Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Eitan Reiter talks Out of Orbit, his latest psytrance project Out of Orbit is the new psytrance project by accomplished electronic musician, Eitan Reiter, also one half of the now-defunct legendary trance duo, LOUD. Eitan is a prolific producer, who, beyond his LOUD partnership, has produced an impressive discography of techno, acid and downtempo music […]
Bazique 2020 – A first-timer’s guide Bazique 2020 takes place this coming weekend. This unique event is now in its third year and both 2018 & 2019 had a different charm about them. In 2018 none of us knew what to expect. We did know it was going to be different and we did know […]
Bazique and the collaborators Bazique and the collaborators – it sounds like a Western. You need to read it in your best ‘Billy the Kid’ voice as done in the movie, Young Guns. ‘Collaborators are you ready???’ Corny, I know, but if you knew the visionary behind Bazique Festival, Nick Ladd, you’d know that corny […]
Artiphon Orba is an intuitive handheld music making orb Artiphon Orba is a compact synthesizer, looper and midi controller in an incredibly unique form factor. In essence, Artiphon Orba was designed to inspire musicians and enthusiasts with a fun, new ways of playing music. The shape seems rather odd at first, almost like a miniature […]
NOIR talks techno and the life of a global DJ Having chatted to so many artists and DJs over the years, some interviews just click more than others and electronic dance music stalwart, NOIR, is certainly one of those that resonate. In many ways, NOIR personifies what the real global electronic music scene is all […]
DJ Tristan talks psytrance life ahead of Origin 2020 DJ Tristan is back!!! Finally… DJ Tristan must be the most requested artist by Origin Festival fans in South Africa, hands down. This legend of the global psytrance scene has seen it all and done it all and is a firm favourite, not only in South […]
Trenton Birch talks Music, education and cannabis Trenton Birch has just released his new album, Unity in Diversity, with his reggae-infused Afro-beat band, Trenton and Free Radical. It’s their second full length album and it has been a long time in the making. Trenton is a music man through and through. From heading up one […]
Booka Shade interviewed ahead of first SA tour Legendary German house duo, Booka Shade, will do a three-stop tour of South Africa for the first time in their illustrious career. Even before Booka Shade was formed, Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier were making music under the name Planet Claire in the early 90s. Founders of […]
Bazique Festival – what’s all the fuss? If you’re a typical Capetonian – or is that just a typical human being? – you may view the Bazique Festival with slight hesitation, or caution, not knowing exactly what it’s all about and if you’ll ‘fit in.’ I know I did last year for the inaugural event. […]
Jimpster chats ahead of Bazique Festival 2019 Jimpster headlines Bazique Festival this year alongside DJ Tennis, Marvin & Guy, James Monro, Tinlicker, Emok, Nanoplex, Ali B and The Head Gardner. Add to that a wholesome list of many of South Africa’s finest DJs and producers and it’s safe to say the music will take care […]
