Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Ryan Murgatroyd launches Swoon Records imprint Ryan Murgatroyd’s Swoon Records is launching in May 2019. Ryan is undoubtedly one of the pioneers of modern electronic music in South Africa and an integral member of formative live act Bantwanas and he is on the verge of launching his brand new label Swoon Records in May 2019. […]
TOY TOY presents Anagram Label Night [Win Tickets!!!] TOY TOY x Anagram join forces to bring you an ‘Anagram Label Night’ in Johannesburg and we’ve got 5 sets of double tickets to giveaway! Event details Artists: Sinfol JP Enfant Craig Placid Tickets: R100 presale on Howler (Ticket link TBA) R150 at the door And Club: […]
Black Coffee returns for season 3 of Hi Ibiza residency Black Coffee will be at the helm of Hi Ibiza’s Saturday sessions this summer. Renowned and award-winning producer and DJ Black Coffee, real name Nathi Maphumulo, has been secured for another season at Hi Ibiza. Why mess with the magic? Over the past two years, […]
Human Traffic 2 will be a reaction to Brexit says director Human Traffic 2 is “as relevant to today as [the original] was relevant for its time,” says director. This weekend they celebrated the 20th anniversary of Human Traffic, the 1999 British-Irish indie film that explores themes of coming of age, drug and club cultures […]
How to create new Serum Wavetables using vocal samples One of the features that sets Serum apart from a lot of Wavetable synths is the ability to create wavetables. Loading samples into Serum’s Wavetable oscillators is as easy as dragging them onto the interface from your DAW. When using vocal samples, I found the FFT […]
ABBA’s new songs due out in Sept/Oct ABBA’s new songs, “I Still Have Faith In You” and “Don’t Shut Me Down” are on their way. Last year we reported that a “Virtual ABBA” experience was in the pipeline in collaboration with American Idol creator Simon Fuller, which would see the famed quartet virtually take to […]
Ballantine’s True Music series x Felipe Pantone tour ends on a high at Langa Ballantine’s True Music series x Felipe Pantone is a wrap! Ballantine’s Scotch Whisky wrapped up a three country True Music Series x Felipe Pantone tour with an amazing finale event at Langa, Cape Town at the Guga S’thebe Arts & Culture […]
Trance legends Ticon return to Cape Town this weekend [Interview] Ticon are one of the true progressive trance legends of the past 20 years. Forging a powerful melodic style that has seen them segue seamlessly between progressive psytrance, tech house and progressive house, the production duo of Filip Mårdberg and Fredrik Gilenholt have six massive […]
The Kiffness announces Fyre 2 Festival with Danny K The Kiffness has announced that Fyre 2 will be happening at Robberg Nature Reserve in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. The first attempt at Fyre Festival was a complete failure, but David Scott of The Kiffness is confident that the sequel festival is going to be much […]
KFC bought a time slot for DJ Colonel Sanders at Ultra Miami DJ Colonel Sanders was the most talked about performer online this weekend! Ultra Miami boasted an impressive line-up this past weekend, featuring EDM stars like David Guetta, Marshmello and Zedd but it was the unannounced act who played the main stage who’s generating […]
