Nduduzo Makhathini - Unomkhubulwane

Artist: 
Nduduzo Makhathini
$53.99

Blue Note, 2024

South African pianist, composer, philosopher, and healer Nduduzo Makhathini travels beyond any existing notion of music-making to offer his most profound vision of creative mysticism yet with uNomkhubulwane, his stunning eleventh studio album which is his third to be released on Blue Note Records following 2020’s Modes of Communication: Letters From The Underworlds and 2022’s In The Spirit Of Ntu. The transcendent three-movement suite—which pays homage to the Zulu Goddess uNomkhubulwane and explores Africa’s tragic history of oppression—features Makhathini’s trio with bassist Zwelakhe-Duma Bell le Pere on bass and drummer Francisco Mela. The music is both an offering and an invitation to humanity to cultivate ways of being that strive for freedom and balance.

Tracklist


Disc 1

Side A

  1. Libations: Omnyama
  2. Libations: Uxolo
  3. Libations: KwaKhangelamankengana

Side B

  1. Water Spirits: Izinkonjana
  2. Water Spirits: Amanxusa Asemkhathini
  3. Water Spirits: Nyoni Le?
  4. Water Spirits: Iyana

Disc 2

Side A

  1. Inner Attainment: Izibingelelo
  2. Inner Attainment: Umlayez’oPhuthumayo
  3. Inner Attainment: Amanzi Ngobhoko
  4. Inner Attainment: Ithemba

Tracklist


Disc 1

Side A

  1. Libations: Omnyama
  2. Libations: Uxolo
  3. Libations: KwaKhangelamankengana

Side B

  1. Water Spirits: Izinkonjana
  2. Water Spirits: Amanxusa Asemkhathini
  3. Water Spirits: Nyoni Le?
  4. Water Spirits: Iyana

Disc 2

Side A

  1. Inner Attainment: Izibingelelo
  2. Inner Attainment: Umlayez’oPhuthumayo
  3. Inner Attainment: Amanzi Ngobhoko
  4. Inner Attainment: Ithemba

Tracklist


  1. Libations: Omnyama
  2. Libations: Uxolo
  3. Libations: KwaKhangelamankengana
  4. Water Spirits: Izinkonjana
  5. Water Spirits: Amanxusa Asemkhathini
  6. Water Spirits: Nyoni Le?
  7. Water Spirits: Iyana
  8. Inner Attainment: Izibingelelo
  9. Inner Attainment: Umlayez’oPhuthumayo
  10. Inner Attainment: Amanzi Ngobhoko
  11. Inner Attainment: Ithemba