Omagoqa’s latest EP channels the sound of Durban’s underground across eleven unruly productions. We find out more about how it was made When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Shiba Melissa Mazaza speaks to South African pioneer DJ Lag about his debut album 'Meeting With The King' and a series of encounters that shaped his path in music and life Aggressive, poetic, artistic ...

Impact is a series that's dedicated to profiling raw talent that's about to turn dance music on its head. Next up: DJ Lag In the middle of a WhatsApp conversation with DJ Lag, he sends me a 15-second ...

While Babes Wodumo’s Wololo may have been the song that kicked down the walls to expose the big sound that is gqom, the sound itself has been thriving underground from as early as 2011 and it was once ...

RudeBoyz are one of the pioneering production crews behind the South African dance music style gqom. Building on its slowed down, spaced-out beginnings, the Durban group have developed a tauter, ...

The minimalist house music that comes with its own unique dance style, bhenga, that’s Durban’s answer to Chicago footwork Raw, cutting-edge electronic music, made on cheap drum machines and uploaded ...

As a pioneer of Durban Gqom, he has been a driving force in the genre for over 20 years. With a career spanning decades, he’s known for his commitment to nurturing emerging talent. He has consistently ...

Last month's System Focus column on emerging African and Afrodiasporic networks featured Angel-Ho, an artist bringing ballroom and other U.S. club flavors of black and gay origin into new and ...

The Incredibles unveil their latest EP ‘Through The Fire’, a groundbreaking project that blends traditional gqom with new influences, showcasing their commitment to evolving the genre while staying ...

Mzansi Magic’s new drama is a noir take on the music industry through the eyes of a gqom group, called Sgubu, from Alice, a small town in the Eastern Cape. The group faces a traumatic time dealing ...