Mwansa  recently  released  his  debut  single,  ‘Burn  This House’,   a   deeply   moving   single   baring   his   soul,   co-­‐produced by himself and Matt O’Connor. 

Having  grown  up  in  a  sleepy  diamond-­‐mining  town  in Botswana, Mwansa fell into music by falling in love with a classmate  at  the  age  of  11.  His  school  didn’t  have  any instruments   for   the   students   to   play,   so   they   learnt musical  theory and pretended  to play notes on sketched out  keyboards  on  pieces  of  paper.  At  the  age  of  15, Mwansa’s family relocated to Australia. 

‘Burn This House’ is Mwansa’s first official single, and was conceived   following   a   challenging   series   of   personal events.  In  2011  his  aunt  passed  away,  followed  by  his brother  who  died  a  week  later.  Heartbroken   and  also facing a redundancy from his job he turned to music. 

“This single is a major departure from my previous work -­‐ musically, lyrically and vocally. Driven by the death of my brother I felt the need to write and record, as a sort of catharsis. I felt like there was so much poison in me, if I didn’t get it out it would kill me.” 

“I write, record, arrange and program everything myself. I start by composing the melody like you would a piano concerto then I infuse electronic elements and build layers from there. ‘Burn This House’ was recorded at my home in Mount Lawley with one microphone and some old recording gear.” -­‐Mwansa 

Alongside ‘Burn This House,’ Mwansa is collaborating with artists throughout  the world across various mediums and art forms to create works, inspired by the song. This series of works will be titled Reverse the Crash and will be able to be  viewed on his website, YouTube and Facebook pages. They   include   photography,   paintings,   illustrations   and animated videos to name a few.