Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
DJ Fresh Metro FM firing- why, when and where to now The DJ Fresh Metro FM firing- what you need to know. Metro FM’s DJ Fresh was in a dispute for 3 weeks following the host’s ‘foul language’ on air that resulted in a listener complaint and subsequently Fresh’s axing from the radio station. Listener […]
Zodiac Events, the who, what and why (Win Tickets) Team members of ZODIAC will remember 2019 as the year their hard work paid off. Celebrating their first anniversary in March this year, it seems that their birthday party sparked an upward trajectory that has firmly placed ZODIAC as one of Cape Town’s premier monthly indoor […]
Get to know DEKEL ahead of Vortex Phoenix Festival of Fire 2019 The phenomena of DEKEL is not easy to explain in words, but when you listen to his music, everything adds up. Every track from the ‘Junior Shaman’ is a perfect combination of tension and intelligent beat drops wrapped with a deep psychedelic atmosphere. […]
Protonica share their immaculate Symmetry Protonica released their third studio album, Symmetry, on Iboga Records at the end of May. There’s is a name that needs no introduction in the psytrance scene. Protonica is one of the world’s longest-running progressive psytrance duos, their moving soundscapes ring through the scene with profound resonance, leaving their mark […]
Dissecting Confused Miracles with Gaudium The name Gaudium means satisfaction in Latin, and that’s exactly what Andreas does – he has satisfied dancefloors across the world with his bouncy basslines and mesmerising melodies since he burst onto the scene with his first album Nordic Nature, released via Spiral Trax in 2005. Sadly, Spiral Trax collapsed, […]
Trance legends Ticon return to Cape Town this weekend [Interview] Ticon are one of the true progressive trance legends of the past 20 years. Forging a powerful melodic style that has seen them segue seamlessly between progressive psytrance, tech house and progressive house, the production duo of Filip Mårdberg and Fredrik Gilenholt have six massive […]
Echo Gathering 2019 – a psychedelic long weekend awaits (Win Tickets) Echo Gathering 2019 – Valley of Spirits – should be on your to-do list this season! Ah, the Garden Route. This well-famed coastal oasis is one of SA’s most famous tourist attractions, and with reason. From its unspoiled coastline, lush greenery, or majestic mountain […]
Bazique Festival – what’s all the fuss? If you’re a typical Capetonian – or is that just a typical human being? – you may view the Bazique Festival with slight hesitation, or caution, not knowing exactly what it’s all about and if you’ll ‘fit in.’ I know I did last year for the inaugural event. […]
Who are the Bazique Festival 2019 headliners? The Bazique Festival 2019 headliners have your party in safe and musically pumping hands. To anyone who missed Bazique’s inaugural outdoor festival last year, come find out why it became the most talked about event extravaganza of the season. Bazique is a 3-day reverie of art, music and […]
Jimpster chats ahead of Bazique Festival 2019 Jimpster headlines Bazique Festival this year alongside DJ Tennis, Marvin & Guy, James Monro, Tinlicker, Emok, Nanoplex, Ali B and The Head Gardner. Add to that a wholesome list of many of South Africa’s finest DJs and producers and it’s safe to say the music will take care […]
