M.Que

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M.que was born in the mid 80’s in the Eastern Cape fathered by a choral conductor. His formative years were spent at a multicultural school where he encountered different forms of art. He founded the poetry society at that institution; most importantly this is where he encountered the music genre of ‘rock n roll’. Within this genre what was truly appealing to him was soft rock. This genre of music greatly influenced the performance style that M.Que developed. Be it in his writing, which is influenced by his five years of writing poetry or his vocal demeanor.

However, being that his parents were both involved in education, his father being a headmaster and founder of a school and his mother being a teacher, a career in the arts was never open for discussion. But whilst moving from one ‘bean counter’ degree to another and completing a Bachelor’s degree in Social Science at the University of Fort Hare in the process, M.Que in this time carefully and quietly mastered his unique sound. He spent ten good years writing songs and poetry.

While in the UK for three years, M.Que began performing in bars and busking to further develop his craft. Back in South Africa M.Que has shared the stage with the likes of Berita, Asanda Msaki, Julian Redpath, Gary Thomas, Andile Seskhona, Shirley Dee and The Unusual Suspects, Mobi Dixon to name a few. He frequented as the headliner at the artist monthly gathering events, Sunday Pholas and the Kauleza Drum Circle and was also one of the artists selected to perform at the Summer Season Festival in 2013.

In 2014 M.Que has had his own show at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival consisting of three solo shows and one live band show. He was granted the prestigious Standard Bank Jazz venue at St Aidan’s Chapel. He has also hosted his own show in the months of August 2014 and October 2014, at King Club in King William’s Town and at Imbizo Lounge in East London respectively.