Happening in 702 Land: A night of soul and spirit with Maleh

It's flowery South African on your 702 weekend break first, the D'Tapello by Malay taking

us to 19 minutes before 9 o'clock. And that's how we kick off our first happening in

702 land because coming up in just a couple of hours is the D'Tapello experience that Malay

is bringing to the John Ghani theatre and to tell us about this evening's performance,

which we're joined on the line by Malay. Malay, a very good morning to you. Good to have you

back on weekend break first. The top of the morning to you to thank you so much for having me

go with a real pleasure to be able to talk to you this morning. Yeah, so for lovers of your music,

people who love the D'Tapello tonight is an opportunity to experience your most recent album.

Tell us about the D'Tapello experience. So yeah, I'm so excited. Finally the day is here and we

will be at the market theatre tonight and I'll be putting up the first presentation of my

brand new album titled D'Tapello. And you know, the wonderful thing for me about it is that it's

my first gospel album and me really putting Jesus Christ at the centre of my messaging and my music

and I'm just really excited so far with the response that we've received from just all of my

followers and supporters of the music for all these years and I think people are excited about

the sound and that it still sounds very much like the Malay that you've known over the years.

Yeah, it's kind of maintained the soulfulness which is what is different about it as a gospel

experience and so I'm extremely excited about the live band just experience of it that is obviously

a first time. Yeah, at a beautiful venue as well, I think the market theatre for me was one of

the choices that made sense as someone who has always wanted to put up a show and host a show

at such a historic venue. Yeah, you've previously in other interviews spoken about how

D'Tapello is probably one of the most personal albums that you created. It was also an album that

you were kind of thinking about or working on, you know, during your pregnancy and that brought

you closer to God. Tell us about why this album is so personal to you.

Well, you know, I think at least over the last couple of years I've just in my own personal

work with Christ and my spiritual enlightenment really have wanted to express that so much just

in terms of artistically being able to express this encounter that I've had and I, you know,

had a number of kind of trials and difficult times that I faced which really are other reasons

that brought me to a place where I needed to find myself on my knees and in conversation with God,

you know, really trying to understand the meaning of life, you know, and I think a lot of us when

we go through the difficulties that we face in life, it really forces us to ask those deeper

questions and so particularly during the pregnancy I had previously gone through three miscarriages

and so it was a time in my life where I really was holding onto my face and in every song,

you know, there are moments where I'm just trying to express how I'm depending on this very

faithful and wonderful God, you know. And my son turns a year old and in a week from now and I

just really, I'm in a place where the album comes out at the perfect time where it's all just

a testimony for me and I just want to encourage people in general just to find that place

and space in their lives to make God the center of it all. Yeah and so for you, I see you also

describe, you know, it's been described this concert this evening as a return to South. Tell us

about that. Well, you know, I think if there's one thing that I've just come to understand about

life and the mistakes that we make as people is that we generally have it in our minds that we

are in control and that it is within our own power, you know, the plans that we make and that we

have in mind for our lives. We are so. I guess just it kind of feels like sometimes we're a little

bit delusional about this experience of life in thinking that we determine what it should be

and really I think that coming back to South is coming to a place where coming back to my creator

is what then allows me to fulfill that self, that purpose that I was actually created for and

I think it's something that is something we need to consider in life and to reconsider

rather those ideas that it is in your hands when it's not. I think these are the lessons that

has come to learn and and for me it's it's a coming into the woman that I was always

purposed to be and yeah, I just outlawed to encourage people to make that search a priority,

you know, so that you are really living out to the maximum of what you the full manifestation

of who you are meant to be. Yeah, so the show is taking place tonight at 730, it's at the John

Ghani theatre, if we're looking for tickets, where do we find them? Is it a kid friendly show?

Can you bring the kids or is it better perhaps for adults and older children?

So the market theatre, I think the age restriction is 16 and above, so unfortunately the

kids have to stay home tonight but I mean I think really I'm excited about this album in

particularly because it's one that I think sound wise is appealing to a younger market as well

and so, you know, I've got some of my nieces coming through and I just would encourage anybody who

has, you know, just someone younger that you would love to invite and have be part of the experience,

I think they would absolutely love both the messaging but the music as well as really, still

the beautiful soulful sounds and Malay that you know, so I think it's going to be absolutely

amazing, unfortunately no kids tonight, yeah. So if we're looking for tickets, where do we find those?

Tickets are available on web tickets and on all social platforms. I am Malay and

the score music and so you would find the ticket link as well online bio but your web tickets

is where we should be going to type the type of experience Malay and you will find the link there.

Great, Malay, I must thank you very much for your time today, all the best for the show tonight.

Thank you darling, thank you so much, I so appreciate it, thank you so much to Semolo too,

always for the support and the love and I know that you guys have been pushing the new music,

I really appreciate it, that bless you. Much, thank you, thank you, that is award-winning

Afrosol singer Malay, she has a one-night album launch of her most latest album called

the Tabela and the show is the Tabela experience at the John Ghani Theatre. Speaking of theatre,

coming up we speak the return of Shrek to the stage, we're going to be speaking to director and

co-owner of the people's theatre, we'll speak to Jill Girard about Shrek, the musical junior,

hitting the stage once more.