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HALU! & Skai! Eyethu EP Launch Event Recap

Harare - Friday September 26 saw enigmatic producer HALU! And vocalist Skai held a launch event for their brand new Afrohouse EP titled Eyethu. The event was held in collaboration with multi-disciplinary artist Sherman Baloyi, who played host at his Mount Pleasant-located Studio Sherman Baloyi.

This unique launch extends a meeting of worlds, which is reflected in the Eyethu EP’s Sherman Baloyi-designed artwork, finding expression in real time. The art studio proved a perfect backdrop for a release that celebrates Zimbabwean heritage while fusing HALU!’s futuristic compositions with Skai’s soothing, homegrown melodies. Drawing on the EP’s themes of exploring home, the gathering celebrated Zimbabwean heritage, digital design and afrofuturist sounds in an intimate setting.

The evening’s entertainment was started off by DJ Tapiwa ZW who delighted the crowd with an engaging Afrotech set. Afterwards, HALU! and Skai showcased new tracks off their collaborative project, including the well-received lead single ‘Kumba’ and growing fan-favourite ‘Ikhanya’. With sights, sounds and limited-edition merch abound the Eyethu launch represented an unforgettable experience - a token of shared community!

The Eyethu EP launch event fused music and art in creative ways that made for a memorable night that captured the feeling of home. “It was a beautiful experience. In the past, I’ve hosted music installations in my studio with DJs presenting diverse sets, each offering their own texture. But this was different,” Sherman Baloyi says. “HALU! and Skai delivered something closer to my art — an original masterpiece full of meaning and soul. HALU! commanded the decks with precision, while Skai’s voice carried like an echo of Africa itself, vibrating with beauty and memory.”

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HALU! Social Media:

X: https://x.com/callmehalu

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmehalu/

Skai Social Media:

Facebook: https://rb.gy/zi2eeq

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_skai_official

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Skai and HALU! Soundtrack Homecoming On Their Eyethu EP

Skai and HALU! Soundtrack Homecoming On Their Eyethu EP.

EP Details:

Title: Eyethu

Artist: Skai and HALU!

Genre: Afro-House, Afro-Tech

Tracklist:

Kumba
Ikhanya
Inguwe
The Lost Ones
Ikhaya Lakho
The Lost Ones (Chant Edit)

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Singer-songwriter Skai and producer HALU! come together to deliver Eyethu, a 6-track Afro-house EP. At the heart of this collaboration is a synthesis of HALU’s cybernetic persona and Skai’s endearing humanity, mimicking the fusion of electronic instrumentation and organic melodies that underpins Afro-House.

From calming grooves to driving synths, Eyethu offers soundbeds that are at once transportive, healing and comforting. Across this voyage, Skai and HALU! weave a tale of displacement and return…. of brokenness that becomes whole. “Eyethu is a spiritual offering,” the dulcet-voiced Skai remarks. “It’s a celebration of identity, and a reminder that even in a chaotic world, home is not just a place — it’s a rhythm, a memory, a fight, and a flame.”

As the EP reclaims the meaning of home, identity, and resilience; it’s rooted in personal truth and ancestral memory. Between its inventive compositions, the project is both a reckoning with the present and a return to the past. In true HALU! style, the traditional and contemporary combine, with the EP infusing indigenous values into afro-futuristic frameworks to craft a sonic homecoming. This is also reflected in the album artwork; a Sherman Baloyi design that bridges digital design and traditional heritage.

“The EP is a blend of chants, harmonies and pulsing rhythms that carry you through your longing and offer you a welcome release,” Skai says. “It draws power from the land, family, and the spiritual essence of African life.” With such messaging layered over electronic inflections, this collaboration serves as both a seamless musical pairing and demonstrates the communal spirit of the EP. Anchored by the quintessential African notion of unity, these songs coalesce around the theme of a cocooning presence.

“The musical journey begins with Ikhaya Lakho, a meditative chant and invocation,” Skai shares. “It’s an ode to belonging — the sacred, warm knowing of community, tradition, and generational love.” As Skai and HALU! embark on explorations of this feeling; pockets of the self, their continent and the world are brought into sharp focus through eclectic sonic forays.

Extending the idea of what home represents, Eyethu delves into the intimate through a sprinkle of romance deftly coated over manipulated vocal chops and shuffling percussion on Inguwe. Here, Skai relays the feeling of certainty in love. “Inguwe echoes a celebration of love — deep, destined, and enduring. The tone reflects a soul stirring,” she says. "It's always been you is a message delivered with tenderness and with passion woven into every line.”

