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Early Picks For Best Dance/Electronic Album At The Grammys The Grammy Awards are still a few months away, but with the 2020 eligibility window having closed a month early, it’s time to start speculating. This time around, only music released between October 1, 2018 and August 31, 2019 will be eligible for the awards, which […]
Five must-haves for Eden Experience this weekend The Eden Experience this weekend features two international headliners – Earstrip and Querox plus the mighty Headroom, Dane Stirrat and more. Hosted at the magical Zevenwacht Wine Estate just 25 mins from Cape Town CBD, this day party is a highlight on the outdoor party calendar. Party season […]
The rise of Get Real House Music Festival [Interview] Get Real seemed to spring out of nowhere and become an industry-leading house music festival in Cape Town almost overnight. But overnight sensations are never as simple as they look. There’s usually a lot of hard work behind the scenes and plenty of planning that cultivates […]
EARSTRIP will make your EARS TRIP at EDEN EARSTRIP is the Brazilian duo that aims to make your ‘ears trip.’ Nearly 20 years ago, in 2000, Caio Andrade and Leonardo Torha met while DJing. As their careers evolved, their paths crossed more. And as their styles grew closer, they got an idea to write a […]
Watch: How did Avalon RISE to the album creation occasion? Avalon RISE is out now, watch the mini-documentary of how he got here. Ten years after his debut album, Avalon has produced an album of stratospheric heights. Titled RISE, each track tells a story providing magical moments that will lift dancefloors to new realms of […]
Lifeforms goes Into the Wild on debut album Last month Lifeforms released his debut album, Into the Wild, via Iboga Records. Since the dawn of humanity’s evolution process, various lifeforms have emerged and developed the skills needed to outlive the hard conditions. These lifeforms have proven to carry strong, unique and outstanding genes that have […]
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 […]
Headroom on his Earthdance CT 2019 Retro Set this weekend Headroom will be playing a special retro set this weekend at Earthdance CT 2019. Adam Metcalfe, known worldwide as Headroom, has been headlining festivals both local and international since the release of his debut album Artelligent in 2005. A follower of the sentiment ‘don’t blend […]
5 reasons to give peace a dance at Earthdance Cape Town 2019 Earthdance Cape Town 2019 is taking place on 21-22 September at Kogel Bay Resort. With Spring firmly in swing, it’s time to get out and embrace festival season in the Western Cape and there’s no better way to do so than to dive […]
Blanka Mazimela takes us all around Bantwanas Back to Front EP Get your sonic groove on with Blanka Mazimela and Bantwanas. Bantwanas, translating to Children of Africa, is a collective of South African artists led by Blanka Mazimela and Ryan Murgatroyd specialising in fusing traditional African rhythms and samples together with deep house fit to […]
