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Pioneering house night celebrates with Frankie Knuckles

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Phelimuncasi

South African gqom trio Phelimuncasi have risen to fame with their politically charged vocals and innovative beats. Makua Adimora catches up with them to learn about their new album ‘Ama Gogela’, their creative process, and why their music is here to entertain and agitate in equal measure

“‘Phelimuncasi’ means ‘you drink whatever you drink with a straw and you finish it’,” Khera, one-third of the South African gqom trio, Phelimuncasi, tells DJ...

These are the most exciting amapiano producers right now

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?
 

Amapiano (also known as ipiano or ’piano) began in the streets of Gauteng, South Africa, in the early 2010s. The now world-conquering sound is a...

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...

Exquisite post-dubstep riddims from Moody Boyz man

Tony Thorpe is an enigma. A colossus. An under-appreciated underground dance music legend, he now runs the Studio Rockers dubstep label and is about to release his latest raft of productions — the Globe Stepping project.

In DJ Mag's April music columns, Joe Roberts, Carl Loben, Shiba Melissa Mazaza and Layla Marino spotlight topical sounds from around the world

Joe Roberts asks, will the resurgence of rave provide the soundtrack to a post-COVID summer of love?“It looks like old skool raves will be the...

Album of the Month: Boddhi Satva ‘Manifestation’

Boddhi Satva’s latest album is a 31-track, three-hour tour de force that continues his career-long endeavour to connect the African continent through club music

There are few like Boddhi Satva. An ambassador of the most soulful side of African electronic music, the producer, DJ and music mogul has made...

An hour of impeccable Afro-house and tech from South Africa’s Kasango

Kasango’s mix for DJ Mag’s Radio 1 Dance residency is available to stream on demand now. Listen to it here, or via the BBC...

Bruce Loko makes his Freerange debut with the ‘The Black Pearl’ EP. Hear the masterfully minimal title track now...

South African producer Bruce Loko will release his ‘The Black Pearl’ EP via Freerange Recordings on 22nd February.

The Breyton, Mpumalanga-born artist follows up releases...

The South American club announces new season

Touted as Brazil's number one club for underground house and techno, D-EDGE have now announced their full line-up for the coming summer months.

October will...

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

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...

Tony Thorpe

The release of compilation 'Studio Rockers At The Controls', out now on Studio Rockers, marks the third anniversary for the dubstep label helmed by the...

House and garage from Leftwing & Cody

Half generic sporting position, half incorrectly spelled American name you rarely hear in the UK (see also Troy and Chad), Leftwing & Kody have risen...

DJ Katapila, Ghanaian producer and mobile party-starter, has died

The artist reportedly passed away earlier in January following a brief illness

Ghanaian artist DJ Katapila, real name Ishmael Abbey, has died. News of his passing was confirmed in a social media post on Friday (26th January)...