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, ...
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 ...
In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...
Each week, FACT trawls through the untamed world of free mixes, radio specials and live blends so you don’t have to. This week’s selections cover a breadth of sounds, from South African gqom courtesy ...
Music fans are in for a treat as award-nominated producer DJ Lag returns with his latest mixtape, "Southside", which dropped on November 14. Affectionately referred to as "The King of Gqom", DJ Lag's ...
During her reign, Durban was the place to be. She rocked every stage she graced. She went from ruling the local Gqom streets to raising the genre to international acclaim. At her peak, she was ...