The hustle and bustle that is attached to me as I walk in the concrete port of Johannesburg known as ‘em tee en’ with the advent of everything being sold, anything you can get your hands on you can find legal or illegal. After passing the performance space on my left gathered with numerous amounts…
Having released his BBC Radio 1 Essential mix in January, stalwart of the gqom scene, DJ Lag kicked the year off with a bang. The pioneering producer and DJ from Clermont in KwaZulu-Natal has gone from strength to strength with increased international and local interest in his driving gqom sound. Currently he is preparing for…
I’ve mentioned it a few times on this site that I have a love/hate relationship with the sheer volume of music on the internet. It’s wonderful that every day I’m discovering something new, yet it sucks that every day thousands of artists go undiscovered. Well, undiscovered by me. Usually by the time I do find…
Super group from the 90s Native Tongues paved the way for hip-hop’s unity and over exercised the genre’s mandatory license for freedom of expression. With their open-minded songs they discussed race, sex and just having fun, muting the negative stereotypes that are associated with hip-hop. In the same way the members of the Native Tongues…
Over the last few years, ByLwansta has steadily been building his name as one of South Africa’s most relatable rappers. His come-up has been one built on consistency, growth, and respecting the audience, whilst flexing his creative dexterity. And while he’s not at the top of the mountain yet, he’s well on his way –…
The origin of iNDiGO the new album by Sipho Languza better known by his rap moniker Sipho the Gift is rather unusual. The MC originally from the Northern Cape was left feeling creatively frustrated after moving to Johannesburg. Many months of frustrations led Sipho to deciding to pursue opportunities in other creative fields which resulted…
Being a song about Cape Town ‘Mountain Coast’ by dJinns makes sure that you are inserted into the lush ambience of the city’s waves with its peaceful aura. This is exactly how the music video invites you to this magical world powered by shoegaze sonics and a montage of bromance inciting the idea of home…
I don’t know if the rest of the country had it, but there was a time in Durban where everyone was into house music (they still are tbh) and rooftop foam parties were a THING. From Joe Kools to The Pavilion Shopping Center, belly button piercings were on show as teenagers pushed the boundaries of…
The brainchild of stylist and art director Lenzo Mangonyane, Living Dlozi is a sonic character and artist that expresses himself through sound and music. His first project, “Check your voicemail”, is a visual series comprising of a mix and stills. Shot and art directed by Francesco Mbele, one half of a visual duo alongside Lenzo…
Johannesburg-born and raised fashion designer and musician Siyabonga Ntini, also known as rxlfe, started his creative journey at a young age, with an early memory of his being one of him drawing clothing in preschool. “It’s not something that I particularly remember but there’s a photograph of me drawing what looks like clothing but it’s…
It’s been nearly two years since Stiff Pap put out their highly praised, genre bending debut EP ‘Based on a Qho Story’. The duo have been on the quiet side with releases since then but their latest single, “Maradona”, (named after the football legend/dude from the cocaine memes) recently dropped and it’s anything but quiet….
I might be one for romance but I’m not one for Valentine’s Day, so when the 14th of Feb came and went, I had my head firmly in the sand and actually missed out on the release of R&B/Neo-soul songstress Ayanda Jiya’s romantic new single called “Falling for You” which features A-Reece. Thankfully once something…
