Marthe and Pilani Bubu unveil 'Nay' Indaba', the first joint album by the French trans-oriental jazz-rock collective. . A sonic odyssey through South Africa, telling a story of its history and cultures through the prism of strong women.  Reflecting on the last 30 years of Democracy. Over the course of the album's eight tracks, It explores in depth South Africa's complex history and social ills & shares a positive story of the ongoing struggle against inequality, youth unemployment and poverty, and advocates for the progress and success of previously disadvantaged black people. Rooted in the magnetic atmosphere and memories of this country, the result is a musicality that is both psychedelic and ferocious.

"This album explores how the African Child aligns with their purpose and calling in communion and consent with our ancestors. Exploring rites of passage, rituals, gifts and inheritances that begin the journey of manifesting our dreams. African Spirituality as a guide to the continuation of lineage. As a child of the ancestors of dreams (Umntan'eThongo), like most of my visions, this album wrote itself in dreamscapes. I think it was fit, before we continue exploring the next chapters of the Folklore album series, I wanted to share my journey of initiation and becoming in parallel. To bring you into my purpose and how I am working toward my own alignment in the this work as a healer and a teacher who intuits and channels. Whatever that is personal is public they say. It is that part that heals us through revelation and others through resonance. Folklore Chapter 2: Ekuseni is personal yet universal"

Lockdown Lovestory, was written, and recorded in the height of the pandemic, in real time as this story unfolded for Pilani during her time in quarantine, in the unprecedented hard lockdown of March – August 2020, in South Africa. The levels from 5 - 1, were real markers in the chapters of her life and this love story. Based on her own lived experience, the music is inspired by the journey she takes in a long distance and virtual relationship, exploring the nuances of the loneliness and yearning presented by this circumstance. She explores the feelings of fantasy and nostalgia packaged in Nu-RnB 

an ode to 90’s- 2000's teen nostalgia in the music production as well as the visual storytelling.

Marked by beautiful melodies, cohesively held by her love for vocal harmony and rhythmic guitars. She also goes layers deep with the use of vintage mics, FX, synths, and rhodes

In this album,I dug deep into her roots, to tell her story of identity, tradition and culture. She shares stories of South African people in the ancient and modern social context, sparking thought provoking conversations about men, women, and children. The music is interwoven with poetry and spoken word, re-interpreting our folklore for the next generation.

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Folklore is the collective documentation of culture passed through the generations by word of mouth. Made up of an expressive body of work in various art forms. With this project, she seeks to build a community dedicated to restoring, preserving, and documenting our culture through storytelling for future generations. Taking inspiration by learning our traditional folk music, our language and writing styles, and bringing it into her own music.

Konke! Meaning Everything! Everything that brought two artist together at  Supersonic Studios: A collaborative journey of vulnerability, empowerment, and artistic revelation.

Over 2 years, Pilani Bubu and Afronautiq have collaborative sessions in Nairobi Kenya’s prestigious studios: Supersonic Studio. These encounters filled with deep downloads, exploring strong moments of vulnerability and empowering conversations, delving into their artistic paths. Giving everything to their craft, their lives, their loves, and ultimately discovering that the very act of creation is both a taking and a giving. Giving everything in this process, the project Konke was an organic birth of songs. This artistic union has almost been a cathartic exercise, Getting deep into their inner worlds, their fears and their fight for love, for recognition and reward.

When Pilani quit her corporate job in 2011, she wanted to pursue all her passions. Music being her first love. This album road itself as this bohemian soon to be nomadic singer, explored her music and craft in her travels.

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From New Orleans, that birthed the song 'Music Love', to the South of France, camped out in the Pyrenees that birthed the songs Sweet Love, Promised Land, to walking the streets of Dublin re-defining her own sense of Home, and unpacking what it feels like to find love, light and heaven right here on earth.

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She was finally living her dreams and sharing her journey in the pursuit of her purpose and calling. An album that expresses courage and freedom that all emerging artists seek.

"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain."

- Kahlil Gibran

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We break so that the light can seep in. In this EP, The catalyst to my journey of pursuing my passions and music my first love, was a heartbreak.

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A bittersweet love story of how 'Heartache is always Relevant', and disappointment can help you navigate a route to self, through vulnerability,.

Pilani Bubu collaborates with Maya Angelou's estate to bring the poem 'Still I Rise' stanza to verse. In an original music composition by the singer when she was thirteen years old. 

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It took 23 years for her to feel compelled to record it. in 2020 during the global pandemic, the escalated rise of femicide in South Africa and the devastating cases of police violence on African Americans with Black Lives Matter... propelled the singer to finally express and record this musical piece.

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It has been reserved as exclusive performance for streaming. It debut for the first time at the Nelson Mandela Foundation Annual Lecture on Mandela Day. The live orchestra is available for bookings at impact driven humanitarian events.