Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Ace Ventura in Dub [Interview] Dub music was always going to find its way into electronic music. The short description of Dub is that it is a music style created by sound engineers who started to manipulate multitrack recordings with studio effects and tape edits. Dub actually originated in the studios of Jamaica by reggae […]
12 things you never knew about Headroom It has been 14 years since Headroom released his debut album, ‘Artelligent,’ and the name has lived on both as a ground-breaking album that is still revered today, and as Adam’s tech moniker when he DJs non psy music, i.e. techy stuff. Headroom should become a tour de […]
Suntree says we should all Face the Music! Suntree released his first tracks back in 2007 and his debut album, Inside came out in 2009. With a steady flow of quality releases thereafter, and some stellar collaborations, his sound was slowly evolving and culminated in his 2014 remix album titled Outside, which included some heavy […]
MODUS says ‘The Future is Behind Us.’ [Interview] The first time I heard MODUS, or at least the first time I took notice of the artist name, was when I discovered and consequently played the track, ‘Organic Panic,’ released on HOMmega in 2017, in a DJ Set. If you’re a DJ and you play a […]
Numark Mixtrack Pro FX vs. Platinum FX – which one to choose? In 2020 the Numark Mixtrack range received a significant overhaul with the introduction of the new Mixtrack Pro FX and Mixtrack Platinum FX DJ controllers. We recently tested both these units to see how they stand up to the competition, but more importantly how they […]
Numark Mixtrack Platinum FX 4-Deck DJ Controller Review The Numark Mixtrack Platinum FX replaces the original Mixtrack Platinum which we reviewed back in 2016, and at the time I mentioned that it was basically ‘a Mixtrack Pro 3 but with LCD displays on the jogwheels.’ Similarly, the new Platinum FX is a Mixtrack Pro FX, but with added features and while the added features are not plentiful, they […]
Numark Mixtrack Pro FX reviewed [now available in South Africa] The Numark Mixtrack Pro FX is the fourth rendition of this massively popular DJ controller. Since it was first released, the Mixtrack series has dominated the entry-level DJ Controller market and has been one of the biggest sellers for many years, not only in South Africa, but globally. […]
Vini Vici say, ‘Life is a Remix – Life is a Tribe.’ When you name your debut album ‘Future Classics’ you’d best be sure you can live up to such a bold statement, but the duo known as Vini Vici needn’t have worried. They clearly knew what they had created and where they wanted to go. If […]
Atomizers asked ‘Is There a Future?’ before 2020 changed our lives [interview] Portuguese psytrance duo, Atomizers, have a brand-new album, just released on Iboga Records. Considering the album title, the album artwork and the timing of the release one would assume that ‘Is There a Future?’ was a direct response to the crazy, unerring 2020 in which we’ve all found ourselves wondering what the future […]
Watch: Distant Dancefloors, looks at the effect of lockdown on DJ/Producers Distant Dancefloors is a 30-minute documentary that looks at the impact Covid-19 has had on the global electronic music scene. The documentary features Blond:ish, Eats Everything, Honey Dijon, Luciano, Rebuke and Fatboy Slim (briefly) who all give their opinions of the lockdown, how they have been coping, how they […]
Get galactic as Genetrick presents Starseed, his debut album out on Iboga Records
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Genetrick presents Starseed, his debut album that is out now via Iboga Records. Get galactic with us as we explore his mind.
