Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Euphonik’s record label owes SARS R 10m DJ Euphonik’s record label, Euphonik Productions, owes SARS nearly R10 million in unpaid taxes. Euphonik Productions, record label of house music maestro Euphonik, is in serious trouble with SARS, owing the taxman R9,888,396.84 in unpaid taxes. Now SARS has been forced to drag Euphonik Productions to the high […]
Radiomonitor Airplay Chart launches in SA The current #1 on the South African Radiomonitor Airplay Chart is Black Coffee ft. Usher- Lalala. The authority in airplay monitoring, Radiomonitor, has officially launched the South African Airplay Chart – a definitive airplay chart based on impressions/reach. An artist holding the number #1 position on Radiomonitor’s South African […]
MTV amapiano music documentary is on air Watch the MTV amapiano music documentary every Tuesday at 9pm CAT on MTV Base. A new documentary following the amapiano movement is officially on air. Titled Behind the Amapiano Movement, the doccie offers audiences insight into the genre, including its origin, the movement and lifestyle. Since there’s no […]
Celebrate your heritage with DJ Maphorisa “Clan Beats” EP DJ Maphorisa “Clan Beats” is out now via Castle Milk Stout. What with it being Heritage Month and all in South Africa, why not groove to your roots with this new EP from one of SA’s premier beatmakers, Maphorisa? Released via Castle Milk Stout, the aptly […]
DJ Zinhle female empowerment project launched A DJ Zinhle female empowerment project in partnership with her accessory brand has been launched. A lot of people may hear the name Zinhle and think ‘groove queen,’ but this fierce female is a powerhouse businesswoman and she’s all about empowering fellow females to hone their entrepreneurial bossnacity. On […]
Ultra South Africa 2020 details & 2019 aftermovie Ultra South Africa 2020 is taking place in February 2020. ULTRA South Africa, Africa’s largest electronic music festival, will return in February 2020 for its seventh edition. This year’s Cape Town event saw the festival return to its original location at The Ostrich Farm. Ultra will be […]
DJ Da Capo crowned best Afro House artist at DJ Awards DJ Da Capo triumphed over fellow SA artists and two internationals to snag the win. Da Capo is bringing home the gold, having triumphed against SA’s Culoe De Song, Hyenah, and Floyd Lavine as well as Germany’s andhim and USA’s Osunlade to be crowned […]
Busted: Containers marked ‘bananas’ actually had 85kg cocaine The 85kg cocaine seized is worth approximately R85 million. What has a little less potassium, is powdery, and you can’t make it into a bread? If it’s not bananas, then it must be cocaine! That was the case for a drug bust that took place in East […]
New saliva drug test detects weed Employers or traffic officers can now test whether you’re stoned with the new saliva drug test. In what seems to be the biggest timewaster, authorities have developed a new saliva-based drug test that detects… cannabis use. It’s as if the law didn’t just decide that private cannabis use was […]
Ryan Murgatroyd drops sophomore release on Swoon Recordings Ryan Murgatroyd presents ‘Is that you,’ out now via Swoon Recordings. In June 2019, pioneering South African artist Ryan Murgatroyd celebrated the launch of his new imprint Swoon Recordings with the release of a deep and expansive two-track extended player titled ‘Wicked Eyes’. With widespread live support […]
