Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Culture Shock Live in South Africa Culture Shock will perform at It Came From The Jungle on Thursday 27th November. Culture Shock (RAM Records UK) aka James Pountney is one of RAM Record’s best exports and now he will be hitting out shores at Fiction in Cape Town. A Drum n Bass producer known and […]
Guest contributor, Caitlin Leigh, offers a passionate tribute to Homegrown, the legendary Cape Town based drum ‘n bass event that lasted more than a decade. Reminiscing and reviewing. We all know that the only constant in this entire universe is change, and so the drum ‘n bass scene in Cape Town should not be surprised […]
Label Manager by day, genre melding DJ by night – The story of Kid Fonque. Born in Scotland, Allan Nicoll immigrated to South Africa with his family at the age of four. Talking about his youth, it’s pretty clear our man inherited his love of music from his father, “My dad and I would drive down […]
GRIET is back for the second time with their show stopper annual festival! This electro music festival has now teamed up with Beanstalk (Balkanology and Nu World) and Science Frikshun, the gatekeepers to Jozi’s Drum ‘n Bass underbelly, to bring you FIVE stages of all types of musical glory! With collective past headliners such as […]
For the last 10 years, Electronic music has clawed its way into the consciousness of South Africans across the country. This flourishing movement has been growing massively with festival pioneers like Oppikoppi affording the art form a space to be showcased and appreciated. This year Oppikoppi Festival continues its partnership with Cape Town based champion […]
Marathon live sets designed to leave your toes rattling in your boots? Check. Brain-bashing beats rugged enough to usher in the apocalypse’s after party? Roger that. A plethora of diverse sounds brimming with more than sufficient vibrancy to stage a long overdue resurrection. As if you even had to ask. Cape Town breakbeat duo Enough […]
It’s no secret that South African electronica and dance is on top of the world right now. Many South African house DJs and producers are being signed and released on acclaimed international record labels and they are not only creating and developing a unique sound but also influencing producers overseas with their own brand of […]
Brad S is a purveyor of The Deep with a playlist that can carry you seamlessly between beautiful Deep House, Tech House and Liquid Drum n Bass. A Johannesburg favourite since the days of 115 on Anderson Street, playing to a small heaving room in the middle of Johannesburg’s CBD; his sets move dance floors […]
Johnny D has become one of the most visible stars of the deep house resurgence. As the son of Eritrean refugees, Johannes Debese a.k.a. Johnny D. became acquainted with a wide array of music styles from an early age when his family relocated to Germany. Influenced by his African Heritage, Johnny claims funk, soul and […]
Get galactic as Genetrick presents Starseed, his debut album out on Iboga Records
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Genetrick presents Starseed, his debut album that is out now via Iboga Records. Get galactic with us as we explore his mind.
