With artists and fans from around the globe proclaiming “Amapiano to the world”, this evolving new genre has defied expectations that it’s just another passing...
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The South African DJ/producer takes the helm on Saturdays...
Black Coffee has been announced as the first official resident at Hï Ibiza, the club Ushuaïa Entertainment are opening on the former site of Space Ibiza.
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NTS Radio, Shannen SP and Joe Cotch compile essential tracks that capture the unique and unifying sound of amapiano, South Africa’s world-conquering dance music style
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Founded by Suraj Mandavia and Eugene Onyango, Kenya’s foremost Afro-house label, Gondwana KE, aims to take African electronic music where few have gone before. Alongside...
With Seth Troxler, Die Antword, Azari & III and more
Sónar is a favorite staple in the European electronic dance music calender, offering a huge array of music – from hip-hop to techno – day...
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Taking A Stand For True Music in Russia, Poland, Spain and South Africa...
Boiler Room & Ballantine's have announced details of the 2019 True Music Tour. The flagship music program will land in Russia, Poland, Spain and South...
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The latest episode of Beatport's Monitor series has dropped...
Episode 3 of Beatport’s Monitor series featuring Themba has been released.
The short film joins the South African artist as he journeys through the districts...
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As part of our August cover story, on 15 years of Hyperdub, we shine a spotlight on five young artists who are taking the label...
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Proc Fiskal is a 22-year-old Scottish grime producer who rejects nostalgia as a concept, yet walks slap-bang into it. Last summer’s winsome debut...
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The virtual band will be performing tracks from ‘Song Machine’ for the first time
Gorillaz have shared the full details of their upcoming live stream performances.
In addition to the announcement of Gorillaz forthcoming Song Machine album last week...
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Amapiano has become a world-conquering genre since emerging in South Africa over a decade ago, with the sound mutating in recent years to solidify its place as an embedded dance music culture. Here, Shiba Melissa Mazaza asks: who are the South African artists carrying the torch for amapiano right now?
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South Africa’s biggest independent label is taking house music to new heights and changing the lives of local artists in the process. Alongside a mix of tracks from its catalogue, founder Kid Fonque speaks to Kitty Amor about the rise and rise of Stay True Sounds
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The fourth compilation on Kid Fonque’s Stay True Sounds label is an enthralling testament to South Africa’s underground house scene
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17 tracks of Afrobeat-inspired new music...
US dance titans Major Lazer have dropped a brand new mixtape stuffed with afrobeat-inspired party tunes.
17 tracks and 30 minutes long, 'Afrobeats (DJ mix)'...
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It follows their Hyperdub-released 2019 debut album, 'Death Becomes Her'
Angel-Ho has released a new album via NAAFI.
Out now, 'A Time To Die' follows the South African artist's 2019 debut album 'Death Becomes Her'...
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The festival is set to take place in South London on 28th August 2021
A new festival celebrating Black culture from around the world will take place in London this summer.
Yam Carnival will take place on Clapham Common...
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Lyon-via-Bamako label, Blanc Manioc, readies a new compilation, ‘Nyamakalabeats#1’. Hear the rolling percussion of Bamako afrobeats producer Gaspa’s ‘tamani’ now
Established between Lyon, France and Bamako, Mali, the Blanc Manioc label has been making steady waves since launching in January this year.
With six releases...