Takura
Takura | |
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| Birth name | Takura Tendayi |
| Origin | Harare, Zimbabwe |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Takura Tendayi is a Zimbabwean singer and songwriter. He is well known for his frequent collaborations with Chase & Status and Sub Focus, as well as many other dubstep and drum and bass artists.[2] His guest appearances have accumulated over 17 million views on YouTube ,[3][4][5] and his song "Flashing Lights" has charted in the United Kingdom at number 98 in the UK Singles Chart and number 15 in the UK Dance Chart.[6][7] He managed to share a stage with Plan B and also co-wrote Rihanna's 2009 single "Wait Your Turn" which has over 28 million views on YouTube.[8] This song was charted at number 45 in the UK Singles Chart. On 10 September 2013, Door Policy released the three-track EP No Cover Charge for free download.[9][10] It features a guest appearance from "Traktor" singer L Marshall.[2]
Discography
Singles
As lead artist
| Year | Song |
|---|---|
| 2014 | "Sun Goes Down" |
As featured artist
| Year | Song | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | "Flashing Lights" (Chase & Status and Sub Focus featuring Takura) | No More Idols | Mercury Records |
| 2012 | "Led Astray" (by Friction, featured vocals) | Led Astray EP | Shogun Audio |
| "Network" (by Dream Mclean, featured vocals) | Non-album single | MTA Records | |
| "Pop Off" (Maxsta featuring Takura) | Sony | ||
| 2013 | "The Coming Storm" (Freestylers and Stereo:Type featuring Takura) | The Coming Storm | Rub-A-Duck |
| "Refuse To Love" (by Loadstar, featured vocals) | Future Perfect | RAM Records | |
| "Rage Within" (The Prototypes featuring Takura) | Non-album single | Shogun Audio | |
| "Zimma Frame" (Show N Prove featuring Takura) | All Around the World | ||
| "Friday" (Shadow Child featuring Takura) | Collected | Food Music | |
| 2014 | "2 Late" (SLOWOLF featuring Dream Mclean and Takura) | Wolf Grey EP | SLOWOLF Records |
| "My Money" (SLOWOLF featuring Dream Mclean, Felix De Luca, Takura and Wil Cousin) | |||
| "ESG" (Tinchy Stryder featuring Takura) | 360° | Cloud 9 | |
| 2016 | "Access Denied" (P Money, Big Narstie and Example featuring Takura) | Non-album single | Not on label |
| "Original Badman" (Star.One featuring Takura and Agent Sasco (Assassin)) | Non-album single | Sony | |
| 2017 | "Diamonds" (Loadstar featuring Takura) | I Need the Night | RAM Records |
| "Trouble" (The Last Skeptik featuring Kojey Radical and Takura) | This is Where It Gets Good | Thanks for Trying Records | |
| 2023 | "Baddadan" (Chase & Status featuring Bou, Irah, Flowdan, Trigga and Takura) | Non-album single | EMI |
Other appearances
| Year | Song | Release | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | "Can't Get Enough" (by Chase & Status, featured vocals) | More Than Alot | RAM Records |
| "Streetlife" (Chase & Status featuring Takura) | |||
| "Running" (Chase & Status featuring Takura) | |||
| "Is It Worth It" (Chase & Status featuring Takura) | |||
| 2009 | "Follow the Light" (Vocal Mix) (by Sub Focus, featured vocals) | Rock It / Follow the Light | |
| "World of Hurt" (by Sub Focus, featured vocals) | Sub Focus | ||
| "Coming Closer" (Sub Focus featuring Takura) | |||
| "Wait Your Turn" (by Rihanna, as writer) | Rated R | Def Jam | |
| 2010 | "Is It Worth It VIP" (Chase & Status featuring Takura) | End Credits | RAM Records |
| "Sick Note" (by Example, featured vocals) | Won't Go Quietly | Data | |
| "Spaceship" (by Kano, featured vocals) | Method to the Maadness | BPM | |
| 2011 | "No Problem" (by Chase and Status, featured vocals) | No More Idols | Mercury Records |
| 2012 | "Demons"[11] (by Delta Heavy, featured vocals) | Down the Rabbit Hole | RAM Records |
| "Summer Days" (Sigma featuring Takura) | Hospitality Summer Drum & Bass 2012 | Hospital | |
| "Have a Go" (Swindle featuring Takura) | Need To Know | Swindle Productions | |
| "Drug Dealer" (Plan B featuring Takura) | iLL Manors | 679 | |
| "Memories (Come Back)" (Don Diablo featuring Takura) | Lights Out EP | Sony | |
| "Careless" (Jack Beats featuring Takura) | Careless | Owsla | |
| "Alive" (Rollz featuring Takura) | Firepod | Pilot | |
| 2013 | "The Coming Storm (VIP Mix)" (Freestylers and Stereo:Type featuring Takura) | The Coming Storm (VIP Mix) | Rub-A-Duck |
| "Searching" (by Kove, as writer) | Measures | MTA Records | |
| "Endorphins" (by Sub Focus featuring Alex Clare, as writer) | Torus | RAM Records / Mercury | |
| "Out of Reach" (by Sub Focus featuring Jayelldee, as writer) | |||
| "Money Waster" (by Marshall F, featured vocals) | Money Waster | Black Butter Records | |
| 2014 | "Overdose" (SLOWOLF featuring Natalia and Takura) | Bounty EP | SLOWOLF Records |
| "Princess" (SLOWOLF featuring Raekwon, Benny Banks and Takura) | |||
| "Running Low" (by Netsky featuring Beth Ditto, as writer) | TBA | Sony | |
| "I Need Cs" (Context featuring Takura) | Hindsight is the Purest Form of Romance | Self-released | |
| 2015 | "Fossa" (Kiwi featuring Takura) | Animals EP | Blasé Boys Club |
| "AFRiCA" (WiDE AWAKE featuring Takura) | Hard As Nails EP | TBA | |
| 2017 | "Beg & Borrow" (by Dimension, featured vocals) | Generator / Beg & Borrow | Dimension |
| "Tribes" (by Chase and Status, featured vocals) | Tribe | MTA Records | |
| 2018 | "Blood" (Big Narstie featuring Takura) | BDL Bipolar | Dice Recordings |
| "Gully" (My Nu Leng & Holy Goof featuring Takura) | Junction EP | Maraki Records |
Unreleased tracks
| Year | Song |
|---|---|
| 2012 | "Is That You" |
| "B.B.O.P (Baddest Bitch on the Planet)" | |
| "Kerosene" (Drop Lamond featuring Takura) | |
| 2013 | "Suffocating Me" (Skream & Redlight featuring Takura) |
References
- ^ "Mixmag – CINEMATIC". Mixmag. 29 August 2011. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Premiere: Door Policy "Necking" Music Video". Vibe. 4 September 2013.
- ^ "Chase & Status – No Problem". YouTube. 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Chase & Status feat. Takura "No Problem"". YouTube. 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Maxsta feat. Takura – Pop Off". YouTube. 19 September 2012. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014.
- ^ "Chase & Status – Flashing Lights (Feat. Sub Focus & Takura)". YouTube. 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Chase & Status, Sub Focus – Flashing Lights ft. Takura". YouTube. 18 November 2011.
- ^ "Rihanna – Wait Your Turn". YouTube. 24 November 2009.
- ^ "Door Policy 'No Cover Charge' Exclusive Pre-stream on Spotify". Spotify. 3 September 2013. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "Door Policy – "Falling" (Video Premiere)". Earmilk. 6 September 2013.
- ^ "Delta Heavy – Demons". YouTube. 25 May 2012.