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Skrillex and Zedd top the bill

Ultra has announced the headline acts for its South African festival.

The SA leg of the US EDM festival, will see Skrillex and Zedd top...

Tiesto, Garrix, Nicky Romero and Alesso all interviewed

DJ Mag has just been sent the after-movie for Ultra South Africa. The event may have occurred earlier this year in February, but the production...

Armin van Buuren, Hardwell and more are set to appear

Ultra South Africa has just revealed the first part of its 2015 line-up. After bringing its massive festival to Africa for the first time in...

Huge line-up coming to Johannesburg & Cape Town

The South African leg of the US EDM festival, which will be landing in Johannesburg and Cape Town shortly, has just added Fedde LeGrand and...

South African rapper Riky Rick dies, aged 34

A cause of death has not been revealed

South African rapper Riky Rick – real name Rikhado Muziwendlovu Makhado – has passed away, aged 34, his family has revealed. A statement shared by...

One of the godfathers of Bacardi house has sadly passed... 

South Africa's DJ Spoko— real name Marvin Ramalepe— has died aged 35, due to complications arising from a long-term illness, according to reports. 

An underground...

Amapiano contributes to increased tourism to South Africa, report finds

Comments made by the country's Tourism acting CEO, Themba Khumalo

Amapiano music has been credited with providing a significant boost to tourism in South Africa. Speaking to News24 at the launch of World Tourism Month...

Since the international rise of acts like Black Coffee and Culoe De Song, the spotlight is shining once again in the direction of the South...

A nation defined by its innate love of house music, the Rainbow Nation is going through a renaissance which has helped spur GQOM OH! —...

Photo of DESIREE wearing a purple hat and eye-makeup on an emerald background

Soaring ascents, the kind that can take an artist from obscurity to stardom in what seems to be the blink of an eye, don’t occur often, in dance music or elsewhere – those who are lucky enough to have that experience often disappear just as quickly. But there’s little chance of a quick fade for South Africa’s Palesa Desiree Shilabje, the DJ and producer known to the world as DESIREE, who in just a few short years has proved to be one of the international festival circuit’s most exciting new stars. Here, Bruce Tantum hears her story, and about how her evolution through music has been as organic as they come

“I’m finally home.” Those three words are among the first that the South African DJ and producer Palesa Desiree Shilabje utters when DJ Mag catches...

"It is with great pain in our hearts that we have to announce the cancellation of Into the Castle 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa..."

Music Goes Further, the company behind forthcoming South African festival Into The Castle, has been forced to cancel the festival, which was set to take...

The travelling investment and mentorship program will support grassroots music scenes around the world...

Applications are now open in South Africa for Boiler Room & Ballantine's True Music Fund. The investment and mentorship program, which initially launched for Spanish...

The Dutch EDM star visits Cape Town and Ultra South Africa...

Martin Garrix has unveiled the second episode of The Martin Garrix Show, which sees the Dutch EDM star head to South Africa. You can watch...

JIVA! is available now

A new series about the South African electronic music scene is out now.

Titled JIVA!, the five-part series, produced by Cape Town's Blue Ice Africa...

In association with Miller Genuine Draft...

A tiny seed was...

Mano Le Tough and &Me among those scheduled to play March event...

The team behind much-loved UK festival Secret Garden Party are collaborating on a new event in South Africa next year. 

Bazique is a collaboration...