Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Jazzuelle – Renegade of Deep-Tech gone Rogue [Interview] Hands down one of my favourite underground electronic producers, Jazzuelle, is back with his third album, Rogue, and his first to be released on a South African label. Stay True Sounds is an imprint started by Kid Fonque, one of South Africa’s most respected house DJs […]
Roland MC-707 Groovebox reviewed The Roland MC-707 Groovebox was included with the DJ-202 and DJ-505 DJ Controllers, supplied by Paul Bothner Music, for us to play around with just before the dreaded lockdown took place in South Africa. All of the above are part of Roland’s DJ/Producer performance range known as the AIRA series. […]
Roland DJ-202 DJ Controller with built-in drum sequencer The Roland DJ-202 is an entry-level DJ controller from a legendary brand that has had an immense influence on dance music. The original Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer produced in the early 80’s, its successor, the TR-909 plus the TB-303 Bass Line all had fairly short production runs, […]
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 […]
