Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
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 […]
Prince Kaybee The 4th Republic album launched this week Prince Kaybee The 4th Republic, his 4th studio album was officially released this week at a media launch at the BlackBrick hotel rooftop, in Sandton. Taking centre stage at the inauguration were talented artists such as King Monada who performed their instant hit titled Insurance, Vusa Abalele featuring powerful songstress […]
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 […]
Black Motion “closes chapter” in style Like the skilful musical master chefs they are, Black Motion has just served up a gourmet meal rich in varied sonic flavours and fusions. Ominously (will get to why it’s ominous a bit later) titled “The Healers; The Last Chapter” the duo’s sixth studio album packs in a massive 41 tracks and boy oh boy does every track hit the spot. My first “dilemma” […]
Miles From Mars fresh from the Cape Town underground [listen] Miles From Mars is the production duo of Maximilian and Deadbeat FM. Both are well known DJ/Producers in the Cape Town underground scene. Maximilian Kibble also hosts some of the coolest boutique-style events with two prominent brands, Into The Wild Experience and With You Festival. Deadbeat FM is the techno moniker of Shane Renew, perhaps […]
Bantwanas’ Blanka talks to us about their new EP, Gus & Lib Hot on the heels of releases on Lee Burridge’s All Day I Dream, and their very own Kollektiv imprint, Bantwanas are back with a two-track EP called Gus & Lib. Leading the charge for the organic Afro House scene, Bantwanas deliver a mesmerizing foray into their sound while fusing African elements with edgy electronic […]
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 […]
Artist Focus: Fang Darhythm Fang Darhythm is one half of The Rhythm Sessions duo who also have their own show on Kaya FM called ‘House of Love’. The duo are said to be focusing on solo projects for this year and Fang will be releasing his new single and music video on Thursday, 23rd July […]
