Introducing Suzy Eises

Suzy Eises has been featured on many vocalists' songs and she has done covers of other people's work with her magical saxophone. As she promised last year to release an album after high demand, Suzy Eises has delivered her debut album. Eises is one of the first local saxophonists to release an original album in Namibia and will be taking part in the next year's NAMAs.

She decided to release her self-titled album not only for her fans to enjoy her work, but to finally be able to put bread on the table. Like many artists, she has dropped a digital album but hard copies will be made available on request. “My initial plan was to have the album digitally but there have been requests for me to make hard copies too. I think digital work is more accessible and many fans are sparsely spread across the country and abroad. That is much easier to deal with than printing a whole box of albums and then not selling them because of the distances,” she said.

The eight-track album does have vocals on it and it is not only instrumentals, with local and international features. “I wanted to show people that you don't always need a voice on a song for it to be complete and that's what my album does. A song should consist of a melody and a theme which all of mine have so I am making songs. I featured DJ Maphorisa from South Africa and we started from scratch so it was an amazing experience. I learned a lot should I decide to write lyrics one day. I also have local DJ Same Lee Jones and he also went out of his way and sang a few lines. It's a really special project,” said Eises.

She has been accepted to further her studies in music in Gabon and will be leaving next year. She said she will continue making music during her study years.