iinkanyei, Umjuliko noMdanso Front Cover

Lyric

Jazz is Ancient, Jazz is New! (feat. Yewande)

Valerie Enfield

Neon lights in a gramophone spin

Future hiding where the past begins

Brass like lightning in a coded dream

Everything is louder than it seems

Tick-tock swing in a digital glow

Old soul dancing with a glitchy flow

Silk and steel in a bassline dive

This is how the dead sounds stay alive

They said it’s old, they said it’s gone

But it’s rewriting every song

From smoky rooms to laser skies

It never really says goodbye

Jazz is ancient, jazz is new

A mirror cracked in every hue

It looks behind, it moves ahead

It’s every word that’s never said

We bend the rules, we break the time

In syncopated borderline

Where swing meets circuit, sparks collide

And nothing ever stays inside

Hear it in the future’s breath

Hear it laughing at the death

Of anything that tries to freeze

The way it moves, the way it breathes

So press play on the century

Let the past become debris

Because every beat you think you know

Is just a place for jazz to go

It’s old, it’s new, it’s always now

And it shows us how somehow

The future’s just a melody

That learned how to be free

  • Lyricist

    Valerie Enfield, Yewande

  • Composer

    Valerie Enfield

  • Producer

    Valerie Enfield

  • Co-Producer

    Yewande

  • Guitar

    Valerie Enfield Group

  • Bass Guitar

    Valerie Enfield Group

  • Drums

    Valerie Enfield Group

  • Keyboards

    Valerie Enfield

  • Vocals

    Yewande

  • Clarinet

    Valerie Enfield Group

  • Percussion

    Yewande

  • Programming

    Valerie Enfield

iinkanyei, Umjuliko noMdanso Front Cover

Listen to Jazz is Ancient, Jazz is New! (feat. Yewande) by Valerie Enfield

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  • 1

    iinkanyei, Umjuliko noMdanso (feat. Yewande)

    Valerie Enfield

  • 2

    Addis at Dusk (feat. Yewande)

    Valerie Enfield

  • ⚫︎

    Jazz is Ancient, Jazz is New! (feat. Yewande)

    Valerie Enfield

  • 4

    D.T.M.1991 (feat. Yewande)

    Valerie Enfield

The song title, "Izinkanyezi, Umjuluko noMdanso," is presented as meaning "The Turning of the Stars, and Dance" in Zulu.
Beginning at sunset and continuing through to dawn, the song celebrates a night of dance and festivity. Guided by powerful drums and energetic rhythms, strangers come together in a shared circle, dancing and celebrating as one. Overcoming sadness and loneliness, the song captures the moment when music connects people across boundaries, expressing it through a warm, uplifting, and open-hearted Afro dance-pop sound.Includes 3 additional tracks.

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