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Music
The latest news from the music industry. Everything you need to know and hear; from new releases to interviews with prolific artists from all genres, spanning from South Africa across the globe. Our music section invites our readers into a space of education and is a celebration of sound and the spaces in which it is enjoyed.
DJ Lag pushes sonic boundaries once more with Blxckie collab titled ‘Kwenzakalan’
DJ Lag’s reputation as a sonic innovator is revealing itself yet again through a new collaboration with South African...
Searchlight drop reworked tracks from their debut album, titled ‘Remixes’ ft. Atjazz, Wipe the Needle and Afroforce
Irish producers Zero T and Beta 2, Searchlight, have selected three of their favourite electronic producer teams to...
Gaston Blurry – the new multimedia project ‘Sampling for a Cause’
The creative process requires continual attempts at renewing enthusiasm; it is that intangible, abstract energy of...
Brandon Markell Holmes releases new single ‘Fuller’
Brandon Markell Holmes, a "slow-burning vocal-house juggernaut" (Rolling Stone) has released his new single, ‘Fuller’...
The Plastics release single ‘Nobody Like You’, the final track off their new album ‘EVE’
Nobody Like You is a groove soaked retrospect of what was and what went wrong. The upbeat nature of the song marries...
Scandinavian soul act Dina Ögon deliver latest track ‘Det Läcker’
Warm and harmonic, four-piece Scandinavian soul act Dina Ögon delivers nostalgia-steeped tracks with a timeless feel,...
Namakau Star on Music as Her Greatest Companion and Education as Her Greatest Weapon
There are certain artists for whom their creative calling or skill has always been present. For Rhema Stephanie...
Boozoo Bajou present their fifth full length studio album ‘Finistère’
25 years after their first 12" release, 'Night over Manaus', downtempo heroes Boozoo Bajou present their fifth full...
TshegoTMM releases deep house track ‘Stay With Me Tonight’
“This is a deep house from South Africa, but not as we know it. This is straight up, classic sounding late naughties...
The Will Barnes Quartet present their debut album, ‘Source of the Severn’
The Will Barnes Quartet, in collaboration with skilled landscape artist Erin Hughes, are proud to present their debut...
Afropop superstar Mr Eazi has shared his long-awaited debut album ‘The Evil Genius’
Recorded between Ouidah and Cotonou, Benin; Kigali, Rwanda; Accra and Kokrobite, Ghana; Lagos, Nigeria; London; Los...
