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UJeannel
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UJeannel Udlalisa uMbono oMkhulu waMahashe
Kwinyanga ephelile, imvumi enengcambu yaseDatshi kunye neseBerlin, UJeannel, wakhupha ingoma yakhe emnandi, “Amahashe,” nanamhlanje, wenza imboniso yayo entle ngokulinganayo ekhaphayo. Ngobubele bayo bokuqala, Iiplanki ze-robo ze-elektroniki kunye neentambo ezinqabileyo, ingoma ngokwayo ibhengeza uJeannel njengegcisa elinyanzelisayo kuphela kodwa ngumqambi onesiphiwo. Ingoma ye-radiohead yesiqhelo, Iingoma zokuqala zika “Kid A” okanye zeFKA Twigs zinokufika engqondweni xa zimamele “Amahashe,” kodwa ngelizwi elizolileyo likaJeannel kunye nobuchule obudlalayo kwisello, uyakwazi ukwabelana ngesandi mhlawumbi esesakhe. “Kwavela ngenxa yentlungu engathethekiyo endiyithweleyo ngaphakathi kwaye yandithatha ixesha elide ukuba ndibe nesibindi sokuziva okanye ukuqonda.,” utsho umzobi ngengoma. Echaza ukuba “usoloko eziva ngokwahlukileyo, ayingeni, kwaye ke ngoko amaxesha amaninzi ahlukanisiwe kakhulu,” UJeannel uyaqhubeka athi “‘Amahashe’ yi-ode kumntwana wam wangaphakathi kunye, ukuba uyathanda, kumntwana ongaphakathi kuye nabani na ofuna ukuphiliswa, idinga ukuva ukuba intle kwaye iyamangalisa ngendlela yayo eyodwa, kwaye eyona ntlungu yayo inkulu, inyaniso, awona mandla makhulu.”
Ividiyo yengoma ibonisa lo mxholo wokomelela kunye noburhalarhume obuzolileyo. Ikhokelwa liqela le UChris Zimmerman kwaye Esteban, ikliphu ephantse ibe yimizuzu emine iqala ngento ekhangeleka ngathi ngumgxobhozo weenwele zabasetyhini ngaphambi kokuba iziveze njengentyatyambo edubula ngamandla angenakunqandeka njengoko uJeannel ekugqibeleni efumana uxolo kumthi ozolileyo unamehlo esibhakabhakeni.. Ukudlala njengomxube onika umdla womsebenzi wabenzi befilimu abanobuchule uTerence Malick noSteve McQueen, ividiyo ihambelana kakuhle "naMahashe" ngamandla ayo angaphantsi.
Njengoko uJeannel etyhila, ividiyo "ibalisa ibali le-metamorphosis kunye, ngaloo ndlela, iguqulela umyalezo osisiseko wamahashe kumfanekiso olula kodwa onamandla. ‘Amahashe’ amalunga namandla amakhulu afihlwe kwamanye. Imalunga nentlungu yokuziva ungafanelanga ukuhambelana, kunye nengoma yothando komnye umntu, yinto eqhelekileyo leyo, intle kwaye isipho esiyinyani, xa kuqondwa.”
Phantse inyanga ukususela ekukhululweni kwengoma yakhe, UJeannel uthi “uye wayithanda le reception kuba mhlawumbi ibimnandi, okanye abantu babonakala bengayiqondi. Kodwa kwakungekho ukungakhathali okungahleliwe ... kwaye ndicinga ukuba olo hlobo lubonisa indlela yam jikelele yobugcisa. Ukwenzela mna, imalunga nobunyani. Yiyo yonke into ebalulekileyo. Inokuba lula, ekrwada, kodwa ukuba yinyani kwaye iyinyani, yiyo yonke into efunekayo.”
"Ngamahashe" kunye ne-EP ekhangayo ngokuqinisekileyo ephuma kwangoko 2022, UJeannel ungqina ukuba ligcisa elitsha elihlaziyayo eliya kuqhubeka nokuhambisa abaphulaphuli kangangoko anako.