Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Charles Webster, the man who gave us the infamously beautiful and deeeeep remix of Michael Cleis’ La Mezcla swooped into South Africa for one exclusive gig- Rooftop Delights in Johannebsurg, with Grant Bunting, Digital Rockit, Household Funk, Whitey D’Vine, and D’ Ritmo on the local rhythm machine, and word is the party was a roof-raising […]
Dinky is an electronic diamond. From humble beginnings, dancing to Techno with Ricardo Villalobos and Luciano in Chile; penetrating New York’s underground with her esoteric essence; to discovering her production fingers, moving to Berlin and finding love with Crosstown Rebels star, Matthew Styles, Dinky is the epitome of living the dream. Joining the ranks of […]
“Bobstar gave us our first radio interview ever; he also gave us a platform through which we can be heard and he has been very supportive and we are forever grateful to him…” If you have been following the club and party scene over the past few months then I’m confident that there is absolutely […]
“The year has in fact been like a flash-flood of sound. From indie-synth bands like Popskarr to Dancehall guru Crosby to a gang of hip-hop acts to high-profile players like Goldfish to electronica big-wigs like Mix n Blend…” The world of electronica and dance-music in South Africa is pretty damn exciting at the moment. I […]
“Every time I mix an album I learn more and more. This crosses over into the clubs and it makes me tighter, more professional and more current…” The Loud music, lighting and tons of people going crazy hooked me immediately. Career decision made. From there I started obsessing about dance music and never looked back,” […]
“Whether it be 2012 or a volcano that may even knock the other crutch out of the economy, we all have to start thinking of going back to the land and being self-sufficient and sustainable …” The world is overcrowded and information is in overload -everybody’s a simple click away from everybody else. And while […]
“Kwaito has never been dead so we cannot credit ourselves as having brought it back to the limelight. Kwaito is and always has been big…” “The only thing we feel we have brought to the limelight is KZN and for that we are very proud…” 2009 was literally theirs, and I mean all of it!!! […]
Slam Poet and vocalist Lazarusman is from a little place we like to call Germiston. But hailing from the East Rand and getting teased in school didn’t stop him from developing one hell of a vocal switch and sending his lyrics to German producer and it-man-of-the-longest-moment, Stimming, after a chance encounter in London. Stimming’s debut […]
The world is overcrowded, and information is in overload. Everybody’s a simple click away from everybody else. And while I’ve most always been something of a sucker for oversimplification and conspiracy theories, I’m not completely paranoid. But Eish, the world is becoming an increasingly interesting place (in the vaguely ominous Japanese sense of the word), […]
Raiko’s Headds of State “… the highlight so far for me would have to be opening for Wu-Tang member, Method Man…” … R;Zatz play a sort of abstract trip hop, a combination between organic and electronic sounds.” Ben Sharpa and K-The-I on the R;Zatz show I’m writing this from a one bedroomed apartment in Lyon, France. This has […]
