Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Native Instruments is giving away free stuff these holidays! Native Instruments is spoiling us this holiday season, with free plugins, e-vouchers and even a hardware and software bundle giveaway! Native Instruments recently released TRK-01, an innovative plugin designed to produce kick and bass sounds from within a single plugin. TRK-01 PLAY extracts the powerful engines […]
Turnkey Music Outreach Program introduces scholars to DJing/Music Production Learn the ins and out of music production/DJing with the Turnkey Music Outreach Program. Turnkey Music & Multimedia is a new concept music store showcasing the latest musical instruments and the very latest music technology products including the largest selection of computer music products in Southern […]
Beat Bangaz ‘7785 Disrupters’ is Cape Town hip hop at its finest Beat Bangaz 7785 Disrupters is out now and it’s a banger. Hip hop from all angles, Beat Bangaz is the legendary trio consisting of DJ E-20 – DJ Ready D & DJ Azuhl and they have a new offering aimed at shaking things […]
Origin 2019 Competition: Win an Origin music & ticket hamper We are giving away free music and free tickets in our Origin 2019 Competition! Win! We are giving away two full weekend tickets + car pass + Nano Sonic Sound System (Digital download) 1. If you are on Facebook ‘Like’ the IDM Mag page – a great place to […]
Top African tracks for 2018 on Apple Music A-list The Apple Music A-list for African artists for 2018 makes for interesting reading. 2018 has been a year of powerhouse tracks, with African artists producing world-class music, music videos and even performances. From Nigeria to Ghana, South Africa and Cameroon; The African continent pumped out hits. […]
Headphone electrocution claims the life of a 16-year-old boy Headphone electrocution has claimed another life. Last week, 16-year-old Mohd Aidi Azzhar Zahrin did something most teenagers, actually people do: He listened to music through his headphones, an act that he paid for with his life. He was discovered by his mother; there in their home, […]
Maftown Heights 2018: Woman falls to her death Maftown Heights 2018 resulted in a fatal fall. This past weekend saw the 2018 edition of the popular annual hip-hop concert, Maftown Heights. Although the music was pumping, and revellers were dancing, the event ended in grief as one attendee, an unidentified woman, fell to her death. […]
Massive Attack Fantom App lets users remix tracks from Mezzanine Make interactive remixes with the Massive Attack Fantom App. Massive Attack’s phone app, called Fantom, debuted in 2016 as a “sensory music player that remixes and reforms songs unique using a variety of environmental variables including location, movement, time of day, heartbeat, and the integral […]
MTN MusicTime is a new time-based streaming service MTN MusicTime gives you streaming access by the minute. Just when we thought we had streaming services figured out, a new structure of it has been born. MTN, one of SA’s biggest mobile networks, recently acquired music streaming company Simfy Africa in order to launch a new […]
Inaugural Live Better Festival features Nasty C, Kwesta, Distruction Boyz in Durban Come celebrate life and music at the Live Better Festival in Durban this weekend. Hosted by Capitec bank, the inaugural Live Better will be held from 15-16 December at Kings Park Stadium in Durban. Local (legendary) artists booked for the first day include […]
