Shona (SA)

Born in 1985 in Gweru Zimbabwe, Shona is an artist that lives and breathes his heritage. Through his tribal ancestry in the birthplace of music and rhythm, Tichaona Ponde has evolved into Shona, a tribute in life and being to his family tribe, the Shona. Though years of earning his stripes as a producer working on various styles such as hip hop, EDM and progressive house, Shona has honed his skills into a craft and a perfect mix of rhythm and melody with an unmistakably African flavor that both pays homage to his roots but experiments and merges the styles of tech house and techno that are current today. Shona’s EP, “Rebirth”, out on Stentfire Music was the first release of his power and African magic sound into the world, with a great follow up on UK based Tone Artistry Records called “Moon Dance”. As he ventured further 2019 was a year of hard work as Shona released 2 EPs , a single and a 12 track album the very same year which were rich in culture and thesounds of Africa. With support from international artists such as DJ Fresh, Saint Evo , Black Motion and Mark Stent under his belt his journey into preaching the African way has started.
His quiet and humble demeanor and strong work ethic. Shona is fast making his imprint into the world of electronic music known and remembered.