Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
DJ Maphorisa rejoices as ‘Particula’ reaches 49 million YouTube views DJ Maphorisa has something Particula to celebrate! For South African artists, obtaining millions of YouTube views for a track doesn’t come every day. Although our music is making waves, we still have a long way to go before getting to a ‘viral’ status. But sometimes […]
Bonobo Joburg support acts announced: win free tickets The Bonobo Joburg event on 9 February is heating up with phase one support acts just announced. Grammy nominated, electronic music award winning DJ Bonobo will perform at Sounds Wild for the first time, alongside SA muso’s Ryan Murgatroyd, Kid Fonque and TheLazarusman. Kicking off 2019 with […]
Amsterdam Dance Event 2019 dates announced The Amsterdam Dance Event 2019 is the 24th edition of this incredible event and it will be held from 16-20 October 2019. ADE is undoubtedly the world’s leading event for electronic music, with organisers expecting to pull around 400 000 national and international visitors for the 24th edition. Alongside […]
Bonobo SA Tour: Win tickets to CPT or JHB show Win tickets to the Cape Town or Joburg events for the Bonobo SA Tour in February! British-born, LA-based producer and DJ Simon Green, better known as Bonobo, is coming to our humble shores in February to play two shows. On Friday, 8 February Bonobo, accompanied […]
Bonobo Competition: Win ticket to the Bonobo in Cape Town & Joburg shows Win! We are giving away a set of general access tickets to Bonobo live in Cape Town & in Joburg. 1. If you are on Facebook ‘Like’ the IDM Mag page – a great place to be for updates on more rocking giveaways and the latest […]
A K9 nearly dies after sniffing out Ecstasy on Holy Ship Holy Ship! 13.0 didn’t have a smooth sailing start. All aboard, the passengers thought they were safe from drug checks. But Port Canaveral in Florida had something else in mind. Before the Ship sailed, a thorough search for drugs and illicit materials was conducted, […]
Beatport best-selling tracks 2018 And the Beatport best-selling tracks 2018 are… So, how did it fare for the world’s leading supplier of music to the DJ community (and then some)? 1.3 million tracks were uploaded to the platform in 2018, with more than one track sold every 2 seconds and approximately 6545 years of track […]
Deadmau5 wins gaming tournament worth $20 000 Deadmau5 wins gaming tournament for charity and is back fromhis recent hiatus. Deadmau5 has had a turbulent time in the latter half of 2018. He went on a hiatus after facing wide criticism for tweets since deleted that were of a transphobic and homophobic nature, as well as […]
Thor Rixon: Son of Michele, maker of music [INTERVIEW] Thor Rixon continues to take the SA music scene by storm with his latest offering, Michele. My first encounter with Thor’s music was his 2015 hit track, “Fuk Bread,” which has over 150k views and is the perfect anthem for the new age. He’s released countless […]
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, […]
