Gloomy Lies: Description

The emergence of COVID-19 ushered in a global pandemonium, a jarring symphony of fear and disarray. It wasn't merely a health crisis; it was a profound informational catastrophe. The vacuum of concrete, reliable data was immediately filled by a cacophony of unsubstantiated claims and conflicting directives, leaving populations worldwide disoriented and profoundly vulnerable. This ambiguity wasn't just confusing, it was devastating.

For me, the year 2020 marked the cruel nexus of this global storm and personal tragedy. As I wrestled with the virus myself, immobilized and confined to a bed. The contagion tightened its grip on my life, dealing a blow that shattered my reality. I lost my brother in that same desolate week of my confinement. My physical illness was compounded by a searing grief, the darkness made absolute by helplessness.

Yet, this experience, though born of fire, forged a unique kind of resilience. The song that emerged from this period is a bittersweet embrace of opposites. It is a raw requiem that acknowledges the deep chasm left by the loss of an irreplaceable loved one. But woven into its melancholic core is the vibrant thread of enduring hope. The defiant strength found in the sheer act of recovering, of rising from the confines of sickness, and stepping back into the light.

From this "absolute darkness" of grief and helplessness, a musical work emerged—not just as a mournful requiem, but as a defiant symbol of resilience. It represents the bittersweet triumph of stepping out of the fever of sickness and the shadow of loss back into the light of hope.

Gloomy Lies:

Vimbs Mavimbs: Double Bass 
Teboho DiTeboho Kobedi: Keys
Sphelelo Lelo Mazibuko: Drums
Robin Fassie: Trumpet
Thami Mahlangu: Tenor Saxophone

Recorded: Flame Studios
Mixed: Martin Ngwenya
Mastered: Wandile Ndlovu
Filmed: Soda World
Concert supported by: Concerts SA and it's subsidiaries