Lukile

My debut album, Self Portrait, enters this world on April 5th and I want to celebrate it with you. Go to my bio and pre-save it so we're together the moment it arrives. This album is my baby. I've nurtured these songs, feelings, and thoughts for 5 years. This is a giant party and the whole world is invited. Pre-save it. Pencil it into your calendar. Tell your mom, your uncle, and your dog that Lukile is dropping on April 5th. You know where to find the link. See you here again tomorrow.

SNAKEBONES OUT NOW thank you for your continued support along this journey ❤ I appreciate each and every one of you. Special thanks to @franadilla for the Artwork, styling and press images. Thank you to @luc_veermeer for the excellent mix and master work. Thank you to @pvstelcoastline for the impeccable bio. Thanks to @miansofproduction and o_alexandriac_o for the masterful edits in bringing the bio to life. And of course thank you to @thesunkissedsojourner for all the support (and dyeing my hair ocean blue for the cover) Release day is only the top of the mountain. I still have the rest of the way down to go, and I hope you enjoy the journey with me.

My first song is out today and I feel good but I also feel like throwing up. A couple of you have heard it already because I’ve been tweaking it since about 2019, hoping that if I pull the right slider and add the right effect, it’d sound good and finished. I wanted to be able to say I did everything myself, but what ended up happening is I got tunnel vision and lost sight of what the work was supposed to sound like or represent. Eventually I realized that I didn’t have to do it all by myself and I could get help from other people. Honestly, I realised that I CAN’T do it all by myself and that most of my inspiration came from other people anyway - sometimes directly, but mostly through the internet or youtube or whatever. What’s important is that I like this song a lot, but I’m also sick of being the only one hearing it over and over. So it’s time to share it and hope that you or someone else likes it too. I will be spending the rest of 2022 releasing more songs and working with more people to realise my goals for this life I’ve landed in. I want to claim my place as a musician and I don’t want to get hit by a car or have a piano land on me from a 12-storey building knowing that I had a bunch of finished material sitting on my laptop that nobody listened to. I have something to say and I want to say it. This is where I want it all to begin. Artwork by: @banelekhoza Mixed and mastered by: @luc_veermeer Written, produced, arranged (all that jazz etc) by: @_lukile_ Special thanks to Refiloe for helping bounce ideas for the song for about 3 years and not killing me out of frustration. - Lukile

@_lukile_ at @bakenbask at @weedlovers_fourways

We’re so excited to support the dear brother @_lukile_ for his first ever show in Cape Town 💙 An Alive Performance, featuring our very own contemporary soul songstress @luh.ra , is set to be a fascinating experience in exploring the various dimensions of Black alternative music Sunday 26 April. The Commons, Muizenberg. Early Bird tickets are almost done, with limited general access being available for the intimate gathering. We look forward to seeing you there 🖤 🎨: @__.gazi

I like to think of it as giving tribute to our musical forebears 🙂‍↕️ also DJ Mujava inni middle of Snakebones just makes sense 🍀 Find me at @bakenbask this Sunday!

Do you wanna get out?

Cape Town friends and Cape Town family! I’ll be in town soon and I want to share my songs with you. I’ve teamed up with the good folks from Feedback to bring my specific brand of alternative black music to the city. Please join me for an Alive Performance alongside Luh’ra, at The Commons in Muizenberg on Sunday the 26th of April! This will be my first performance in my birth city, so I’d love to see you there to mark the occasion! Early bird tickets are up in my bio 🫶🏽 please buy them! (Accidentally uploaded a JPEG the first time so if you saw this poster yesterday, no you didn’t 🫶🏽)

Lukile is a Johannesburg-based producer, songwriter and artist crafting a distinct sonic language rooted in experimentation and emotion. Blending electronic textures with raw, human imperfections, his sound exists in a space that is both intimate and unconventional. Through his genre-bending approach, Lukile explores themes of love, identity and the subconscious — offering a deeply personal and immersive listening experience. Join us for a curated sonic experience, tickets available on Quicket ( Link in the Bio)

March. A full circle moment. 10 years ago I was a pimply teenager who once played the clarinet at the Orbit. I was there with the National Youth Orchestra Wind Ensemble, and snapped this selfie in front of Bheki Mseleku’s mural in between rehearsals. A decade or so later, I was back on the same stage, performing my own music. Solo. I only realised it when I stepped outside for air and saw the very same mural on the wall. This year is an experiment for me. To get stage as often as I can and learn as much as possible. I’ve got two shows in two cities coming up in April. More to follow soon x Lukile

Let’s revisit Coloured identity on a Monday morning :)

@_lukile_ at @yourweeklytouchup at @jozigoldbrewco