Vital Signs, by Vee Mukarati

Vital Signs

by Vee Mukarati

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1.	Ndega Ndichichema (Lamentation) 01:00	lyrics	buy track
Mandisiya ndega sei ndri ndega Mandisiya ndega baba ndichichema Mandisiya ndega sei ndirindega Mandisiya ndega baba ndichichema Mandisiya ndega sei ndri ndega Mandisiya ndega baba ndichichema Mandisiya ndega sei ndirindega Mandisiya ndega baba ndichichema
2.	Nhamo Yedu (Vital Signs) 05:00	lyrics	buy track
Nhai rufu wakaitwa sei? Hauna munhu mukuru Hauna mwana mucheche Hautarise munhu mukobvu Hautarise munhu mutete Nhamo yedu (Nhamo yedu ndeyekuti) Tirivanhu venyama Nhamo yedu pasi pano (Nhamo yedu ndeyekuti) Hatizvichengete Nhamo yedu hona kani (Nhamo yedu ndeyekuti) Tineropa dzvuku munyama Nhamo yedu kani mukoma (Nhamo yedu ndeyekuti) Hatizvikoshese Do you understand? What I'm saying? What it's doing? You don't have the time To even give a damn Said, do you understand? What I'm saying? What it's doing? You don't have the time To even give a damn Kungotsvedza wotodonha Mhuri yakutochema Kusaringa Hona njodzi Vana vato nherera Nhamo yedu Nhamo yedu ndeyekuti Tirivanhu venyama Nhamo yedu pasi pano Nhamo yedu ndeyekuti Hatizvikoshese Nhamo yedu hona kani Nhamo yedu ndeyekuti Tineropa dzvuku munyama Nhamo yedu kani mukoma Nhamo yedu ndeyekuti Hatizvichengete Do you understand? What I'm saying? What it's doing? You don't have the time To even give a damn Said, do you understand? What I'm saying? What it's doing? You don't have the time To even give a damn I'm curious to see All your vital signs Hoping it won't be Just a cold cold cold flat line Curious to see All your vital signs Hoping it won't be Just a cold cold cold flat line Curious to see (I'm curious to see) All your vital signs (All of your vital signs) Hoping it won't be (Hoping it won't be) Just a cold cold cold flat line Curious to see (I'm curious to see) All your vital signs (All of your vital signs) (Mhuri yakutochema) Hoping it won't be (Hoping it won't be) Just a cold cold cold flat line (Vana vato nherera) Curious to see (I'm curious to see) All your vital signs (All of your vital signs) (Hatizvikoshese) Hoping it won't be (Hoping it won't be) Just a cold cold cold flat line (Tineropa dzvuku munyama) I'm curious to see (I'm curious to see) All your vital signs (Mhuri yakutochema) Hoping it won't be (Hoping it won't be) Just a cold cold cold flat line (Vana vato nherera) Curious to see (I'm curious to see) All your vital signs (All of your vital signs) (Hatizvikoshese) Hoping it won't be (Hoping it won't be) Just a cold cold cold flat line (Tineropa dzvuku munyama) I'm curious to see (I'm curious to see) All your vital signs (Mhuri yakutochema) Hoping it won't be (Hoping it won't be) Just a cold cold cold flat line
3.	Mutorwa (Alien) 05:51	lyrics	buy track
Usanditarise Kana kundibvunza nzira Nekuti ndirimutorwa Pasi pano Mhinduro yaunotsvaga Ndiyo inonditadzisa kurara Nekuti ndirimutorwa Pasi pano Zviningamupini zvose Nazvo zvinokushusha kani Zvinodishaisa hope Pasi pano Makomo nemikoto Migwagwa nenjanji Dzandinoziva dzirikure kani Nekuti ndirimutorwa Pasi pano Makomo nemikoto Migwagwa nenjanji Dzandinoziva dzirikure kani Nekuti ndirimutorwa Pasi pano Makomo nemikoto Migwagwa nenjanji Dzandinoziva dzirikure kani Nekuti ndirimutorwa Pasi pano Makomo nemikoto Migwagwa nenjanji Dzandinoziva dzirikure kani Nekuti ndirimutorwa Pasi pano Sakandati horoiye iye Vakurupindirai kani Horoiye iye Ishe pindirai kani Horoiye iye Vakurupindirai kani Horoiye iye Ishe pindirai kani Nekuti tirivatorwa Horoiye iye Vakurupindirai kani Horoiye iye Ishe pindirai kani Horoiye iye Vakurupindirai kani Horoiye iye iye iye ye Ishe pindirai kani Nekuti tirivatorwa
4.	Masaisai (Vol.1) 04:44	lyrics	buy track
Hupenyu hwangu hwashata Hupenyu hwangu hwaoma Kutarisa kudai inhamo chete Ndizvo zvandaida Aihwa kwete Hupenyu hwangu hwaipa Kurarama kwacho itsaona Kurara nenzara kufa nezvirwere Vazhinji votambura vashoma vagere Ndoita sei kani Ishe? Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani baba vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndoita sei kani ishe? Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani baba vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Hupenyu hwacho hwaoma Kurarama kwacho haikona Kurara nenzara kufa nezvirwere Vazhinji votambura vashoma vagere Ndoita sei kani Ishe? Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani baba vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndoita sei kani ishe? Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani mwari wangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndoita sei kani tenzi Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani baba vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Hona ndoita sei kani ishe? Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo nhai mwari vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndoita sei kani Ishe? Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani baba vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Hona ndoita sei kani ishe? Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani baba vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndoita sei nhai tenzi Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani mwari vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Hona ndoita sei kani ishe? Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani baba vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai
5.	Alkatraz Garden 04:25	lyrics	buy track
