Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
#BecauseWeAre – 30 South African artists join forces to encourage unity, resilience, and action The song, #BecauseWeAre will be released on Mandela Day, 18 July with the aim to encourage unity, resilience, and action. A star studded ensemble of 30 Top South African musicians, including Vusi Mahlasela, Amanda Black, Arno Carstens, J’Something, Yvonne Chaka-Chaka, Karen […]
SAE Scholarship 2016 recipients Four SAE Scholarship recipients have been announced for 2016. The patrons to these four SAE scholarships are Ready D, Black Coffee, Young Guru, and AKA. All four are now enrolled for a one year Audio Engineering certificate course valued at approximately R 75,000. Last year during October, aspiring applicants were required […]
Mac Miller announced for SA shows in October Heavyweight rap superstar, Mac Miller has been announced to perform in South Africa in October 2016. He will perform at both Rocking the Daisies in Cape Town and In The City in Johannesburg Mac Miller is part of the nu-skool hip hop rapper who at just 24 […]
Technics SL1200G – Why it will cost R 62,000 to buy When the Technics SL1200G turntable was announced DJs and turntablists were excited. The iconic SL1200 had such a huge role to play in the development of DJing and when used to its fullest potential, could even be called a music instrument for some. Locally […]
Scratch Lab DJ Crew, Beat Bangaz talk music, DJ & Training The Scratch Lab DJ Training facility is run by three established and season professional DJs from Cape Town collectively known as Beat Bangaz. DJ Ready D is a 4 times South African DMC Championship winner, founder of the legendary 90’s Prophets of The […]
Salutas Cape Town – Saying farewell to Youngsta Salutas Cape Town is a local event that will take place this Saturday the 9th of May and is aimed at celebrating the highlighted growth of the Cape Town music scene. The event will feature a focus on Cape Town’s infamous music entity, Y?GEN, who holds up […]
Prophets Of Da City: A talk with Shaheen Ariefdien & Ready D By the time we recorded ‘Age of Truth’ we had encountered Biko’s writings, Pan Africanism and also some US based black radical ideas.” Ready D and Shaheen Ariefdien open up in this feature about the history and growth of the iconic crew […]
In the September edition IDM magazine, Ready D revealed details of “a 1200 prototype that combines the two worlds of analogue and digital” and as being “the only deck of its kind.” Now the time has come to show us what the hype is all about. The Cape Town based Scratch Lab Training Facility (run […]
“YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN” The Beat Bangaz are made up of the legendary DJ trio: Ready D, Azhul and E20 – household names, known for being the early hip hop pioneers of DJing in South Africa. But more than that, they’ve become the uncles you can rely on. Time and time again. So […]
The CTEMF returns in February 2013. The biggest news, of course, is that Richie Hawtin will be headlining the event. We put a few questions to the team on their thoughts about hosting Hawtin, why they moved their date and what we can expect this time… Richie Hawtin… “The impact that Richie Hawtin has had […]
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.
