Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
What is it? Numark’s brand new Mixdeck is yet another option in the increasingly competitive market of multi-platform DJ’ing. Laptop’s are here to stay although I’ve heard many, many DJ’s make snide remarks about laptop DJ’s and seem to have the misinformed impression that if you use one you’re not a ‘real DJ,’ or else […]
<Psytrance> If you read my interview elsewhere in this magazine with Laughing Buddha you will no doubt realise that he is indeed a stalwart of the psychedelic trance movement whose music dates back as far as the mid 90’s when he was still 1 ½ of Cosmosis [on their debut album release.] Around the same […]
After a winter of rain and cold and only a smattering of sunny sky, September is indeed a month to look forward to not only because it’s the start of Spring but because us lucky folk here in Cape Town have Earthdance. If there is one thing to be said for human beings it’s that […]
Dedicated platter to mix your virtual DJ software What is it? The Numark V7 is a digital Media controller designed for DJ’s to scratch, mix, loop, effect, sample, and play any music file straight from their desktop or laptop computer. Several months back (IDM-Sept-09 issue) we reviewed the much anticipated NS7, Numark’s groundbreaking all in […]
A thoroughbred amongst DJ Controllers for the consummate professional What Is It? Today DJ Midi controllers are big business and from their erstwhile beginnings as nothing more than a frivolous, fun way to emulate the functions of DJ’ing, dedicated DJ software programs these days are serious and professional perform-ance tools that can rival the best mixers, […]
Now every-one’s a DJ! The most affordable DJ solution yet? Read on…. Vestax Typhoon What Is It? The brand new Vestax Spin and Typhoon are DJ midi controllers designed to control computer DJ software. As you can see from the pictures they look identical, notwithstanding the different plastic colour schemes used on the facia and […]
Forget the fuss, just Kontrol it!!! What is it? Kontrol X1 is the hugely popular and in-demand midi controller designed specifically for Native Instruments’ Traktor LE, Scratch and Pro suite of DJ software. Opting to take a different approach to most by not introducing the traditional all-in-one DJ midi controller with jog wheels, mixer and […]
What is it? Serato and Traktor are the two best DJ software programs available today. If you disagree, well you can just ‘kiss my studio!!!’ When I tested the Vestax VCI-300, arguably one of the best all-in-one DJ controllers designed specifically to work with Serato Itch I was uber impressed with the overall functionality and […]
<Urban House> In the case of Deepland presents Deep Inside I guess I’ll just have to say that it’s best to let the music do the talking as this album arrived without any press release so I know very little about it. Okay here’s what I do know, or think I know… Deepland is a […]
<Down-tempo/World Beats> Sometimes receiving brand new albums can be fun… sometimes not! Beats & Pieces is a new electronica label out of Israel and they kindly sent me their first three releases to acquaint me with the label. Lovers of down-beat, chilled electronica should definitely check this label out. Being a lover of Dub I […]
TuneCore launches operations in Africa
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TuneCore is a leading digital music distribution and publishing admin company for independent artists and they have launched in Africa
Kwesta Celebrates 5 Years of DaKAR II
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Kwesta DaKAR II was released in February 2016 and by 2019 the album was certified ten times Platinum.to watch my brand new video #GcinaImpiloYami click on this link >> .89 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcLM3brK16o&lc=Ugz9kxocvKEMy2jsESR4AaABAg
