Attracting delegates from across the Sub-Saharan, the South African Music Conference (SAMC) is now in its 10th year. This year’s instalment of the conference will be slightly different, as for the first time it will take place in BOTH Johannesburg and Durban. The Johannesburg, Gauteng segment of the conference will be held at: Venue: Club [...]
Djoon is nestled in a vibrant ‘new’ district of eastern Paris and for near 10 years has played host to known and unknown local and international talents from the soulful New Yorker to the afro deep South African, from the pioneers of Chicago and Detroit to Berlin’s deep tech or eclectic London artists… Always seeking [...]
Drum roll please….that excruciating moment of nerves rushing through each and every membrane of your body as your fate is about to made known to the country. This is precisely what the young and vibrant Bujwa dance crew I.D.A experienced as they were about to be crowned the kings the “Red Bull Beat Battle” dance [...]
MuzArt is one the hottest tipped bands in SA at these days. They are young, fresh and upbeat with an intention to create timeless music that touches and resonates with people from all walks of life. They are proof that when the right artists come together, magic happens. Their chemistry as a band and polished [...]
Artist: Circle of Funk feat. Lifford Shillingford Title: In Love Label: Slapped Up Soul Records Genre: Soulful House Having impressed us with their soulful House EP ‘Give It to Me’; the Circle Of Funk quartet – Lee Robinson, Andy Caulfield, Paul Stephenson and BlackJack bring out yet another soulfully charged collaboration with Lifford Shillingford. Lifford [...]
Premiering at the 34th DurbanInternational Film Festival is a challenging and evocative, yet humorous film, ‘Of Good Report’ from South African director Jahmil XT Qubeka, produced by Mike Auret, Luzuko Dilima (Spier Films). In what is described as a passionate homage to classic film noir, Qubeka’s latest offering tells the sombre tale of a small-town [...]
In this day and age, genre boundaries have become increasingly less important as new and exciting sounds are being produced. And in any Electronic music scene diversity is the only constant with bewildering malleability. Music that would have otherwise not seen the light of day now filters through to brand new audiences. Arguably nowhere is [...]
Artist: C.9ine Title: A Million Sprockets Label: Soul Candi Records Genre: Deep House / Electronic It was in 2010 when we were first introduced to the sounds of live house duo C.9ine, three years on and the dynamic live duo are back with a new studio album titled ‘A Million Sprockets’. Released under Soulcandi Records ‘A Million Sprockets’ [...]
Artist: Various Artists Title: Röyksopp (Late Night Tales) Label: Late Night Tales Genre: Electronica Late Night Tales have journeyed through Scandinavia, landed in Norway on the fringe of the Arctic Circle to invite Electronica producers Röyksopp [Svein Berge and Torbjorn Brundtland] to dig deep into their record collection; resulting into package of synthetic soul and [...]
Artist: Roland Nights Title: Til the Morning EP Remixes: Mr. V Label: Lost My Dog Records Genre: Deep House The word ‘classic’ is sometimes loosely thrown around in the House music circles. The sounds however put together by InnerCity Records label head Danny Stott aka Roland Nights on his latest EP ‘Til the Morning’ are [...]
