Album Notes

I found My Rhythm... “This isn’t fast-food R&B. This is the underground nu-soul classic that your mother said you should put on repeat in your CD player. Complete with an Afro-Fusion jam In Swahili and a feel-good Summer Time jam hot enough to fast-forward your winter…” "This woman is seemingly not just singing words, but experiences issues, her own issues, and sentimentally in Golden Coin. While flaunting her crown as the queen of the slow stuff in Fly, as well as in the lyrically well crafted One on One." Namibian Sun 29 May 2008 (Jeremiah Ndjoze Reading through the following review written by Randall (U.S based marketer and previous music reviewer for The Indianapolis Star & Indianapolis News), one can tell that he has Christi summed up as a star with quality. He writes that… Christi is “a wordsmith with a stylistic savvy and a voice that can be gentle as an angel’s breath or on occasion, caustic as a lemon tart,” with thought provoking lyrics and rich and satisfying music. It’s hard to pick favourite cuts when the overall quality displayed is so high. The cut “The Rhythm Of Love” is an example of Christi’s lemon tart side. She displays a hip & sassy street smart persona as the wise “soul sister” warning others of the struggles faced fighting for equality in the battle of the sexes. The rap has a catchy refrain sang sweetly to a head-boppin’ beat. On “In Swahili” her vocal tone is lullaby smooth even though the lyrics are of great importance and loaded with African references. Upon scrutiny the lyrics reveal the immense pride for her homeland and ancestors and the song comes from deep within her heart and soul and is breathtakingly special. “My favourite today (could change daily) is Christi’s song “One On One” which features the fresh young Namibian female rapper Robynia and has an infectious beat guaranteed to get everybody up and dancing. The chorus sounds like Danity Kane (who’d die to have this song!) and is simply spellbinding. The production value of this track is outstanding and gives me the impression that this one will be a big hit… not just locally, but around the entire globe. (Randall Parrish – Las Vegas USA). Musical, theatrical and poetic background • Believe it or not, this Windhoek based RnB/Soul singer-songwriter, first made her entrance onto the Namibian music scene in 1995 along side Bollie Mootseng (popular Namibian singer and television producer) and T.C (now member of the Kalaharians) with the ever popular song ‘Ibababye ja… ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON.’ • But I won’t be surprise to know that most people will remember her as a presenter on Soul Makhosa, a Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) music show, where she acted under the pseudonym ‘Lady Makhosa,’ bringing local music, at its best, to the masses. • You might even remember seeing her face on the cover of the June 2005 edition of ‘Sister Namibia,’ • or as the lawyer named “Ndiri” in the NBC television drama “BIG CITY” • or as a member of the now defunct music group (XPlode) that brought us the popular song Tangy, tangy thang (nominated in 2003 in the category Best RnB/Female – of the Sanlam Namibia Music Awards) • or can it be that you heard her voice on radio in the 2006 Desert Soul production on HIV and AIDS where she lend the voice to the character sister Gerty who took us through her suffering and happiness as she learned to live with an HIV positive husband. No matter where you remember her from, it is indeed clear that Christi has a passion for the arts. Now one can understand why Chilombo (Sister Namibia journalist) wrote, “Christi Warner… A life committed to the Arts.” Christi lives in Windhoek, her birth place, but for part of her early childhood she lived in Oranjemund (the town that contributed to her mixture of British and American accent). For Christi and many ‘Oranjemunders’ this little diamond town along the south-western coast of Namibia has always been ‘Heaven