User:LaShazrona/Simon "Trace" Kangowa

Early Life
Simon Holmes "Trace" Kangowa was born in a small town called Rundu in the Kavango region in an African Country called Namibia. As a child he attended public schooling like Rundu Secondary School being moved around by his parents, Maria Kangowa and =23742&no_cache=1 Gabriel Kangowa] in search of a good school for him to be educated by the best teachers they could afford off a teacher's and councelors's salary. Although Trace comformed to his parents will and did the best he could in school, Trace's love has always been music. A very athletic young man he took to basketball in his early years of high-school but when he was no longer obliged to stay in his school teams he plouged all of his free time into getting his music career off the ground. Before his first studio Simon sucessfully taught himself how to read musical notes, to play the guitar and most importantly the keyboard and piano and at the same time keeping up with the music world by following the activities of his role models Dr. Dre and Timberland.

Sniper's Production
Inspired by a host of aunts in church choirs and a father with extensive knowledge in instruments, at the springy age of 20 Trace started his first studio in his bedroom in his home town Rundu. His parents had gathed together their savings and put money together and aqcuried him his first multi-task keyboard. With it he began his slow journey to fame, producing music half the time and rapping his own lyrics wheever else he found the time. His first record label was Sniper's Production. The initial aim was for Trace to produce his favorite genre of music, hip hop and possibly Rhythym and blues. Under Sniper's Production he signed two of his friends but with the constraints and pressures of life and given the fact that the country was still developing a genre for Hip Hop they soon left him but the strength of his dream pushed Trace on to strive and make his dream of being a music producer a reality.

House of Legends
In 2008 Trace began The House of Legends which stands until now. He first entered it as a parteneship but now he is the soul owner of the flourishing studio. The Studio is home to many singles that are considered hits by A-list artists like Gazza, Tunakie and Namibian Jazz legend African Boy. The studio is situated in a Saburb called Khomasdal in the house of his parents and is equipped with the latest technology in the world of music. His recent works include songs by Namibia song-bird Taquila, The PDK, Swart Baster, Sunny Boy, Carl, D Naf and many more.

Personal Life
Trace got married on the 6th Of August 2011 to The Queen of Otjaka Maria 'Tunakie' Uushona in a private ceremony attended by a specified guest list of friends and family. This is Trace's first marriage and is believed to be his last. Shortly after their marriage his wife gave birth to twin boys named Praise and Prosper who are named repectively after Trace and Tunakies fathers.

Other Ventures
Trace specializes in music production but is also a well known song writer often editing the lyrics first brought to him by his clients. He is also currently his wife's manager and an acclaimed jingle producer. He is set to release his first album in 2012 that will mark his direct contribution to the music world in Namibia. The album is a collection of songs written by Trace in different genre s and is also a collection of different artists who perform these lyrics for him. The album Rhythmi Technics of Africa is set to be his first direct mark in the industry.

His Inspiration
Simon has always been in love with Hip-Hop and it will always be his first Love but he is not adverse to any genre of music and is inspired by so many artists in all genres of music including:Sade Adu, Nas , Eminem , Dr. Dre, Jay-Z , LL Cool J  and many more. This has allowed Trace to master the production of his preffered genres. He has alway been interested in the nternational market but his domain has brought a desire him to make a name for himself in the Namibian music industry, with this in mind he has produced Kwassa-kwassa, Afro-pop , Kwaito , Afro-Jazz and recently moved into contemoprary music in his own words: “I have been experimenting with a lot of new sounds and I really like what I have come up with,” Informante ,Trace Back in Studio (2011). His biggest insparation however has and will always be his father whom he watched playing the guitar and keyboard as a child and immediately wished to do the same but take it to a new level. Trace has also been noted as an inspiration to other artists in Namibia, influencing labels such as IMA Star records owned by Girlie and Solomon "Soly" Santos to whom he gifted his first musical instrument at the onset of the label that deals mostly in Trace's prefered genre and the genre in which he started, Hip-hop.