Singer Ibiso Bounces Back With ‘Dima te’

Funsho Arogundade

Sensational gospel artiste Ibiso Edwards has released a follow up to his 2011 hit album Still Here.

The new work titled Dima-te which literarily means ‘changed’ in Kalabari dialect of the people of Rivers State, is a body of work that will bless the soul of any listerner, said the singer who prefers to be simply called Ibiso.

“Dima te is telling a beautiful story of God’s grace that makes all the difference in life. Also, my approach and music expression is changed from good to better with deeper insight. It will sure bless any listeners,” she said in an interview last week.

Ibiso, a native of Fouchee town, Rivers State and graduate of Linguistics and Communications, University of Port Harcourt, with proficiency certificate in Basic Broadcast Presentation at the Alpha Institute of Broadcasting and Communications, explained why it took her four years before she produced another work.

“In summary, it was in a period of ‘spiritual education’ as I faced ‘battles’ unprepared for shortly after my debut. Nevertheless, I came out better and stronger. Aside that, music is a complicated art. You don’t just wake up and run into the studio. If you do, what you will get out will be for your listening pleasure only. The singer must be inspired to write the lyrics of the songs and she must also be in the right frame of mind to perform them on record,” she explained.

Ibiso added that in spite of the hiatus, she was still active on stage. “I didn’t go on ‘break’; I was still active on stage with countless invites. They were moments of revelation as to the profound love of God to me and also my fans (I call them friends) have for my music ministry. It’s really humbling and I am honoured to have them,” she stated.

The latest album was launched at a successful concert recently and the singer disclosed that her focus is to ensure that every home across the nations of the world have Dema-te in their music library.

Her debut album No Cry with the hit song entitled Anipakabara in 2008 sold over a million copies.

Ibiso is winner of Best Artiste of the Year, NDAA (Niger Delta Advancement Awards), GOFA, CMA AWARDS and among several others to her credit.