Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
It’s undeniable; electronic dance music (EDM) has taken over the music industry. Musicians from all over are looting the genre, borrowing various elements, and adding the prefix of “electro” to just about anything; leaving no doubt that “electro” is the new, trendy craze. Closer to home, IDM Magazine has noticed an explosion of local rock […]
It was a dark and stormy night… Okay, it wasn’t – I just thought that would make a better introduction than the usual post-Oppikoppi ramblings, which I’m certain that many of my peers will be using in abundance in their respective features. In fact, if Just Music’s Karl Anderson hadn’t mentioned Oppikoppi before Robert DeLong’s […]
“All of the universe is a loosely connected mass of vibrating stuff: act accordingly“ Robert DeLong, the new wonder of electronic music, will be performing at Red Bull Oppikoppi Live Stage and the Just Music Sessions in the month of August. Prior to the one-man-dance-party’s arrival, IDM Magazine spoke to RDL about video games, philosophy, Seattle grunge, […]
It’s 16h30. The phone rings. It’s Armin van Buuren’s South African representative on the line. He says that Armin is in America, has some time to kill before his next flight and is keen to chat right now. I flip through my imaginary diary, instruct Alfred [Sergio’s imaginary PA, Ed] to hold all my calls […]
Unless you’ve been cryogenically frozen for the past couple of years, or don’t pick up radio reception in your Batmobile, you should know who Basshunter is. Born Jonas Altberg, Basshunter is a Swedish Euro-dance sensation who has been storming the local charts and selling CDs as if they all came with a free Streetwise 2. […]
Markus Schulz is someone who needs no introduction. Over the past decade, he has become a critically-acclaimed and respected DJ/producer, who is often touted as the biggest influence in trance and progressive dance. Last year alone, in terms of accolades, Markus was voted the #1 DJ in the USA (ahead of other heavyweights, such as […]
The undisputed global ambassador of electronic music, Pete Tong, will be hitting South African shores once again; this time for the New Year’s Eve “Live City Linkup” between Ballito and Cape Town. The legendary British DJ chats to IDM about his Mzansi memories, playing two cities in one night, his critically-acclaimed radio show and his […]
Reading the first paragraph of Steve Aoki’s biography – “I’m a time travelling, speed reading, fortune telling, machine gunning, gypsy loving, scuba diving, multi-tasking, poker playing fan of life.”- you can easily see that he’s another cum laude graduate of The Charlie Sheen School of Winning. Steve doesn’t just bring the party; he is the […]
It’s 12pm in the City of Angels (Los Angeles), which means it’s 9pm in the City of Strikers (Johannesburg). “I just woke up,” Porter Robinson groggily proclaims after our initial introduction. Well, I’m in my fluffy slippers, old man pants and sipping warm milk, Porter; so, technically speaking, we’re both tip-toeing in the Sandman’s desert […]
For their latest campaign “Sparkle On!”, Appletiser didn’t get the Monotones or the Fanny Ks of the brand brothel world involved, but chose the bold route of putting international loop artist, Dub FX (real name Benjamin Stanford), together with South Africa’s queen of clubs, Tamara Dey, to see what they would come up with. The […]
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
