Blantyre songbird aims for the big time
Last year, Hilco was a teenager. Little did Malawi’s entertainment sector know it would produce a voice that is unique and inspires a second listen.
Born Hilda Ulolo, the personality behind the Ekizakitile beat has been an underground artist since she turned to music in 2009.
The 20-year-old school leaver was drawn into music after recording four songs for fun at several Chirimba-based studios when she was a secondary school student.
“Tracks such as Good Bye, Lonely, Kumaufila and Kumaloto kick-started my interest in music and the response that I received made me seriously a musical career,” she told On the Arts.
“I recorded this track at Sispense’s Matrix Records where he worked on the project with Dan T of Red Disc Music in Blantyre,” said the artist.
Hilco says she is currently consolidating resources to record a mixtape that will introduce her to the industry.
Meanwhile, the songbird has so far released two tracks Ndalema and Cheke Cheke.
However, Hilco, who hails from Phalombe says she is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that she succeeds on the music industry.
“I am currently planning video shoots for Ekizakitile and Cheke Cheke so that I should at least hit all sections because other people do not like listening to the radio as they opt to watch television,” said the musician, born on Valentine’s Day in 1995.
