Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Maftown Heights 2018: Woman falls to her death Maftown Heights 2018 resulted in a fatal fall. This past weekend saw the 2018 edition of the popular annual hip-hop concert, Maftown Heights. Although the music was pumping, and revellers were dancing, the event ended in grief as one attendee, an unidentified woman, fell to her death. […]
Massive Attack Fantom App lets users remix tracks from Mezzanine Make interactive remixes with the Massive Attack Fantom App. Massive Attack’s phone app, called Fantom, debuted in 2016 as a “sensory music player that remixes and reforms songs unique using a variety of environmental variables including location, movement, time of day, heartbeat, and the integral […]
MTN MusicTime is a new time-based streaming service MTN MusicTime gives you streaming access by the minute. Just when we thought we had streaming services figured out, a new structure of it has been born. MTN, one of SA’s biggest mobile networks, recently acquired music streaming company Simfy Africa in order to launch a new […]
Inaugural Live Better Festival features Nasty C, Kwesta, Distruction Boyz in Durban Come celebrate life and music at the Live Better Festival in Durban this weekend. Hosted by Capitec bank, the inaugural Live Better will be held from 15-16 December at Kings Park Stadium in Durban. Local (legendary) artists booked for the first day include […]
DJ InviZAble drops remix album, XiFi Rmxd, out now DJ InviZAble presents XiFi Rmxd. XiFi Rmxd sees Mzansi and Paris-based Producers breathe new life into DJ InviZAble’s tracks. Realised over a 4-year period, the original XiFi project saw SA’s masked maestro square up with some of the best in the industry including trumpeter Lee Thomson, […]
Tortured Soul return to SA on 15 December 2019 for one show Tortured Soul returns to South African soil for another Lyric Theatre performance. Last year the tremendous trio performed at the Lyric Theatre at Gold Reef City in Jozi for one night only to a sold out show. As they say, “Just so nice, […]
Study reveals 70% of UK gig-goers find phones on the dancefloor irritating 70% of UK gig-goers say no to phones on the dancefloor. We live in an age where put your lighters up has been replaced with put your cell phones up, although currently they aren’t just used for a special moment, they seem to […]
Mixcloud Select: a fan-to-creator audio subscription service Mixcloud Select lets you get close to the creators you love. Mixcloud, the audio streaming platform fostering a global community, brings you Select, a pioneering fan-to-creator subscription service that brings listeners closer to the creators they love. The service allows listeners to subscribe to a Select creator’s channel […]
Ultra South Africa 2019 add psytrance to line-up for first time Ultra South Africa 2019 is getting psychedelic with its trance. A few weeks ago, Africa’s largest EDM Festival announced the monumental first time booking of The Chainsmokers, who have been on many a wish list for years. With a booking like this it’s no […]
VIDEO: Touch sensitive dress highlights how often women are groped in clubs The touch sensitive dress is part of “The Dress for Respect” campaign for Schweppes. As much as women speak out about nights at clubs where men touch without permission, it hasn’t been taken seriously. Men still play the ignorant card, saying they don’t […]
