Waile, by WITCH

Waile

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"Waile" b/w "Waile (Midnight Version)" 7" housed in a white paper sleeve inside a printed single sleeve jacket with spine.

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1.	Waile 05:15 video	lyrics	buy track
"(Waile) (Waile) Omungwa kutondele wemwana (Waile) Omungwa kutondele wemwana (Waile) Kufwa kukola, kufwa kukola, kufwa kukola (Waile) Kufwa kukola, kufwa kukola, kufwa kukola (Waile) Obe mwana ee, obe mwana ee, obe mwana ee (Waile) Obe mwana ee, obe mwana ee, obe mwana ee (Waile) Waile waile ee waile (Waile) (Waile) Omungwa kutondele wemwana (Waile) Omungwa kutondele wemwana (Waile) Kufwa kukola, kufwa kukola, kufwa kukola (Waile) Kufwa kukola, kufwa kukola, kufwa kukola (Waile) Obe mwana ee, obe mwana ee, obe mwana ee (Waile) Obe mwana ee, obe mwana ee, obe mwana ee Kufwa kukola, waile eeee Kufwa kukola, waile eeee Mama mama waile eeee Kufwa kukola, waile eeee Kufwa kukola, waile eeee Mama mama waile eeee Kufwa kukola, waile eeee (Waile) (Waile) (Waile)"
2.	Waile (Midnight Version) 03:53		buy track

about

“Waile” is WITCH’s first original material since 1984, as well as the band’s first release with co-founder and vocalist Emmanuel “Jagari” Chanda since 1977.

"Waile" is built on a xylophone groove, with feverish bass, storm-cloud fuzz and funk guitars conjured around it. The track marauds through percussive rhythms into guitar solos and heavy snare fills, with powerful female choral refrains shifting the mood from triumph to anguish. Jagari’s lyrics touch on the struggles entwined in the histories of migrants in Zambia, Angola, the Congo and other nearby countries: “there’s a lot of death, sickness, poverty, and misery,” he says. “The song is lamenting that pitiful situation, that’s the Waile — it’s a word in the Lunda and Luvale language.”

“'Waile' was one of the songs that I brought to the WITCH when I joined in 1978,” continues keys genius Patrick Mwondela. “While it was played live often back in the day, it was never recorded until the new formation of the band picked it up 43 years later during a rehearsal on an island in Kenya, where the band embraced it and made it their own. A few months after that, they gave it a new lease of life by recording it in Lusaka’s legendary dB Studios (site of the original WITCH 70s recordings). Sang in my native language Luvale, the subject matter is a nostalgic wailing for home of ancient African tribes that would eventually settle in Zambia."

credits

released January 27, 2023

WITCH:
Jagari Chanda – Vocals
Patrick Mwondela – Keys & Synths
Jacco Gardner – Bass & Synths
Nico Mauskoviç – Drums & Percussion
Stefan Lilov – Guitar
JJ Whitefield – Guitar

“Waile”

Written and Arranged by Patrick Mwondela & Emmanuel Jagari Chanda

Lyrics by Patrick Mwondela & Emmanuel Jagari Chanda

Featuring:
Theresa N'Gambi - Backing vocals
Hanna Tembo - Backing vocals

Recorded live to tape at DB Studios which was equipped with the same machinery that recorded Lazy Bones in 1975 and brought back to life for the occasion for the first time in decades by Zamrock Engineer Peter Musungilo and his trusted partner Michael Linyama.

“Waile (Midnight Version)”

Jagari Chanda - Vocals
Patrick Mwondela - Lead synth
Jacco Gardner - Bass synth, bass guitar, and FX
Nico Mauskoviç - Drums + Percussion
Stefan Lilov - Electric Guitar
Theresa N’Gambi - Backing Vocals
Hanna Tembo - Backing Vocals

Recorded by Jasper Geluk and Jacco Gardner
Produced by Jacco Gardner
Mastered by World Of Paint Studios

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