Queen Fatia reigns with ‘baibe’
QUEEN Fatia is the latest talent to waltz onto the music scene. Her spirited debut solo album, titled Baibe, has a kind of magnetic pull to it and the music keeps moving.
By Joseph Batte
QUEEN Fatia is the latest talent to waltz onto the music scene. Her spirited debut solo album, titled Baibe, has a kind of magnetic pull to it and the music keeps moving.
Although it is wedded to synthesiser-heavy production, it has great hooks.
The title track, Baibe, is a love song with appealing hooks. In fact, all the numbers are cheesy and moving.
However, the most contagious track is Sirikudila in which Fatia reveals her steely self. She reminds her former lover how she deeply loved him, but he treated her like a doormat. Now that she has found a new one, he should back off.
On Simanyi Kugatika, Fatia tells a man who is trying to woo her that her mother trained her to be faithful to her man.
Baibe is a culmination of Fatia’s steadfast love for music. She says she has been interested in music since her childhood. Fatia became interested in Music after listening to St. Balikuddembe Choir’s Ntambula Ngaludde.
“I have always known that I wanted to be a singer. At Riverside Secondary School in Masaka, choirmasters and mistresses smoothed the rough edges of my voice out.†Queen Fatia says.
One day, the headmaster heard her soprano voice soaring and hitting high notes without straining. He said: “Fatia you have got what it takes. Go for it.â€
“That was my turning point. From that day, I never looked back.
After secondary school I joined a group called Golden Production. However, being a new member, I was relegated to singing back-up vocals.
“Occasionally, I would hang around the Eagles Production band. Friends like Catherine Kusasira encouraged me to sing. However, before I could give it a serious shot, I left for London in 2001,†Fatia says.
On her return, Fatia says she collaborated with late Semogerere, who was the keyboardist for the Eagles Production. However, Semogerere passed away before their album could shape into a hit.
But with the buzz of such a playable album like Baibe, Fatia is confident she will make it.
QUEEN Fatia is the latest talent to waltz onto the music scene. Her spirited debut solo album, titled Baibe, has a kind of magnetic pull to it and the music keeps moving.
Although it is wedded to synthesiser-heavy production, it has great hooks.
The title track, Baibe, is a love song with appealing hooks. In fact, all the numbers are cheesy and moving.
However, the most contagious track is Sirikudila in which Fatia reveals her steely self. She reminds her former lover how she deeply loved him, but he treated her like a doormat. Now that she has found a new one, he should back off.
On Simanyi Kugatika, Fatia tells a man who is trying to woo her that her mother trained her to be faithful to her man.
Baibe is a culmination of Fatia’s steadfast love for music. She says she has been interested in music since her childhood. Fatia became interested in Music after listening to St. Balikuddembe Choir’s Ntambula Ngaludde.
“I have always known that I wanted to be a singer. At Riverside Secondary School in Masaka, choirmasters and mistresses smoothed the rough edges of my voice out.†Queen Fatia says.
One day, the headmaster heard her soprano voice soaring and hitting high notes without straining. He said: “Fatia you have got what it takes. Go for it.â€
“That was my turning point. From that day, I never looked back.
After secondary school I joined a group called Golden Production. However, being a new member, I was relegated to singing back-up vocals.
“Occasionally, I would hang around the Eagles Production band. Friends like Catherine Kusasira encouraged me to sing. However, before I could give it a serious shot, I left for London in 2001,†Fatia says.
On her return, Fatia says she collaborated with late Semogerere, who was the keyboardist for the Eagles Production. However, Semogerere passed away before their album could shape into a hit.
But with the buzz of such a playable album like Baibe, Fatia is confident she will make it.