MAMELA is the production & DJ duo of Valentin Barbier & Gordon Mackay, otherwise known as Boogie Vice & El Gordo. The two met backstage at a New Year’s festival in Cape Town, bound by their mutual devotion to outdoor adventure and electronic music, a great friendship ensued.
Mamela was born as the two sought to combine these interests by filling a caravan with drum machines, samplers and synths and embarking up the East Coast of South Africa; the idea was to channel the energy and inspiration absorbed from their surroundings into their music, 12 – 16 hour sea-side studio sessions punctuated by some of SA’s most renowned hiking trails made for some astounding results and music production.
Their music gained the attention of some of Berlin’s most established electronic music labels; the first single ‘Tsitsikamma Vygie’ was released on Katermukke in Janurary 2022 with their debut EP ‘I Warmed You Up’ released on Mobilee Records in May 2022. Resonant baselines and powerful synths with refined vocals and delicate textures to offer two commanding yet blissful cuts inspired by the exquisite locations visited during their travels.
Following this path, they are currently somewhere up the West Coast creating more music to share with you.
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We hope you enjoy the music!
Follow Mamela on their next musical escapade via:
IG : @wearemamela
Soundcloud : soundcloud.com/mamelamusic
* DJ’s please contact [email protected] for promos.
