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DJ Lag and Mr Nation Thingz link up for new video, 'Hade Boss': Watch

K.C. Driller features on the South African stars' recent hit, which now has a visual directed by Vice Drey

DJ Lag has teamed up with Mr Nation Thingz on the new music video for their 'Hade Boss' single. Watch the clip below. The South...

DJ Lag and Novelist cruise in a car in the music video for ‘Bulldozer’

The king of gqom and the award-winning MC drop a summer-ready single 

DJ Lag and Novelist have released their collaboration ‘Bulldozer’, accompanied by a music video that shows the pair cruising around London and performing live. The...

These are the most exciting Gqom producers right now

Gqom retains a special place in electronic music culture across South Africa, like many sister variants of house music. The sound has also recently evolved with its more melodic, synthy-heavy cousin, sghubu, and uThayela, which translates as “corrugated iron” and is a rougher sound with a harder bassline made for clubs. Here, Makua Adimora asks: who are the producers pushing gqom forward right now?

Gqom (or igqomu) is a genre of electronic music that started in the townships of Durban, South Africa in the early 2010s. Pronounced ‘go-ohm’ (with...

DJ Lag and Que DJ link up on new single, 'Where's Your Father?'

It's the first time the two South African artists have collaborated on record

DJ Lag and Que DJ have released a brand new track together, called 'Where's Your Father?' Marking the first time the two South African artists...

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...

MOVES Recordings releases second compilation spotlighting Nigerian Freebeat sound': Listen

DJ Stainless & DJ Elede, DJ YK, DJ West & Fela 2, DJ OP Dot all feature

MOVES Recordings has released a second compilation spotlighting the Nigerian Freebeat sound, which marries elements of techno, gqom, amapiano and more. 'CRUISE! 2' follows on...

Nyege Nyege Tapes announces new album from Durban gqom group Phelimuncasi

The 11-track release also features production from a number of regular collaborators

Durban gqom trio Phelimuncasi have shared details of a brand new album for Nyege Nyege Tapes, called 'Ama Gogela'. Spanning 11 tracks, the album sees...

Album Of The Month: DJ Lag ‘Meeting With The King’

DJ Lag’s thrilling debut album is a testament to gqom’s versatility, and its ability to cross-pollinate with the sounds of amapiano and deep house

Lwazi Asanda Gwala, better known as Durban artist DJ Lag, is a pioneer of the gqom genre: a unique South African style that strips out...

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Amapiano hitmaker Lady Du also features on the long-awaited full-length

Gqom trailblazer DJ Lag has unleashed his hotly anticipated debut album, ‘Meeting With The King’, via Ice Drop and Black Major. Check it out below...

Durban’s Dominowe returns to GQOM OH! with a  new eight-track EP. Hear ‘Rah’ now

Dominowe will release a new eight-track EP, ‘UMTHAKATHI’, via GQOM OH! this month.

Having debuted on the label in 2016 with the ‘Africa’s Cry’, the...

The track features on DJ Lag's forthcoming album 'Meeting With The King'

DJ Lag has teamed up with Sinjin Hawke for the next single from his forthcoming album, 'Meeting With The King'.

The two producers have enlisted...

Gqom originator Griffit Vigo dishes up six new cuts of percussive heat on Belgian label, Maloca. Hear ‘Superman’ now

Griffit Vigo will release a new EP, ‘Art Is Talking’, via Belgian label Maloca this week. 

Following his 2020 album, ‘I Am Gqom’, on GQOM...

Mina

Joining the dots between sounds from the UK, Ghana, South America and beyond, Mina makes tracks driven by a spirit of collaboration, demonstrated in her...

He's also shared lead single 'Lucifer'

DJ Lag has shared details of his debut album, 'Meeting With The King'.

Due out in November, the 15-track album sees the producer team up...

Durban’s DJ Lag is a pioneer of the world-conquering South African dance music genre, gqom. He’s toured the world and worked with superstars, but he’s...

In 2017, during his 21st rotation around the sun, DJ Lag was experiencing a moment that every artist dreams of but few ever reach. Gqom...

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp collections...

In her 2020 interview with DJ Mag, Juba described the importance of dancing to her expression as a DJ. “I dance behind the decks, and...

A fusionist known for intense bass and intricate drumplay, DJ and producer Hagan has built a name for himself by blending the sounds of UK...

Taken from her forthcoming Black Acre Records EP, 'Sensei II'

KG has shared a new single featuring South African star Toya Delazy. ‘Nzinga’ is taken from a forthcoming EP due to land next month. 

The...

Seoul club Cakeshop launches its in-house label, Carousel Records, with a mammoth compilation of local and international talent

‘8 Years of Cakeshop’ snarls and fizzes menacingly in its opening seconds, evoking memories of late nights on sweaty dancefloors with a smoke machine masking...

Cars and music have worked in tandem for a long time. With genres such as Miami bass and trap, cars have inspired the growth of scenes...

"Being in South Florida where the weather’s warm and the public transportation is not reliable, you had to have a car to get around,” author...