12, 2015 12:49
The chart topping single swiftly shifted the negative attention the talented musician had been receiving following the murder of her boyfriend, Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Mayiwa.
Suddenly, all was forgiven as Khumalo wormed her way back into the hearts of music lovers.
Amidst the hullaboo, a young Motswana producer Boineelo ‘DJ Bino’ Othusitse was grinding an artistic idea in his head. The Selebi-Phikwe based DJ wasted no time and hit the studio to work on a remix that became an instant massive hit song that would go on to stir more exhilaration among music followers. However, very few knew that the house version was a local invention. In fact, some ignorantly presumed that the original song’s producer Sello Chicco Twala was the force behind the house hit.
Bino, who was a relatively unknown before the release of the house track, has suddenly risen to stardom and his name is on every promoter’s lips.
“I now get a lot of bookings and it is really gratifying. My creativity is paying dividends,” Dj Bino told Art&Culture.
But this is not the first time Dj Bino has ‘added a platinum coat’ to a song. He is the force behind A.T.I.’s O tsididi house remix as well as Ratsie Setlhako’s Are chencheng. While the two remixes did not receive the same attention and his latest work, his touch on the previous productions proved his versatility and creativity.
“I have been a club DJ for about 10 years and I listen to music with a keen ear. I always see another version of a song and normally I just imagine myself pushing the track higher with a remix,” he said.
The talented producer noted that Asine was too tempting hence he produced the house version before consulting the owner of the song.
“The moment I listened to it, I developed ideas. It happens when you are a very musical person I released it online just trying to test how people would react. To be honest, I did not expect it to be this big but as it became popular with people sharing it I became scared of copyright infringement and I contacted Kelly Khumalo. She was cool and gave me the go ahead to use it,” he explained.
Like many music lovers, Dj Bino appreciated the good sounds of the original Asine but felt it was not good enough for clubs.
“I felt it had to be shared with a larger audience, but in its original form, it would not make a good impression on the club dance floor. I had to give clubbers a share of this excitement,” he proudly declared.
Dj Bino and Khumalo performed the different versions of the song at Masakeng Garden recently, but unfortunately, the two musicians could not meet face to face.
“I was keen to meet her but unfortunately after her performance she left before we could talk,” he said.
Dj Bino’s own songs have failed to create the same hype as the remixes he has other musicians’s songs. However, the young DJ is positive his new song with another talented producer Dublin, called Wakanbiponesa, might change that.
“This one is going to be big.
It is a church groove that we gave a traditional and house sound,” he said.