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“The song ‘My Name Is’ was being played everywhere in Miami and I just felt overwhelmed and proud. Louie Vega dubbed it ‘the song of Miami 2012’ and that for me is an achievement I will always cherish.” South African house music and DJs continue to grow and shine, but some stars stand out undoubtedly… Read More
“We just tend to do things the way we do them, the way we see them, vibe them, you know what I mean? That’s how we enjoy it…” Spoek Mathambo, like his mysterious moniker, is very much out there, and at the same time very grounded, of the earth. Grooving to the tunes on his… Read More
“Festivals are great, and I have slowly started to love them more and more.” Progressive Trance’s very own, resident Swiss DJ, and owner of Tytanium Recordings, Sean Tyas heads to South Africa this June as part of his 2012 World Tour. He was awarded Mixmag’s number eight spot in their ‘Best New DJs Poll’ in 2007, and also… Read More
“As someone who normally uses a shorter keyboard in the studio it felt luxurious to play on this 49 key model.” Anatomy Straight out the box I liked this big and weighty controller keyboard. It is USB bus powered so the lights came on and it was working with Ableton in seconds. I selected the MPK49… Read More
“As for my attitude, my extended family in Cape Town is a lot like me [laughs] I honestly think it’s a coloured thing.” Jean Grae is an unrivalled New York Underground MC/ lyricist; she has been carrying the torch for female Rap artists since her début with the ‘Natural Resource’ crew in the mid-nineties. Her dad… Read More
There’s no rest for psytrance producers Kieron Grieve and Carl Sharples; two albums, a record label launch, and an outdoor festival – all in one weekend. Kieron Grieve is staggeringly tall. So much so, that the espresso cup in his hand looks comical, like a giant at a children’s tea party. We’re chatting at Obz… Read More
“We ONLY play our own productions in our DJ sets/live performances. Until we’re really drunk, and then sometimes things get confusing.” Proving that sarcasm (the duo) and soulful groovy beats (their music) can live in harmony, Ryan Murgatroyd and Konstantinos “Kosta” Karatomoglou have hit the big time with their catchy dancefloor friendly tunes. Having met… Read More
We grab 5 minutes with some of our favourite DJ’s and ask them… Well… Just about anything we feel like!!! Durban’s Finest Lady’ DJ Cndo was a resident DJ for thirteen episodes on the hit Dance show Jika Majika. The début of her first album Finest Lady of House Volume 1 made her the first… Read More
In one way, my interview with Orbital’s Phil Hartnoll was every journalist’s nightmare, a bad line kept dropping and ten calls later we had only managed to assemble a fifteen minute conversation. There I was talking to half of one of Britain’s most influential electronic bands and, ironically, technology was sabotaging me. But the warm… Read More
Ergonomic with all the ‘basses’ covered What Is It? The DDJ-ERGO is Pioneer’s latest foray into DJ controllers and it’s a bold move from one of the leaders in DJ equipment and a smart one at that, as it’s a move away from the strategy of high performance, premium price tag pieces of kit only…. Read More
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