Enigmatic producer HALU! and vocalist Skai present ‘Kumba’, taken off their collaborative EP Eyethu – out on all digital platforms 26 September 2025.
In the context of Eyethu, a genre-bending body of work that reclaims the meaning of home and identity through ancestral echoes and futuristic soundscapes, Kumba acts as a central pulse.
As the Eyethu EP reclaims the meaning of home, identity, and resilience, it’s rooted in personal truth and ancestral memory.
Between its inventive compositions and Skai’s heartfelt vocals, the project is both a reckoning with the present and a return to the past.
This is deftly reflected in the project’s artwork, crafted by renowned multidisciplinary artist Sherman Baloyi. The striking album cover bridges digital design and traditional heritage in the same way Eyethu infuses indigenous values into afro-futuristic frameworks to craft a sonic homecoming.
A spiritual and sonic exploration of identity, memory, and return; Kumba is rooted in Afro-house rhythms and layered with rich vocals.
Between its alluring grooves, the song is a musical love letter to the idea of home, both in a physical and spiritual sense.
“Kumba means home in Shona,” singer Skai explains. “The song is a reflection on what it means to find one’s way back to self….to belonging, to peace.” Over hypnotic percussion and evocative vocal loops, Skai sings:
“There’s that one place Where anything goes Where an embrace is better than gold”
These lines echo the yearning many feel in a fractured world and Kumba serves as a bold affirmation of return, asking listeners to listen not just with their ears, but with memory: to go back, to remember, and to find home in the beat.
“These lyrics are both intimate and universal,” Skai says. “I’m inviting my listeners to journey inward toward healing and rediscovery.” This is Afro-house in its purest form, with Skai and HALU! combining the traditional and contemporary for a revelatory, synth-tinged voyage.
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