On the lead single Kumba, meanwhile, Skai croons “I remember home, I’m going back” — lyrics that double as the EP’s weighty mantra. “Kumba a declaration and the emotional climax of the EP,” she says. “It’s about the pull of your homeland — the rhythm of the nights, the fire-cooked meals, the laughter on verandas.” While there’s plenty of joy in the divinity of such moments, HALU!’s production summons out of Skai moments of poignant reflection. On Ikhanya, the artist draws defiance from African spirituality and poetic affirmation with a soulful touch. “Ikhanya is a resistance anthem — a reminder that our light is ancestral, divine, and cannot be dimmed,” Skai reveals, “It emerges as a call to every woman, every forgotten child and every silenced dreamer: shine anyway!”

It’s the penultimate The Lost Ones, that calls the lonesome home, as a rallying cry for the orphans, misfits and rejects. The song reminds the marginalized of their resilience, as HALU! constructs a foundation punctuated by piano keys. “The Lost Ones fuses languages — Shona, Zulu, and a created tongue — to form a spiritual shield,” Skai says. “The chorus chants Qina mthakababa (be strong, child of the soil), as a reminder that strength is in our roots, and our liberation will not be televised — but it will be danced.”

HALU! EPK

About HALU!

The Afro-House DJ and producer known as HALU! is a mysterious and elusive figure. His persona and sound are eclectic, distinct, and unique as he fuses elements of Afro-Tech, Electro House and African Traditional Music to create his own unique sonic offering. HALU! is militant and dogmatic in his approach to his only true passion: Afro-House. HALU! sees the world in binary codes; the Ones and Zeros that fill his periphery bleed into his music and his brand.

About Skai

Skai is a Zimbabwean singer-songwriter and poet whose artistry is deeply rooted in Afro-jazz and neo-soul. Over the past decade, she has crafted a unique musical identity that draws from themes of love, loss, faith, and spiritual growth. Her work delicately balances vulnerability and strength, offering soulful narratives that resonate with authenticity and emotional depth. Skai’s Christian faith is central to her creative journey. Her music serves as an extension of her spiritual life—each song a reflection of her relationship with God, her love story, and her hope for a more loving world.

Over the past ten years, Skai has graced stages across Johannesburg and Harare, building a loyal audience through live performance. Notably, she opened for jazz mogul Zoë Modiga at Blooming Sounds from Joburg, a concert that celebrated fresh and dynamic voices in African music. In Harare, she has performed at intimate venues, creative festivals, and cultural spaces, continuously deepening her connection with audiences through her heartfelt performances. Skai’s music is more than sound—it is a call to reflect, to feel, and to find purpose in the stories we live and share.

HALU! Social Media:

X: https://x.com/callmehalu

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmehalu/

Skai Social Media:

Facebook: https://rb.gy/zi2eeq

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_skai_official

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Skaimuse

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/74ZCPHBQvXiL4yRfgOPLbc?si=bj0pzEznQHqJe71-mKy6jw

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/lolo-skai/1498271078

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Skai and HALU! Release Afro-House Single “Kumba” - A Sonic Homecoming

Enigmatic producer HALU! and vocalist Skai present ‘Kumba’, taken off their collaborative EP Eyethu - out on all digital platforms 26 September 2025. In the context of Eyethu, a genre-bending body of work that reclaims the meaning of home and identity through ancestral echoes and futuristic soundscapes, Kumba acts as a central pulse.

Song Details

Title: Kumba
Artist: Skai & HALU!
Album: Eyethu
ISRC: ZA56E2529474
Genre: Afro-House, Afro-Tech

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As the Eyethu EP reclaims the meaning of home, identity, and resilience, it’s rooted in personal truth and ancestral memory. Between its inventive compositions and Skai’s heartfelt vocals, the project is both a reckoning with the present and a return to the past. This is deftly reflected in the project’s artwork, crafted by renowned multidisciplinary artist Sherman Baloyi. The striking album cover bridges digital design and traditional heritage in the same way Eyethu infuses indigenous values into afro-futuristic frameworks to craft a sonic homecoming.

A spiritual and sonic exploration of identity, memory, and return; Kumba is rooted in Afro-house rhythms and layered with rich vocals. Between its alluring grooves, the song is a musical love letter to the idea of home, both in a physical and spiritual sense.

“Kumba means home in Shona,” singer Skai explains. “The song is a reflection on what it means to find one’s way back to self….to belonging, to peace.” Over hypnotic percussion and evocative vocal loops, Skai sings:

“There’s that one place
Where anything goes
Where an embrace is better than gold”

These lines echo the yearning many feel in a fractured world and Kumba serves as a bold affirmation of return, asking listeners to listen not just with their ears, but with memory: to go back, to remember, and to find home in the beat. “These lyrics are both intimate and universal,” Skai says. “I’m inviting my listeners to journey inward toward healing and rediscovery.” This is Afro-house in its purest form, with Skai and HALU! combining the traditional and contemporary for a revelatory, synth-tinged voyage.

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