Unathi Msengana just announced that she will be releasing her forthcoming album titled ALIVE, scheduled for release on 20 October 2014. “My father always said that once you start running you will never stop, just make sure you are running in the right direction. He taught me to always run towards something, and never away from anything. My first single off the album titled RUN is really all about that call-to-action to be optimally, ALIVE. I RUN, and running seems to be a recurring theme in my life.”
Spending the last three years as Idols judge has been the main reason why Unathi wants to give something back. ALIVE is Unathi’s fourth studio album, vibrant, definitive, and driving people to reach for their dreams. “I started working on ALIVE two years ago. I have so much to say now, I really wanted this album to cater to a diverse fan base. The album is representative of the life I have lived spent travelling across the globe as a proud Eastern Cape girl”. Unathi says “I have so much energy and passion now because it has been three years since my last release. I have had a colourful life and have lived in different places and have allowed those influences to reflect on the album. One thing for sure though is that I am proudly South African and am obsessed with the continent of Africa and that too is represented in this musical offering.”
ALIVE features collaborations with Revolution, Reason, Zolani Mkiva and Candy among others. “Working with Revolution on this album changed my view on the business of music – I regard the work with Revolution as the evolution of me in music. Am so proud to feature the poet Zolani Mkiva who represents dignity and spirituality. Reason gets to feature on a really cheeky, naughty song as well. And Candy is such a wonderful voice to have on the album”.
On Saturday Unathi performed the new material at a pre-release launch event in her home town at the Boardwalk, Port Elizabeth and is planning a high tech global launch closer to release on 20 October 2014.
Track Listing:
- Embo
- Miracles
- I Wonder
- Got To Have You
- It’s You feat. Flatoe
- Let Him Be feat. Owethu
- Enkosi feat. Zolani Mkiva and Candy
- Run
- Feeling Myself feat. Reason
- To Those We Love
- Ndicel’amandla
- Amandla feat. Revolution
To listen to RUN click here – https://soundcloud.com/search?q=unathi%20run
iTunes Alive Album Pre-order – https://itunes.apple.com/za/album/alive/id924903845