She's been sitting up in that tree house for years She's been looking out over and over the great white wall Crossing roadblocks and running red lights in her mind She's tired of manicured lawns this high life that seems so fine She's wondering what is out there for years She's been pondering scheming planning her great escape Breaking barriers and bribing guards inside her mind She's tired of manicured lawns this high life that seems so fine Time is ticking and the train is leaving World is changing she won't let it pass her by So goodbye to this island prison I will give her both my helping hands Time is ticking and the train is leaving World is changing she won't let it pass her by So goodbye to this island prison I will give her both my helping hands We've got a plan to break out of this Alkatraz Garden Blueprints and road maps on the ready We've got a plan to break out of this Alkatraz Garden Blueprints and road maps on the ready Time is ticking and the train is leaving World is changing she won't let it pass her by So goodbye to this island prison I will give her both my helping hands Time is ticking and the train is leaving World is changing she won't let it pass her by So goodbye to this island prison I will give her both my helping hands Time is ticking and the train is leaving World is changing she won't let it pass her by So goodbye to this island prison I will give her both my helping hands I will give here both my helping hands I will give here both my helping hands Yeah Listen It has begun The sayer has spoken and the seeress sees The earth will shift it's tilt and the past will be spilt Her skin will fault to shed molten tracks Where the change train will come rolling in Like a resolute teardrop Tracing down a jagged face Spewing fumes of absolution A smouldering head's revolt It's breaks have failed Momentum upscaled Pearl shaped wheels crush brazen bullets Winding whips and scarlet lizard tongued invective in their wake Listen Her journey has begun Without fear Without a shake (Alkatraz garden) We've got a plan to (Alkatraz garden) We've got a plan to (Alkatraz garden) We've got a plan to (Alkatraz garden) Break out of this (Alkatraz garden) Out of this (Alkatraz garden) Break out of this (Alkatraz garden) Out of this (Alkatraz garden) Break out of this (We've got a plan to break out of this) (Alkatraz garden) Out of this (We've got a plan to break out of this) (Alkatraz garden) Break out of this (We've got a plan to break out of this) (Alkatraz garden) Out of this (We've got a plan to break out of this) Alkatraz garden
6.	Masaisai (Vol 2) 05:33	lyrics	buy track
Hupenyu hwangu hwashata Hupenyu hwangu hwaipa Kutarisa kudai inhamo chete Ndizvo zvandaida? Aihwa kwete Hupenyu hwangu hwaoma Kurarama kwacho haikona Kurara nenzara kufanezvirwere Vazhinji votambura vashoma vagere Ndiota sei kani Ishe Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani baba vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndoita sei kani Ishe Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani Baba vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Hupenyu hwacho hwaoma (Hwaoma hwaoma) Kurarama kwacho itsaona (Itsaona itsaona) Kurara nenzara kufanezvirwere Vazhinji votambura vashoma vagere Ndoita sei kani Ishe Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani Baba vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndoita sei kani Ishe Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani baba vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndoita sei kani Tenzi Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani baba vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndiota sei nhai Mwari Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani Ishe Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndoita sei kani Ishe Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani baba vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndoita sei kani Ishe Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani baba vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndoita sei kani Tenzi Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani Mwari vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndoita sei kani Ishe Pindirai Ndibatsireiwo kani Baba vangu Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndapinda mumasaisai Ndapinda mumasaisai

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A meditation on the contemporary Afro-jazz sound that brings jazz full circle back to its African roots. Featuring soulful vocals,traditional Zimbabwean instruments, layered string arrangements, explosive instrumental solos and irregular-time signature grooves.

Sung in English and Shona, Vital Signs is an exploration of the duality of the migrant experience; what it means to be a stranger in a strange land; racial injustice; mortality and loss; and the power of hope

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released August 22, 2020

Composed and Produced by Vee Mukarati
Lead vocals, saxophones, clarinets, bass synth & percussion : Vee Mukarati
Mbira, djembe, balaphone & backing vocals : Othnell "Mangoma" Moyo
Djembe & Backing Vocals : Melody Mutembo
Cellos : Vartan Baronian
Keyboards : Nick Nhare
Guitars (Masaisai) : Giovanni Agostini
Guitars (Alkatraz Garden) : Matt Greenwood
Mixed and Mastered by : Michele Oliva
Album Artwork : Admire Kamudzengerere
Label : Primrose Records

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Vee Mukarati is a Zimbabwean singer, saxophonist, composer and producer based in Geneva, Switzerland.

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