Biography:

RAPPER, SONGWRITER AND INSTRUMENTALIST JOSEPH CHAGANIZA IS ONE OF UNDERGROUND HIP-HOP’S MOST INTROSPECTIVE AND INSIGHTFUL ARTISTES. JOSEPH COUNTS MUSICIANS SUCH AS LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND CLASSICAL COMPOSERS LIKE BEETHOVEN AS SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE INSPIRED HIM TO MAKE MUSIC.

JOSEPH CHAGANIZA FONDER OF RAGTIME MUSIC, AN INDEPENDENT LABEL DEDICATED TO BEING DIAMETRIC IN THE WAY IT PRESENTS ITSELF MUSICALLY AS WELL AS LYRICALLY. IN MUSIC , SYNCOPATION INCLUDES A VARIETY OF RHYTHMS, WHICH ARE IN SOME WAY UNEXPECTED, WHICH MAKE AN OFFBEAT TUNE OR PIECE OF MUSIC OTHERWISE KNOW AS RAGTIME. JOSEPH CHAGANIZA HAS DARED TO BE DIFFERENT FROM THE NORM LYRICALLY AND PRODUCTION WISE FOLLOWING SUIT TO THE NAME OF THE RAGTIME MUSIC LABEL. MUSIC HAS ALWAYS PLAYED A BIG PART IN JOSEPH’S LIFE. HIS MUSICAL JOURNEY BEGAN BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL AND SINCE THEN THE LONDON BASED ARTISTE HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK IN STUDIOS PRODUCING, WRITING AS WELL AS PERFORMING LIVE WITH VARIOUS BANDS.

AT THE MOMENT JOE SEE IS FRONTING A HIP-HOP/JAZZ STYLE BAND CALLED “JOE SEE & THE COLLECTIVE” THE COLLECTIVE WAS FORMED IN 2011 AND HAS BEEN TOURING THE CAPITAL PROMOTING THEIR MOST RECENT RELEASES. THE LATEST RELEASE BY JOSEPH CHAGANIZA IS “KEEP ON TRYING" WHICH IS OFF THE FORTH-COMING ALBUM "INTERNAL REFLECTIONS"

SINCE PUTTING PEN TO PAPER JOSEPH CHAGANIZA'S GOAL HAS BEEN TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT OR CHANGE THROUGH MUSIC. JOE SEE’S STYLE AND LYRICAL CONTENT HAS GAINED HIM THE REPUTATION OF A ‘FOOD FOR THOUGHT’ TYPE LYRICIST. SOME WOULD SAY HE IS A CONSCIOUS RAPPER OR A SCHOLAR OF LIFE; EITHER WAY WHEN AN ARTISTE SPEAKS FROM THEIR HEART IT IS EASY FOR PEOPLE TO RELATE AND RECIPROCATE. WHAT YOU ARE GETTING FROM AN ARTISTE LIKE JOSEPH CHAGANIZA IS MUSIC STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART.