09/02/2022
TODAY WE APPRECIATE ONE OF ZIMBABWE’S LIVING MUSIC LEGENDS Nox Guni Music
About Nox
Enock Guni, (Born 6 September, 1984) better
known by his stage name Nox is a Zimbabwean Urban Groves singer, songwriter, performer and record producer. Native to Zaka, Masvingo, and
Nox studied at Ellis Robins, Morgan High Schools
and he graduated at Midlands State University (MSU) with a marketing degree.
Nox Early Life
Nox started his music career in 2002 after attending reality music
show called Superstar 2002 and when he started his degree at
Midlands State University (MSU) he joined SHAPE Zimbabwe Project where he was spotted by renowned musicians Roy and Royce Gomo who worked with him and his very first hit single Iwe Maria was produced and the hit song has a great video to it.
A year later, Nox released his first album titled Wandipengesa which included the single Iwe Maria. In 2005 he joined Chigutiro Stable, and the stable collectively produced an album titled Chigutiro Phase 2 Compilation and the songwriter in extremely talented Nox, together with Blush penned a song called Chigutiro Anthem. Nox has written songs for Diana Samakange and Nyasha on the same album and his single titled Ruvarangu did extremely well on the charts.
Making Music
In 2006, he released his second album titled Rhythm and Blues, which had the song Nguva Ichauya, and the song featured the talented songstress, Cindy and yielded the singer's first number-one hit on the nation’s most popular radio station, Power FM’s top 100 in 2007. On the same album, Nox released
a duet with extremely talented award winning artist Alexio Kawara.
In 2007, he collaborated with Trevor Dongo and Tawanda of the Kuchamhembe fame to form a group called Afrounik. Together they released an album called Kana Musipo, which was a smash hit and video. In 2008, he released his 3rd solo album called Chapter 3, and the song titled Ndinoshuwa, which featured Leonard Mapfumo, was a smash hit that undeniably continued to earn Nox a more fans and appreciation for his growing
talent in Zimbabwe, however, he had to leave his home country for South Africa, where he is based now.
Unleashed
In 2009, Nox released his fourth album titled Music Love and Me, the album exhibited so much polished talent that was so impressive in lyrics and also in sound so much that the album had more hit songs, including, Iwe Rudo, Garandichauya, Ndavenaye and more. From the same album, a song called Wandinoda was identified and singled out by SONY Music Africa to be part of their first ever African Urban Contemporary Music Compilation album titled
One Africa. The album was on various World Cup oriented events in all stadiums and it had big names from all over Africa including 2 Face, P Square, Jozi, Nameless and others, and Nox was the only Zimbabwean ambassador.
The same song selected by MNET for their reality show, Big Brother Africa
All Stars and they played it several times in the House and they continued to play more songs from the same album and others.
In 2010 Nox released an incredible album tiltled Zim’s Finest: Tisu Tine Yese which the album had biggest hits like Tanakirana, Garandichauya, Ini Ndada, Chigutiro Mai Mwana, and 8 others.
Whilst the album was still a hit maker, Nox released yet
another remarkable album in 2011 becoming his sixth album called: Classic
Love Songs which has great songs like Fona which features Decibel and Trinta, Ngatisanyadzise ft Cindy, Vasikana Vanoda, Tsime Rerudo and 5 more. Not only that 2011 also marked the year of the launch for his own record label Ice n Roses.
A very talented song writer, (love lyrical master), musician and performer Nox
has been tipped to be King of Urban Grooves circles by his fans. He has been
labeled many things, but Nox is unquestionably one of the greatest musical talents Zimbabwe has ever produced. Dedicated to his growing number of fans at home and abroad, Nox has performed countless times in Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, England, Australia, China, Canada just to mention a few and his delivery always leaves fans wanting more of his musical gift.
Where he released his 7th Album titled.8th Wonder Album in 2012 with songs such as Ndinonyara, Kana Ndinewe, then his 8th Studio Album Africa's Best Album followed in (2014)
And his Ndingazodei E. P. in (2018) with songs such as Uchandifunga and
The Surprise Project last year in 2019.
Zaka Prince
His Handichada Mumwe video is doing well on his NoxVevo account with more than 200k views and we have two projects underway titled: Cater to you with Audius Mtawarira and I Believe featuring C Bryan. 2020 marks the release of Nox Official Clothing Brand which should be available this summer of 2020.
In life as you grow you have music that you listen to which never leaves and this found Nox doing a tribute to Four Brothers of their song titled Rudo Imoto and its been received quite well.
He has already signed talented artists Tyfah Guni his younger brother and Sean-Focus from Malawi.
Nox Brand Equity:
400K digital fans across all Nox Guni social networks.
Milestones:
• My Melody video reached the number 1 spot on MTV • High rotation across most TV and Radio platforms
ICE n ROSESPRODUCTION
Current victories /Achievements
• Afro Pop Artist of the Year (2021)
• Song of the year (My Melody) ft Master KG • Video of the year: My Melody ft Master KG • Best International Artist
Collaborations
• DJ TIRA
• MASTER KG
• MAKHADZI
• MR BROWN
• STUNNER
• LADY SQUANDA
• EX Q
• MASKIRI
• MUDIWA
• TREVOR DONGO
• FREEMAN
• SEHCALAZ
• SOULJAH LOVE
• MADIZ
• CINDY
• ZANDA ZAKUZA
• NINJAKID
• EXTRA LARGE
• SANII MAKHALIMA
• LEONARD MAPFUMO • BETTY MAKHAYA
• TYFAH GUNI
• JAH PRAYZAH
• CHARLIEBAN
Albums
• Wandipengesa
• Rhythm and Blues • Chapter 3
• Music Love and Me • Zim’s Finest
• Classic Love Songs • 8th Wonder
• Africa's Best
• Ndingazodei E. P
• The Surprise
ICE n ROSESPRODUCTION
Tisu ma bawses
Ice n Roses we murder
Nominations & Wins
• Song of the year Ndinonyara NAMA 2013 • Male artist of the year ZIMA 2013
• Artist of the year ZIMA 2013
• Best Touring artist ZIMA 2014
• Video of the year Zvandadiwa ZIMA 2015)
• best Collabo Waimutambisa Star FM 2020
• Best Diaspora Star FM 2020
• Best Afrobeat song Waimutambisa Star FM 2020
ICE n ROSESPRODUCTION
NOX Clothing
We represent the youth of today. Instead of succumbing to
the societal norm, we prefer rather following passion, creating dreams and having fun. We want to live in a society that is
not dictated to us, rather live in a society where our daydreams can be a reality. We wish to establish and connect a community of like minded people by creating a platform that combines various interest and passions, thereby allowing individuals to feed off each other, create exposure and bring people together to harness their skills. From having a creative eye to having a great ear for musi. We focus on creating quality with limited numbers, so that you get a piece that is unique and non-mass produced.
NOX CLOTHING was launched 2021. We also have few endorsements and brand ambassadors to the corporate partnerships.