Elkay Macburner

A musician, producer, vocalist, song writer and a young entrepreneur a founder of Macburnersa Group Pty Ltd.

Lungelo “Elkay Macburner” Mabaso was born and bred in Watersmeet ePhayikeni esgodini sasegcabhane in Ladysmith, KwaZuluNatal. He grew up listening to many genres of music but his biggest influences came from the ones that fed his soul with raw emotions, craziest underground Hiphop, Kwaito, Afro pop, gospel and maskandi.

He participated in talent search and competitions like idols, moshito music conference and the lion king, with more than 10 (ten) years in the music industry as a producer, vocalist, song writer, sound engineer and owning his own company “Macburnersa Group Pty Ltd”. Elkay Mcburner have managed to give the platform to other creatives by starting a crew called “cashminers” with the aim of giving up-coming artists an opportunity to record and release music in collaboration with him.

He is also a founder of a project called “NUMISA” which stands for “New United Music industry of South Africa '' a network marketing project created for musicians to collaborate and find new ways to penetrate the industry markets. As a young entrepreneur he is planning to grow his project “Macburnersa Digital '' which gives reviews, promotion, and digital distribution to well known and up-coming creatives.

He had been working with a recording studio called “Sizakancane Music” as a producer, vocalist, instrumentalist, graphic designer and a sound engineer producing “kwaito, Afro house, afro pop, Hiphop, gospel and maskandi music.

Sharing a stage with upcoming and well know artist or celebs like Mdu masilela, Phuzekhemisi, Drenko, Black blondy, Ziphora Msiza, and Tony Mal are some of the experiences that gave him more courage to keep fighting and gaining more love for the industry.