To me, this song is about the instinctual prowess of the voice in unleashing spiritual energy. Where rationalisation falls flat on its face in the presence of the unknown, instinct advances like a stealthy jaguar. You see, language achieves certain things, but all languages are a subset of human sound in general. In Jabula we hear a plethora of human sound, some having no linguistic parallel in depth of meaning.
A song like this is the audial equivalent to earthing. Most of us live disconnected from the ground’s natural energy current, just as we live indifferent from our bodies and their natural rhythms. But when we connect back to our natural selves, we feel potential, we feel and hear the blood pumping around our body, like the kick of Jabula’s beat.
It takes real genius to know what is important and what is not. Then it takes real confidence to focus on what is important and ignore everything else. Every sound in Jabula is a work of confident genius. Cici’s voice is the essence of clarity and her piercing sound meets a masterful counterpoint in the bass, synth, and sparse percussion.
And so, from the specific to the universal – ‘Jabula’ means ‘rejoice’ in Zulu. It is near impossible for us not to feel more jubilant, confident and purposeful after listening to this song. Testament to the ability of music to infuse us with emotions and sentiments in a way no other medium can.
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