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, ...
Each week, FACT trawls through the untamed world of free mixes, radio specials and live blends so you don’t have to. This week there’s some much-needed EU solidarity alongside a trip through Durban’s ...
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 ...
From its underground roots in Durban, the sound of gqom music is now spreading across Africa and beyond. But what is gqom? How did it start? How did it spread? And how do you pronounce it? Emily Dust, ...
From its underground roots in Durban, the sound of gqom music is now spreading across Africa and beyond. But what is gqom? How did it start? How did it spread? And how do you pronounce it? Emily Dust, ...
Head of the Gqom Oh! label, Nan Kolè has been undertaking a massive project over the past few months. Allying with Rome-based radio station Crudo Volta, Kolè has been travelling around South Africa, ...
The sultry city of Durban has produced musical talent that has gained local and international recognition, and in recent years, with the popularity of gqom, the city’s dance music scene has come under ...
As a Londoner in the States, Durban is better placed than most to explore the relationships between the grime and jungle of his birth city and his adopted home's rap and footwork. The Lit City Trax ...
Soloists Natalie Rungan and Njabulo Nzuza will entertain music lovers at Glenwood High School this May. PHOTO: File THE KZN Philharmonic Orchestra with Natalie Rungan, Njabulo Nzuza and the KZN Youth ...