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Tusker Project Fame six first runners up Amos and Josh have split.
In an exclusive with SDE, Josh revealed that they have amicably decided to go their separate ways to concentrate on their solo music ventures and he will now go by the moniker Manio.
Josh said that Amos has gone gospel but the separation will not mean an end to their friendship or collaboration as they will still reconnect in other projects.
He added that the two have no animosity against each other, respect their legion of fans who appreciated their music together but it was time to start a new journey.
“Hakukua na issues kati yetu, kulikua na issues around the brand Amos and Josh. Kwa sababu tulikua na production deal with the late producer, who I treasure so much, Bruce Odhiambo.
“Production deal haikua mzuri vile, ilianza kua na shida kidogo, so ikatu slow down. Tuka slow down on releasing music. The most part of 2017 and 2018 we didn’t release music. Kukosa kutoa ngoma inamaanisha hakuna gigs, kama hamna gigs inamaanisha hamna pesa.
“So this situation ni kama pressure ilikuja ika cause vitu vingi sana. As individuals tunagrow differently, tuko different age groups – we are five years apart between me and Amos that is something people don’t know- so kuna expectations za nyumbani. Unaambiwa eh unaoa lini? Unafanya hii mziki, hii mziki itakulisha?
“Such questions; ata wewe mwenyewe unaanza kujiambia wacha nianze kufanya vitu zingine nitafte dough. So we ended up going for other things. I started working with other artists… doing PR for corporates and Amos was shooting videos...
“Out of it tukaona its good also to allow individual expression. We unajiskia kufanya? Fanya haina shida. Out of what we gather from our individual experiences tunaweza kuja pamoja tukafanya kitu bigger. So it’s not really breaking, mi sioni kama Amos and Josh itawahi break, we have a whole album.
As Manio, Josh has unveiled a new feel good pop song dubbed Ordinary Folk. A song he says speaks to him, his fans and the nation.
“It is a journey I am taking a step at a time because I am used to being in a group and I am really inviting people to take this journey with me. Fans out there, tell me what you think. I have a lot of songs recorded, nikiamua kudrop album leo na drop but nataka kushare the journey,” he added.
Here is the song.
