Riddimz Kalacta captures the heat of a Zimbabwean summer on his new
single “Zim Summer,” an AI-assisted vocals track where he uses his
own voice and in certain parts featuring his AI artist Dappa
Stylez. It’s a tribute to the way Zim youth turn an ordinary
weekend into an occasion — built around the goch-goch, slang from
the Shona kugocha, meaning to grill or roast. Picture
smoke off the coals, every cut of meat you can name on the fire,
and a hot plate of sadza (or whatever else is going) waiting beside
it.
Nobody’s standing still. Everyone’s dancing, eating, and the drinks
keep flowing — soft drinks for some, cold beers for others, with
Castle Lager never far from reach. Times are hard and the economy
makes sure nobody forgets it, but “Zim Summer” leans into something
every Zimbabwean knows by instinct: zimbos always find the brighter
side, and for the length of one session, the worries can wait.
The song mirrors the party itself. For the first two minutes and
fifteen seconds it’s pure energy — a hard-hitting ragga dancehall
tune for peak hour. Then it softens, the drums pull back, and it
slowly fades, like the night winding down as the coals burn low.
Driving it all is the riddim: a hardcore ragga dancehall remix of
“Summer Madness,” the classic instrumental Kool & the Gang first
released in 1974.
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