not must to say here — the title, the music, the mood… documenting downheartedness:)

MOURNFUL MUSIC... MASKING, MUSING MELANCHOLY

communication — one, shallow concept at surface level but one that deepens with understanding, with language, with advancement.

a follow-on from taola, we get messages from a variety of ways — dreams, vivid, sparking a heightened consciousness.

again, these are the dreams that i have for my music — to convey messages, vivid beyond everyday conversations.

credits 🎬

production: written, composed + arranged by Itumeleng Leso

ukuxhumana

taola, a fortune-telling bone, which is much more than just a fraction of the human phenotypic make-up.

it’s a compass, a directive that helps us navigate messages when we seek guidance, clarity& light from the great ones, the ones beyond the ocean.

& honestly, i hope that my music becomes that to someone, out there.

credits 🎬

production: written, composed + arranged by Itumeleng Leso

taola

a darker, melancholic approach to the original score — one that cites themes of grief, despair & indifference except this time, it features, an emotive — striking, poetic, performance by the incredible spoken word artist, Eartha.

take a trip with us, ucimezile…

lyrics

i've closed my eyes to the wonders that run beyond this dubious liberation,
i've shut my eyes to the breaking of this world as it ramifies into two,
drawing us closeer to alienation...
i dwell in this frame of existence, knowing very well that I'm not alive,
i swiftly ramble in the thick of the night, as bare means to survive.

i know nothing of myself, nor a speck of sanity,
my heart, throat and soul tighten as I let out yet another bitter tragedy,
i dwell in this frame of existence, as bare means to survive...
we're all just fragmented shreds of suffering,
carelessly wandering about our deathly existence,
cascading down the blues and out into the distance.

i have dismissed this life as a mere illusion,
a daunting reality in endless destition - along with all its forms.
the sulleness it brought came with little to no restitution...
the wave purges in persistence!
as we endure the consequence of resistance.
"Everyday Resistance"

cimeza....  

credits 🎬

production: written, composed + arranged by Itumeleng Leso 

vocals: written, arranged + performed by Lethabo Malele

cimeza! (take2)

on this day — when, this was written, i had just been informed of a close friend’s untimely passing & naturally, i resorted to the music to map the pain out, the grief out.

hope you’re resting well, toxi — iba yidlozi elihle njayam.

okam is his surname, written backwards.

credits 🎬

production: written, composed + arranged by Itumeleng Leso

inspiration + ode: Thabiso “Toxi” Mako

okam

[kimetsu.] is a South African sonic and visual artist whose work transcends easy categorization.

Rooted in the ancestral rhythms of the continent, yet filtered through lo-fi minimalism and ambient abstraction, [kimetsu.] creates worlds that feel like whispered dreams — haunting, greyscale, and deeply emotive.

Drawing influence from tribal sonic memory, jazz improvisation, ambient decay, and experimental silence, the work doesn’t demand attention — it invites presence.

This is not music or visual art in the traditional sense; it is atmosphere, texture,
a meditation on selfhood and absence.

[kimetsu.] uses anonymity and abstraction as forms of storytelling.

Their emblematic logos, sparse arrangements, and absence of lyrical directness create a language that is more felt than understood — a language born from both the ancient and the digital.